Survey of placenamesni.org

placenamesni.org website survey

This survey is designed to find out about your response to the Placenamesni.org website. It is being carried out by the project’s Director, Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín. It should take no more than 3 minutes to complete and will help inform the future development of the website and its content.

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* 1. What was your main reason for visiting the website (please select one option)?

I’m a scholar (active or retired) with an interest in Northern Ireland place-names

I’m a member of the public with an interest in Northern Ireland place-names

I have a particular project that requires some information on Northern Ireland place-names

I heard about the website in the media/social media/online

I came across the website by accident

Other (please specify below)

Reason for visiting

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* 2. What was your overall impression of the website (please select one option)?

Very interesting

Quite interesting

Not very interesting

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Prior to visiting this website, which of the following would have been closest to your level of interest in Northern Ireland place-names (please select one option)?

I was already really interested in Northern Ireland place-names

I was already quite interested in Northern Ireland place-names

I had little interest in Northern Ireland place-names

I had no interest in Northern Ireland place-names

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* 4. Which parts of the website did you visit (please select all that apply):

Place-name search

Background information provided on the website

Map of townland and parish boundaries

‘What’s new’

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* 5. Listed below are some possible responses to the website. Please let us know which, if any of the following, apply (select all that apply, or ‘none of the above’ if none apply to you):

I have learned something new from the website

I now know more about Northern Ireland place-names

I now look at Northern Ireland place-names in a different light

I have a better understanding of historical administrative structures and boundaries in Northern Ireland

I would like to find out more about Northern Ireland place-names

I intend to use information from the website in my work (e.g. research, teaching, archival work etc.)

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which of the following descriptions applies to you (please select one option)?

Current or retired academic/scholar

Undergraduate or postgraduate student

School student

School teacher

Media

General public

Other

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* 7. Please provide any additional comments which you have on your response to the website and what, if anything, you feel you learned from it (optional)

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* 8. Please enter your contact details if you would like to be entered in our prize draw (optional)

Name

Email Address

Phone Number