Celtic Names for Children - Softcover

Todd, Professor Loreto

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9780862785567: Celtic Names for Children

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862785561 ISBN 13: 9780862785567

Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd, 1998

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Celtic Names for Children provides over 2,000 names drawn from countries with strong Celtic traditions -- Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Brittany. It also includes meanings of names, pronunciations, spelling variations, plus interesting facts about some of the best-known names.

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Review:

'Extensive, useful, comprehensive, ideal for anyone expecting a baby and looking for a Celtic name .. great value' (Woman's Way The Belfast Telegraph)

'the definitive guide to Celtic names for children' (Mothers & Babies)

'a very thorough-going and useful reference' (Books Ireland’s)

About the Author:

Loreto Todd is Professor of English at the University of Ulster, Coleraine. Born in Northern Ireland, she attended Queen's University, Belfast where her classmates included poet Seamus Heaney and writer Seamus Deane. She worked in England for many years, and was director of the programme of World English Research at the University of Leeds, England.

She has travelled extensively and lectured in Africa, America (North and South), Asia (India and Singapore), Australia (Brisbane and Sydney), the Caribbean and the Pacific (Hawaii, Solomans, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea). She has written 30 books, over 80 articles and chapters in books; over 100 reviews, short papers and has edited several journals.

During her travels, she has amassed a collection of texts, as well as audio and audio-visual recordings, from around the world. These total in excess of 12 million words and include: Conversations; Descriptions of language choice and use; Oral and written literature. She is currently working on this archive material and translating the Pidgin and Creole texts.

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