Editing Ulster (section)

==Terminology==
Ulster's name ultimately derives from the {{lang|ga|[[Ulaid]]h}}, a group of tribes that once dwelt in this part of Ireland. The Norsemen knew the province as {{lang|non|Ulaztir}}, the {{wikt-lang|ga|tír}} or 'land' (a word borrowed from Irish) of the {{lang|ga|Ulaidh|italic=no}};<ref name=lochlann>{{cite journal |last=Sommerfelt |first=Alf |date=1958 |title=The English Forms of the Names of the Main Provinces of Ireland |url=http://bibliotheque.idbe-bzh.org/data/cle_207/lochlann__volume__i.pdf |journal=Lochlann: A Review of Celtic Studies |publisher=Oslo University Press |volume=1 |pages=223–7 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414164057/http://bibliotheque.idbe-bzh.org/data/cle_207/lochlann__volume__i.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> this was then taken into English as ''Ullister'' or ''Ulvester'', and later contracted to ''Ulster''.<ref>{{Cite OED|Ulster}}</ref> Another, less probable explanation is that the suffix -''ster'' represents the Old Norse element {{wikt-lang|non|staðr}} ('place'), found in names like [[Lybster]] and [[Scrabster]] in Scotland.<ref name=lochlann/>

Ulster is still known as {{lang|ga|Cúige Uladh}} in Irish, meaning the province (literally 'fifth') of the {{lang|ga|Ulaidh|italic=no}}. {{lang|ga|Ulaidh}} has historically been anglicised as ''Ulagh'' or ''Ullagh''<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/D/Down-County-of.php |title=County Down |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005035727/http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/D/Down-County-of.php |archive-date=5 October 2011 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |date=1837 }}</ref> and Latinised as {{lang|la|Ulidia}} or {{lang|la|Ultonia}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFFXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Publications |date=26 March 2018 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609173717/https://books.google.com/books?id=PFFXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA31 |url-status=live }}</ref> The latter two have yielded the terms ''Ulidian'' and ''Ultonian''. The Irish word for someone or something from Ulster is {{lang|ga|Ultach}}, and this can be found in the surnames MacNulty, MacAnulty, and Nulty, which all derive from {{lang|ga|Mac an Ultaigh}}, meaning 'son of the Ulsterman'.<ref name="Surnames">{{cite book |author=Robert Bell |title=The book of Ulster Surnames |page=180 |publisher=The Blackstaff Press |date=2003 |isbn=0-85640-602-3 }}</ref>

<!-- PLEASE READ THE TALK PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THIS BIT -->[[Northern Ireland]] is often referred to as ''Ulster'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ulster |title=the definition of Ulster |website=[[Dictionary.com]] |access-date=17 November 2007 |archive-date=20 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220062027/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ulster |url-status=live }}</ref> despite including only six of Ulster's nine counties. This usage is most common among people in Northern Ireland who are [[Unionism in Ireland|unionist]],<ref name="cain.ulst.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/glossary.htm#U |title=Glossary of Terms on Northern Ireland Conflict |first=Martin |last=Melaugh |website=CAIN Archive - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland |publisher=University of Ulster |access-date=30 May 2010 |archive-date=6 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206091809/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/glossary.htm#U |url-status=live }}</ref> although it is also used by the media throughout the United Kingdom.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Ulster.html |title=Ulster Facts, information, pictures |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328202513/https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/britain-ireland-france-and-low-countries/british-and-irish-political-geography/ulster |archive-date=28 March 2020 |access-date=23 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5121728/Ireland-imposes-emergency-cuts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410191513/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5121728/Ireland-imposes-emergency-cuts.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2009 |location=London |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Ireland imposes emergency cuts |first=Ambrose |last=Evans-Pritchard |date=7 April 2009 }}</ref> Some [[Irish nationalist]]s object to the use of Ulster in this context.<ref name="cain.ulst.ac.uk"/>