| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Taig talk -- Our tangled speech: Languages in Northern Ireland -- 'Something of a cultural war': Linguistic politics in Northern Ireland -- What about Ullans?: Ulster Scots and the Irish language -- Language maintenance, language revival -- 'Spiritual Beyond the Ways of Men': Images of the Gael -- Plus ça change: The Irish language and politics -- The Protestant Gaelic Tradition -- The Irish language in Belfast until 1900 -- Irish in Belfast, 1892-1960 -- Belfast in 20th-Century literature in Irish |
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The Pobal Feirste Neo-Gaeltacht: Lessons to learn? -- Irish language television in Northern Ireland -- The BBC and the Irish language -- Irish and other origins of surnames -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Irish language revival north and south of Ireland, examining its successes and failures. It gives a fascinating account of historical attitudes towards the Gael and examines the complexities of linguistic and cultural identity |
| Subject |
Irish language -- History
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Irish language -- Dialects
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Irish language
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Irish language -- Dialects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ní Bhaoill, Róise, editor
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Dawe, Gerald, 1952- author of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9781913993221 |
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1913993221 |
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