Naming Names: Who, What, Where in Irish Names Tapa dura - 2001

Dublin: Gill & Macmillan Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo 0717131254 Dust jacket complete. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. xvii, 243 pages clean and tight. The theory and practice of Irish name-giving has developed in many directions, and it is the purpose of this book to attempt to document, discuss and characterize some of the more significant of these. The author offers a comprehensive view of a field that is altering rapidly under pressure of wider social change but which nevertheless remains fundamental to the way we categorize and verbalize Irish culture. Divided into two parts, the first is a discussion of place names, proper names, brand names and nicknames. The author traces the changing patterns and fashions in the naming of things and places in Ireland starting with the name of the island itself. It is Ireland in common speech, Eire on official documents, and Erin and the ould sod… Leer más

Gill & MacMillan, Ltd. (Ireland). Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. 8vo 0717131254 Dust jacket complete. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. xvii, 243 pages clean and tight. The theory and practice of Irish name-giving has developed in many directions, and it is the purpose of this book to attempt to document, discuss and characterize some of the more significant of these. The author offers a comprehensive view of a field that is altering rapidly under pressure of wider social change but which nevertheless remains fundamental to the way we categorize and verbalize Irish culture. Divided into two parts, the first is a discussion of place names, proper names, brand names and nicknames. The author traces the changing patterns and fashions in the naming of things and places in Ireland starting with the name of the island itself. It is Ireland in common speech, Eire on official documents, and Erin and the… Leer más

Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 2001. 1st edition, large 8vo, 243pp, VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin: Gill & MacMillan. Fine. Hardcover. 2001.

Share, Bernard, 2001. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 243p ; 24 cm. Subjects; Names, Geographical Ireland. Names, Geographical Ireland ; Dictionaries. Names, Personal Ireland. Names, Personal Ireland ; Dictionaries.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.