Dr Dymphna Lonergan

Dr Dymphna Lonergan
Position/s:Lecturer
Department of English and Creative Writing
Phone: +61 8 82012079
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Location: Humanities (282)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Teaching

Teaching interests

English language and linguistics

Topic Coordinator:

Topic Lecturer:

  • ENGL1013  Professional English for Teachers

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Irish language and Australian English; Irish place names in Australia

Publications

Books

Lonergan, D., 2004. Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia, Adelaide, SA: Lythrum Press.

Book chapters

Williams, S.M., Lonergan, D., Hosking, R.G., Deane, L.I., & Bierbaum, A.V., 2004. Introduction. In THE REGENERATIVE SPIRIT VOLUME 2: (UN)SETTLING, (DIS)LOCATIONS, (POST-)COLONIAL, (RE)PRESENTATIONS AUSTRALIAN POST-COLONIAL REFLECTIONS. Adelaide, SA: Lythrum Press, pp. ix-xv.

Lonergan, D., 2004. Away from Home: Fionan Mac Cartha's poetry. In THE REGENERATIVE SPIRIT VOLUME 2: (UN)SETTLING, (DIS)LOCATIONS, (POST-)COLONIAL, (RE)PRESENTATIONS AUSTRALIAN POST-COLONIAL REFLECTIONS. Adelaide, Australia: Lythrum Press, pp. 200-205.

Lonergan, D., 2002. Native Voices: Irish Language Speaking Characters in Thomas Keneally's "The Great Shame" and Christopher Koch's "Out of Ireland". In New Voices in Irish Criticism 3. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, pp. 88-93.

Refereed journal articles

Lonergan, D., 2009. Australia's Irish place name. The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 9, 112-129.

Lonergan, D., 2009. Place names: a tool for finding the Irish in South Australia. Journal of Historical Society of South Australia, 37, 113-116.

Lonergan, D., 2003. An Irish-centric view of Australian English. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 23(2), 151-159.

Lonergan, D., 2003. Music out of their mouths: Irish language speakers in Colonial Australia. Australian Journal of Irish Studies, 3, 23-32.

Refereed conference papers

Lonergan, D., 2010. The Irish language in Australia: survey of a community language. Celts in Legend and Reality, 401-413.

Journal articles

Lonergan, D., 2008. Language in a Boat. Irish Family History, 24, 23-33.

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Books

Lonergan, D., 2004. Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia, Adelaide, SA: Lythrum Press.

Book chapters

Williams, S.M., Lonergan, D., Hosking, R.G., Deane, L.I., & Bierbaum, A.V., 2004. Introduction. In THE REGENERATIVE SPIRIT VOLUME 2: (UN)SETTLING, (DIS)LOCATIONS, (POST-)COLONIAL, (RE)PRESENTATIONS AUSTRALIAN POST-COLONIAL REFLECTIONS. Adelaide, SA: Lythrum Press, pp. ix-xv.

Lonergan, D., 2004. Away from Home: Fionan Mac Cartha's poetry. In THE REGENERATIVE SPIRIT VOLUME 2: (UN)SETTLING, (DIS)LOCATIONS, (POST-)COLONIAL, (RE)PRESENTATIONS AUSTRALIAN POST-COLONIAL REFLECTIONS. Adelaide, Australia: Lythrum Press, pp. 200-205.

Lonergan, D., 2002. Native Voices: Irish Language Speaking Characters in Thomas Keneally's "The Great Shame" and Christopher Koch's "Out of Ireland". In New Voices in Irish Criticism 3. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, pp. 88-93.

Refereed journal articles

Lonergan, D., 2011. The Language, the Census and the Rising: Uisce faoi thalamh. The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 11, 44-57.

Lonergan, D., 2009. Place names: a tool for finding the Irish in South Australia. Journal of Historical Society of South Australia, 37, 113-116.

Lonergan, D., 2009. Australia's Irish place name. The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 9, 112-129.

Lonergan, D., 2003. An Irish-centric view of Australian English. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 23(2), 151-159.

Lonergan, D., 2003. Music out of their mouths: Irish language speakers in Colonial Australia. Australian Journal of Irish Studies, 3, 23-32.

Refereed conference papers

Wyeld, T. & Lonergan, D., 2011. Revealing the Celt: digitilising Irish placenames in Australia. 15th International Conference on Information Visualisation, 580-584.

Lonergan, D., 2010. The Irish language in Australia: survey of a community language. Celts in Legend and Reality, 401-413.

Journal articles

Lonergan, D., 2008. Language in a Boat. Irish Family History, 24, 23-33.

Lonergan, D., 2007. Why Lower North Adelaide was once Irishtown: Naming places to divide rich from poor. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 45, 37-38.

Lonergan, D., 2007. A Place Named Irishtown. The South Australian Genealogist, 34(2), 22-24.

Lonergan, D., 2006. A place named Irishtown. Placenames Australia, Sept, 1-5.

Lonergan, D., 2006. More Irish words in Australian English: 'Cobber', 'humping' and 'grouse'. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 43, 32-34.

Lonergan, D., 2005. Humping a Grouse Cobber. Ozwords, 12(2), 6-6.

Lonergan, D., 2005. From Tiaralai to Shiralee. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 37, 18-20.

Lonergan, D., 2004. Aussie words: The Pioneering Shiralee. Ozwords, 11(2).

Lonergan, D., 2004. Irish accent in Ned's Jerilderie Letter: Ned's Irish accent. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 32, 18-20.

Lonergan, D., 2003. Fionan Mac Cartha: Gaelic Poet in Queensland. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 25, 12-14.

Lonergan, D., 2002. Why is it called a didgeridoo?. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 19, 26-26.

Lonergan, D., 2002. Henry Lawson's Irish Characters. TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, 17, 17-21.

Lonergan, D., 2002. Aussie Words: Didgeridoo. An Irish Sound in Australia. Ozwords, 9(2).

Other public research outputs

Williams, S.M., Lonergan, D., Hosking, R.G., Deane, L.I., & Bierbaum, N., 2004. The Regenerative Spirit: Vol. 2 (Un)settling, (Dis)locations, (Post)colonial (Re)presentations - Australian Postcolonial Reflections. , 2.

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Professional and community engagement

Irish language teacher; public speaker Irish place names in South Australia



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