IonaNamescape

You can still have your say! Let us know what you'd like to see in a coffee table book on #Iona!

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Call for papers! The @snsbi.bsky.social autumn day online conference "Names Abroad - Names From Abroad" is on Sat 25/10/2025: A) Current Name Research in Scandinavia, of relevance to Britain/Ireland, B) Names of other origins in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere. Deadline for abstracts: 15 August.

A stone circle in a grassy plain with a hill and blue sky in the background

Shape new book on Iona place-names! Tell us what you want to see in a coffee table book and what you'd like to learn. Share your ideas with us here or email us - we want to hear from you! #Iona
Pictured: Cobhain Cuildich 'secluded hollow' (also known as The Hermit's Cell)

Do you know about Clach a' Bhainne 'the milk stone' of #Iona? Read more: iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/names-of-the...
#nameofthemonth #names

TONIGHT Interactive workshop: Iona’s place-names, songs and more
Location: Iona Village Hall Time: 7pm

Exploring Iona’s Place-Names and launch of online resource
Where: #Iona Village Hall When: 31 March 7pm **ALL WELCOME**
More info: iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/rannsachadh-...
#placenames

Names of the Month – Iona’s Namescape Place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs

#NameoftheMonth Cladh nan Druineach: could this name mean 'burial ground of the embroideresses'?
Read more: iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/names-of-the...

#InternationalWomensDay

second circular for the SNSBI 31st annual conference - April 11-14th 2025 - at the University of Stirling. Make sure to book your spot before the deadline (24th February)! Please book for the conference and coach trip using the form here:
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#NameoftheMonth Tràigh nan Sìolag 'strand of the sandeels'. Sandeels have recently featured in the news due to the controversy surrounding the UK ban on sandeel fishing: tinyurl.com/3c7dezsp. On #Iona, a name referencing sandeels is interesting for a different reason. More: tinyurl.com/y98zu67k

Bidh Ruairidh (Roddy) MacLean a’ gabhail òraid ann an Srath Narann Diluain. Carson nach tèid sibh ann ma tha sibh san sgìre?
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Ruairidh (Roddy) MacLean will give a lecture in Strathnairn on Monday. Why don’t you come along if you’re in the area?

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

Statue of Gildas in Brittany, and detail of a page from The Ruin of Britain, 10thC, Cotton MS Vitellius A VI, f. 14v.

Jan 29: Feast of Gildas (c.500-c.570), abbot. Born probably near the Clyde, he worked in Wales and then Brittany. He wrote The Ruin of Britain, which blamed the sins of contemporary British rulers and clerics for the victory of the Anglo-Saxon invaders. 📸Romary / British Library

#NameoftheMonth A lovely name with a gruesome yet seasonally appropriate history: according to tradition Tràigh Bàn (nam Manach) 'White strand (of the monks)' at the northern end of #Iona was where the #Christmas Eve massacre of 986 took place: iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/names-of-the...