A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ireland'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
irelandOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus45.314546
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 262.1 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 130.4 11 3
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 94.6 37 5
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 3
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 1
LAL - General Central 62.8 47 15
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 229.8 7 2
GUL - General Ulster 84.3 6 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ireland in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
o Gaelic startit flittin fae Ireland tae da wast o Scotland. Wi di on page 14
da Scottish Wastern Isles an Ireland an aa. At aboot da sam time s on page 15

3 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
fae Ireland’s strippit rigs or Bigton
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
airms aroon a stag – an in Ireland a buik o poems aboot a swan c
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
...completely different...aye Ireland is the same...4k miles in Ame (2021) twitter link
g good came prompt ot...until Ireland is wan again (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
hame. The Christian cintre in Ireland, far he haed spent the month on page 30

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Kintra: Ireland on page 7

6 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, the Gulf on page 23
fae the countryside an Ireland on page 32

2 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
e rods thegither i the wast o Ireland on page 3

2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ig atween Scotland n Northern Ireland th say ?? jist look how of’n(2019)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e being Irish, yet not so, in Ireland. on page 57

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
in baith Scotland an Northern Ireland haes been haein words aboot t
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Campbell an Tom McFarlan fae Ireland, Fergus O’Byrne an Jim Payn
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
€9 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
HE crack comin oot o Northern Ireland threaps that, as pairt o the
devolved Assembly o Northern Ireland, it wis greed tae mak the fun
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
languages. Sean Ó Neachtain (Ireland) jyned his colleague an gied
an MEP frae Wales an ane frae Ireland takin sic a kenspeckle pairt
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Peyed ilka September. €9 (Ireland/EU)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aivelled tae Canada, Wales or Ireland whaur twa-leidit signs is hoa
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
ou know what you should do in Ireland? Speak Irish, write Irish, be
£6 (Ireland/EU) $14 (Americae)
be heard on the BBC Northern Ireland wab-steid an aw sae whit wey
3 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
story during the troubles in Ireland, when an auld Scottish mum, v(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lots gaun oan ower in ireland the noo - but whit a canna g (2021) twitter link
u love to see - get in there ireland https://t.co/JAiGw60IEk (2021) twitter link

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Scots, or mebbe fae England, Ireland, America or ithergates. Ye he on page 56

1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ht o developments in Northern Ireland anent a Scots Language Act (t
legal status etc in Northern Ireland but no in Scotland. Thus, an
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ious airts o Europe, includin Ireland. An the ither European pouers on page 56
order atween them an Northern Ireland - it wuid be a political dis on page 144

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t that the Scots cam ower fae Ireland an in fact there is nae real on page 14
ey cam ower wi St Bridget fae Ireland but like a lot o stuff aboot on page 81

3 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
r had came ower tae Leith fae Ireland, he come fae Cork. Turnt oot on page 136

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
in Ireland! The man's brains are addled! on page 112

3 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Bease o Britain, Bease o Ireland,
Bease o Britain, Bease o Ireland,
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
h sets ae grandparents ir fae Ireland n he's never git a Celtic tap on page 8

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
partit fur askin fur that in Ireland, ya cunt. Here, John! Gies an
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tween. Frae Scotland ower tae Ireland, tae be shuir 1s nae distance on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
is huntit ower the watter tae Ireland, then skelpt awa tae France w on page 62
n Catholic Jamie Stuart oot o Ireland. on page 66
an yer brithers gaed awa tae Ireland durin the Ill Years. . . efte on page 69
ost' that gruppit Scotland an Ireland an Norroway in Januar an didn on page 81

5 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
land, Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland, Man Isle an een Fraunce. Tho on page 14

15 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whan the Scots cam here frae Ireland on page 48
o Ireland's bonny chiels on page 50
Wae's me! The weemin o Ireland are aa gane gyte on page 66

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sin the situation in Norther Ireland is aareadies ane whaur fowk i on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
85. Comparison wis made wi Ireland an the provision alloued for
Ireland, ae submission pointit oot th
2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
In the Republic o Ireland, this term is mair associatit
mplementation. The Republic o Ireland hae uised a sib term aw throu
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
he wey maist fowk in Northren Ireland speaks, as weel’s a hantle
vince o Ulster in the north o Ireland. Altho the hert o its histori
in the province, wi Northren Ireland residenters aften mistaen for
sna uised, aither in Northren Ireland in general or in the Belfast
Altho nouadays maist Northren Ireland schuilbairns is Catholic, sae
7 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
hit ither fowk in Britain and Ireland scrievit anent thaim. Acause
onological history o Medieval Ireland fae AD 431 tae AD 1540), mich
raced their lineages back tae Ireland, no Pechtland.
3 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
learn aboot the same thing in Ireland and in Scotland and in Amerii
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mair important match awa tae Ireland nixt week. But the stooshie t
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
éin achieve i the Republic o Ireland, or the Unitit Left i Sloveni
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Altho it taen place in Ireland it wis a multi-national affai

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
c wis brocht tae Scotland fae Ireland, although this nairrative is
refers tae the Gaelic spak in Ireland.
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Jeezo Ireland! Whit the actual fuck is wran(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
@NickyByrne You did Ireland proud! So gutted you didnae m(2016)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
guistic situation in Northern Ireland (WHA DISNAE?), my @ScotNation(2019)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Northern Ireland tae lock doon for a month and(2020)
er are we (Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales) gonnae pit up wae (2020)
e attend a golf tournament in Ireland(2020)
rew only went tae the gowf in Ireland because he heard there was un(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
h've heard the word yaised in Ireland tae. Onybody else hae ony dif (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
cess haes stertit areddies in Ireland, whaur Ulster Scots is sterti
t o the linguistic heritage o Ireland as a haill. Ulster Scots stre
2 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
byRobson46 e wudni get in the ireland under 10a team!(2012)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
v been workin in Scotland, N. Ireland and even Norway, surprisingly(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hat hae nae place this side o Ireland, islands noo nae langer islan on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
erend Greer frae the Church o Ireland, sae she must be fur turnin. on page 23
"It's Ireland." Maisie tichered. "Boys a de on page 58

3 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
tae the north whaur the tip o Ireland nebs the tip o Scotland at th
t craws from the ither side o Ireland an the craws cast coul winds
2 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
Lenniesaurus Half of Northern Ireland was blootered last night too!(2020)
thon kinda spirit in Northern Ireland!(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
eriential tourism in Northern Ireland 2013. on page 63
5 Lynott tours, New York, Ireland and Great Britain Tour, 2022, on page 66

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
say "Free State". Wudnae say "Ireland": NI's on the island ana. (2015) twitter link
in tae redd the English oot o Ireland: I'm wi you, it's a daft dial (2014) twitter link
I hae put yin o thon Ireland rugby sangs intae #UlsterScot (2015) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
a bad ambassador for Northern Ireland ??(2020)

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