James Fenton (Ulster-Scots poet)
- James Fenton (Ulster-Scots poet)
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").
Books
James Fenton's record and study of the Ulster-Scots language and Ulster-Scots words, "The Hamely Tongue" ["The Hamely Tongue", The Ullans Press ISBN 1-905281-07-2] has been published by the Ullans Press. A collection of his own poetry has been published by the Ullans Press too; "Thonner an Thon" ["Thonner an Thon", The Ullans Press ISBN 0-953035-07-7] .
James Fenton now lives in Glengormley, Newtownabbey.
References
External links
* [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/uslanguagesociety.asp The Ulster-Scots Language Society]
* [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com The Ulster-Scots Agency]
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