James Fenton (Ulster-Scots poet)
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- For the English poet, see James Fenton.
James Fenton is a linguist and a poet writing in the Ulster-Scots language.
He was born in 1931 and grew up in Drumdarragh and in Ballinaloob, County Antrim. His home language of childhood was Ulster-Scots. Educated at Stranmillis College in Belfast, and later Queen's University, he became a teacher at schools in Belfast.
His poetry in Ulster-Scots, at times lively, contented, whistful, is written in contemporary Ulster-Scots, and particularly the dialect of Ballinaloob ("Belnaloob" in his poem Thonner an Thon).
[edit] Books
James Fenton's record and study of the Ulster-Scots language and Ulster-Scots words, The Hamely Tongue[1] has been published by the Ullans Press. A collection of his own poetry has been published by the Ullans Press too; Thonner an Thon[2].
James Fenton now lives in Glengormley, Newtownabbey.
[edit] References
- ^ The Hamely Tongue, The Ullans Press ISBN 1-905281-07-2
- ^ Thonner an Thon, The Ullans Press ISBN 0-953035-07-7
