I am to give a talk at my local FH society on my husband's family who were from the parish of Dromore.  The townlands I need to talk about are Dressoge and Derrynaseer.  These spellings are taken from the Irish townlands website. Is Dressoge pronounced Dress og?  And Derrynaseer pronounced Derry na seer? I'd be grateful for any help. Thanks Kerrie

On Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 23:32:04 BST, Kerrie Alexander via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote:  

Kerrie,   Dressoge is pronounced “Dress oag.” Derrynaseer is as you have suggested. In Irish, the emphasis is almost invariably on the first syllable.   Dressoge means “Place of the brambles”.     Derrynaseer is sort of “Oak grove of the craftsmen”. (Derry means oak grove, na means “of”).   You might find this NI place names site helpful:  Place Names NI - Home | | | | | | | | | | | Place Names NI - Home | | | Elwyn On Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 23:32:04 BST, Kerrie Alexander via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: I am to give a talk at my local FH society on my husband's family who were from the parish of Dromore.  The townlands I need to talk about are Dressoge and Derrynaseer.  These spellings are taken from the Irish townlands website. Is Dressoge pronounced Dress og?  And Derrynaseer pronounced Derry na seer? I'd be grateful for any help. Thanks Kerrie ================================= Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com Join the list by sending an email to -  cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com To receive the Digest version, send an email to - cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to -  cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com =================================

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Thanks for your help Elwyn and for the interesting NI place names site.  I feel more confident about pronouncing the names now. Kerrie On 8/04/2021 8:45 am, Elwyn Soutter wrote: > > Kerrie, > > Dressoge is pronounced “Dress oag.” Derrynaseer is as you have > suggested. In Irish, the emphasis is almost invariably on the first > syllable. > > Dressoge means “Place of the brambles”. > > Derrynaseer is sort of “Oak grove of the craftsmen”. (Derry means oak > grove, na means “of”). > > You might find this NI place names site helpful: Place Names NI - Home > <http://www.placenamesni.org> > > > > > > > > > Place Names NI - Home > > <http://www.placenamesni.org> > Elwyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 23:32:04 BST, Kerrie Alexander via > CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > > I am to give a talk at my local FH society on my husband's family who > were from the parish of Dromore.  The townlands I need to talk about are > Dressoge and Derrynaseer.  These spellings are taken from the Irish > townlands website. > > Is Dressoge pronounced Dress og?  And Derrynaseer pronounced Derry na > seer? > > I'd be grateful for any help. > Thanks > Kerrie > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > <https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com> > Join the list by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > <mailto:cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com > <mailto:cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com> > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > <mailto:cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> > =================================