While English is certainly the dominant language in all but some Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas, a trip to Ireland will be so much richer if you have at least a smattering of Irish Gaelic. It is important to know also that some Gaelic words vary from one dialect to another. In Ireland...
The Irish-speaking communities are mainly scattered in rural areas over seven counties in Ireland, with Belfast boasting one of the biggest urban centres for the language. The official Gaeltacht covers parts of counties Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Kerry and also parts of counties Cork, Meath and ...
Gaelic May Be Making Comeback in Ireland, in Manner of Speaking
Republic of Ireland Irish was the only language spoken in Ireland until the 17th century, but the dominance of English and the effects of 19th-century potato famines and emigration led to a sharp decline in the population. Today, Irish is spoken as a first language by a small minority of t...
and economic welfare of the Gaeltacht, and more generally for encouraging the use of Irish as a vernacular. The Northern Ireland government has also made strides to support the provision of Irish Gaelic. TG4 has been made available to large areas of Northern Ireland and the BBC is increasingly...
Speaking Irish with hurley sticks: Gaelic sports, the Irish language and national identity in revival IrelandThe Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ban on foreign games, implemented nationally in 1905, affected not only GAA members but Gaelic League members also. The shared Gaelic heritage of both ...
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For example, local dialects of Welsh in some areas of Wales are being replaced by the standard Welsh (Jones, 1998), and something similar is happening to Irish dialects in parts of Ireland (Ó hIfearnáin, 2008). 1.3 How many languages are currently in use? Estimates for the number of...
These invaders pushed the original, Celtic-speaking inhabitants out of what is now England into Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland, leaving behind a few Celtic words. These Celtic languages survive today in the Gaelic languages of Scotland and Ireland and in Welsh. Cornish, unfortunately, is...
'Out of a reverie, and as if giving unconscious expression to a deep internal feeling' This chapter discusses the songs which were performed to accompany the labour of clothmaking in Gaelic-speaking areas of Ireland and Scotland. Clothmaking ......