Scottish Place-Name Society

Comann Ainmean-Aite na h-Alba

Day conference and AGM – Saturday 9th May 2009

New Galloway

CatStrand





Programme:



1030–1100    Registration and coffee/tea



1100–1130    Professor Ted Cowan ‘The Unity of the Glenkens’.



1130–1210    Professor John MacQueen ‘Wigtownshire and Carrick
place-names: a comparison’.



1210-1250     Michael Ansell  with Jo Millar ‘Place-name and folk-name
elements in the poem Òran Bagraidh’



1250-1350    Buffet lunch (bookstall available)



1350–1430    AGM – reports, accounts and elections



1430–1510    Dr Alan James ‘Scotland’s -ham and -ingham names: a
reconsideration’.



1510–1550    Paul Tempan ‘sliabh-names in Ireland, Isle of Man and
Galloway’.



1600    Farewell coffee/tea and biscuits



The cost for the day will be £17, inclusive of conference, tea / coffee on
arrival and departure, and buffet lunch. Full-time students £10.



If you would like to attend please send a letter (or complete form
below) with your name, address and phone number, and a cheque for £17
(or £10) per person payable to SPNS, to Pete Drummond, 8 Academy Place,
Coatbridge ML5 3AX by April 26th (although late bookings can usually be
accepted).

PLEASE MARK ENVELOPE ‘SPNS CONFERENCE’.
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Alternatively, phone Pete Drummond on 0776968 0293 but N.B. only after 11th
April, for late bookings.  

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