| A dictionary of Ulster place-names | McKay, Patrick | Monograph or Collective Volume | Cló Ollscoil na Banríona | 2007 |
| A dictionary of Ulster place-names | McKay, Patrick | Monograph or Collective Volume | Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies | 1999 |
| Belfast place-names and the Irish language | McKay, Patrick | Article in Book | | 2006 |
| Documentary sources for Co. Antrim placenames | McKay, Patrick | Article in Journal | | 1987 |
| Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe : Bardic poetry of the O'Neills of Clandeboy | McKay, Patrick | Article in Journal | | 2008 |
| Place-name survival and replacement in Co. Antrim | McKay, Patrick | Article in Book | | 1998 |
| Place-names and the history of the Irish book | McKay, Patrick | Article in Book | | 2025 |
| Place-names of Northern Ireland, Vol.8, county Fermanagh, 1 : Lisnakea and district : the parish of Aghalurcher | McKay, PatrickÓ Muraíle, Nollaig | Monograph or Collective Volume | Queen's University of Belfast | 2004 |
| Place-names of Northern Ireland. Vol. 4 : County Antrim. Part I : Baronies of Toome | McKay, Patrick | Monograph or Collective Volume | Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies | 1995 |
| Scots elements in Ulster minor place-names | McKay, Pat | Article in Journal | | 2016 |
| Scots influence on Ulster townland names | McKay, Patrick | Article in Journal | | 2009 |
| Some Belfast place-names | McKay, Patrick | Article in Journal | | 2000 |
| The Tuath - names of the baronies of Toome, Co. Antrim | McKay, Patrick | Article in Journal | | 1994 |