James Fenton (Ulster Scots poet)
James Fenton (5 June 1931 – 3 February 2021)[1] was a linguist and poet who wrote in Ulster Scots.
Biography
[edit]He 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, wistful, was written in contemporary Ulster Scots, and particularly the dialect of Ballinaloob ("Belnaloob" in his poem Thonner an Thon).
Books
[edit]James Fenton's record and study of Scots and Scots words used in Ulster, The Hamely Tongue[2] has been published by the Ullans Press. A collection of his own poetry has been published by the Ullans Press too; Thonner an Thon.[3]
James Fenton lived in Glengormley, Newtownabbey.
Death
[edit]Fenton died on 3 February 2021, aged 89.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "James Fenton: Ulster-Scots poet dies aged 89". BBC News. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ The Hamely Tongue, The Ullans Press ISBN 1-905281-07-2
- ^ Thonner an Thon, The Ullans Press ISBN 0-9530350-7-7
External links
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- 1931 births
- 2021 deaths
- Male poets from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Alumni of Stranmillis University College
- Schoolteachers from Northern Ireland
- Ulster Scots-language poets
- Writers from County Antrim
- 20th-century male writers from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century male writers from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century poets from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century poets from Northern Ireland