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  1. Irish language

    in Ireland Hiberno English the Cant language Cant based partly on English and partly on Irish Shelta Infobox language name Irish nativename lang ga Gaeilge pronunciation IPA ga e l speakers ..., gal k ... noun ... also Irish Gaelic another term for Irish the language ref is a Goidelic languages ... spoken by the Irish people . Irish is now spoken as a first language by a small minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of the population. Irish enjoys Constitution ... Ireland . Irish was the predominant language of the Irish people for most of their recorded history ... ref In the 2006 census for the Republic, 85,000 people reported using Irish as a daily language outside ... , the form used in Early Modern Irish language classical Modern Irish . ref Cite book last Dinneen ... 0 ref Older spellings of this include lang mga Gaoidhealg in Classical Irish language Classical Irish ge l g and lang sga Go delc goi el g in Old Irish language Old Irish . The modern spelling results ... ref in Munster Irish . English In European English, the language is usually referred to as Irish . The term ... languages Irish, Scottish Gaelic , and Manx language Manx or when discussion of Irish is confused ... used for the Irish language. ref http www.nytimes.com 2005 03 28 world europe 28iht irish.html ... Erse Erse from Erische , originally a Scots language Scots form of the word Irish applied in Scotland ... ref History Main History of the Irish language Written Irish is first attested in Ogham inscriptions from the fourth century AD this stage of the language is known as Primitive Irish . These writings ..., and into the Manx language in the Isle of Man. Early Modern Irish, dating from the thirteenth ... by such writers as Geoffrey Keating . Modern Irish emerged from the literary language known as Early ... of the language are the Irish initial mutations initial consonant mutation s, the verb subject ... function as prefixes. Morphology Main Irish declension Irish conjugation Irish is an inflected language ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Dictionary of the Irish Language Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials also called the DIL , published by the Royal Irish Academy , is the definitive dictionary of the origins of the Irish language , specifically the Old Irish language Old Irish and Middle Irish language Middle Irish stages the modern language is not included. The original idea for a comprehensive dictionary of early Irish was conceived in 1852 by the two preeminent Irish linguists of the time, John O Donovan scholar John O Donovan and Eugene O Curry however, it was more than sixty years until the first Fascicle book fascicle the letter D as far as the word lang mga deg ir , compiled by Carl J. S. Marstrander was published in 1913. It was more than sixty years again until the final fascicle only one page long and consisting of words beginning with H was published in 1976 under the editorship of E. G. Quin . The full dictionary comprises about 2500 pages, but a compact edition four original pages photoreduced onto one page was published in 1983 ISBN 0 901714 29 1 , and the decision was made to discontinue printing the full size edition. A web site has been established to permit scholars to submit annotations for the DIL. ref http www.pacdil.org aboutpacdil.phtml PACDIL ref As a result of a project started in 2003, ref http ahds.ac.uk ictguides projects project.jsp?projectId 247 Digitisation of the dictionary of the Irish language ref ref http www.arts.ulster.ac.uk lanlit irish research projects edilnews.html ... www.dil.ie eDIL . The online edition was launched in the Royal Irish Academy on the 27 June 2007. The launch was organised by the Focl ir na Nua Ghaeilge team in the Royal Irish Academy Academy . References reflist External links http www.dil.ie Dictionary of the Irish Language Category Irish dictionaries Category 1976 books be Dictionary of the Irish Language ca Diccionari de la Llengua Irlandesa ru Dictionary of the Irish Language ...   more details



  1. Irish language in Northern Ireland

    of Ireland and District council areas of Northern Ireland . The Irish language also known as Irish Gaelic lang ga Gaeilge is a minority language in Northern Ireland . The dialect spoken .... The historic influence of the Irish language in Northern Ireland can be seen in many place names .... Intellectuals in Belfast took an antiquarian interest in Irish language culture towards the end of the 18th century, and an Irish language magazine Bolg an tSolair was published in 1795. The Ulster ... and widely based membership, but the decline in Irish as a first language continued. ref name ReferenceA Belfast and the Irish language , ed. Fionnt n De Br n, Dublin 2006 ISBN 9781851829392 ref Irish ... still spoke Gaelic as a first language. Sir Douglas Hyde , in New York in 1905, said, The Irish language ... a Irish nationalism Separatist . ref name Tanner By then, however, the language had begun to be politicised ..., which it proudly displayed at a convention. Since 1921, the Irish language has been regarded with suspicion ..., quoting Irish News date 6 February 2003 accessdate 2007 06 19 ref The Irish language movement in Northern ... and the Irish language , ed. Fionnt n De Br n, Dublin 2006 ISBN 9781851829392 ref The Troubles exacerbated the politicisation of the Irish language in Northern Ireland. Many republicans in Northern ... P, 1991. Chapter 3. ref The last speakers of Irish language Dialects varieties of Irish native ... as 1920 ... the Irish language was spoken along with English from Ballynahinch to near Newry ... A.J. Hughs Belfast and the Irish Language, editor Fionnt n de Br n, 2006, ISBN 1 85182 939 3 ref and the Sperrin ..., spoke Irish Cited A.J. Hughs A.J. Hughs Belfast and the Irish Language, editor Fionnt n de Br n, 2006 ... language on the same date. ref Varieties of Irish indigenous to the territory of Northern Ireland ... 1,450,467 The ULTACH Trust Iontaobhas ULTACH was established in 1989 by Irish language enthusiasts ... in Irish and providing opportunities to people from that community to engage with, acquire and use the language ...   more details



  1. Irish language in Britain

    Merge to Languages of the United Kingdom discuss Talk Irish Language in Britain Merge date February 2012 Infobox language name Irish nativename lang ga Gaeilge pronunciation IPA ga e l speakers 1.7 million in Ireland date 2010 date   census speakers2 95,000 in UK 2004 speakers3 25,000 in USA 2011 speakers4 7,600 in Canada 2011 speakers5 5,000 in Mexico 2006 Speakers6 560 in Norway 2011 states ... Irish Gaelic another term for Irish the language ref is a Goidelic languages Goidelic language of the Indo European language family that has been spoken for at least two thousand years. According to the constitution of the Irish Republic , Irish is the First Official Language of the Republic. Around 72,000 people over the age of 19 use Irish on a daily basis ref cite web title 2006 Census of Population Volume 6 Irish Language url http www.cso.ie en media csoie census census2006results volume9 ... about the Irish language in Britain. With the Gaelic Revival of the 1890s, a branch of the Gaelic League was established in Glasgow in 1895. Subsequent hostilities between Britain and Ireland, and the Irish ... of, the Irish language in Britain. In 2011, a report found that 91 of British teenagers were not even aware that there was an Irish language ref cite book title Raising Standards, Offering Choice pages 3 ref . The current estimate of fluent Irish speakers permanently resident in Britain is 9,000, with around 80,000 more with a moderate to high knowledge of the language. ref cite journal title ... aim to promote its use. See also Irish language in Northern Ireland References Reflist Category Irish language Category Languages of the United Kingdom ga An Ghaeilge i Sasana ... spoken throughout Ireland Total Speakers 1.9 script Latin script Latin Irish orthography Irish ... Ireland agency Foras na Gaeilge iso1 ga iso2 gle iso3 gle lingua 50 AAA notice IPA Irish lang ga Gaeilge , also known as Irish Gaelic , ref citation title Oxford English Dictionary url http oxforddictionaries.com ...   more details



  1. Irish language outside Ireland

    The Irish language originated in Ireland, and has spread to other countries at different periods. Irish was historically the dominant language of the Irish people and they brought their Gaelic speech with them ... century census figures relating to Irish shows that the language remained very strong in the south ... and vocabulary. Irish was the language that a large number of emigrants took with them from ... instances the Irish language was retained for several generations. Argentina was the only non English ... century from areas where Irish was already in retreat. An interest in the language has persisted among ... Irish presence. This has been shown in the founding of language classes including some at tertiary ... USC2000 PHS.svg thumb 200px right The language spread of Irish in the United States according to U ... of home speakers. North America Irish people brought the language with them to North America as early ... . An Cl chomhar Tta, Baile tha Cliath Ihde, Thomas W. ed. , 1994. The Irish Language in the United ... States. According to the 2000 Census, 25,661 people in the U.S. speak Irish at home. ref MLA Language ... Gaelic . Retrieved on 7 January 2010 ref The Irish language came to Newfoundland in the late 17th century ... The Irish language reached Australia in 1788 along with English. In the early colonial period Irish ... history.php The Irish Language in Australia . Retrieved on 13 October 2007. ref The Irish were a greater ... Irish was the most widely used European language in Australia after English. English was the language ... linguistics, Old Irish and Modern Irish language. ref cite web url http www.arts.usyd.edu.au departs .... There is presently a network of Irish learners and users dominated by the Irish Language Association of Australia Cumann Gaeilge na hAstr ile , through which Irish language classes are run ... date accessdate 2011 02 28 ref Australians contribute fiction and journalism to Irish language ... readers called An L ib n . ref This can be downloaded from the Irish Language Association website ...   more details



  1. List of Irish-language media

    The following is a list of media available in the Irish language . Television main List of programmes ... , popular teen drama Aifric , dating show Eochair an ghr , documentary about the Irish language .... RT One Irish public broadcaster RT has one channel, RT One , which broadcasts Irish language ... national and international news. It offers a mix of Irish language, English language and Irish sign ... that is expected to be on air as of 2010. It will also contain some Irish language programmes from TG4 ... in Irish within the Republic can be directed to An Coimisin ir Teanga The Language Commissioner . BBC Two Northern Ireland BBC Two Northern Ireland has its own Irish language department producing ... decor show Gaisce Gn and community programme F ile an Phobail . It is funded by the Irish Language ... , http www.rid.ie Internet Radio site Stations with weekly Irish language programming Almost all Radio in Ireland national, regional and local stations also have regular Irish language programming ... main List of artists who have released Irish language songs A company called Digital Audio Productions ... na h ireann and Giota brands of Irish language radio programmes. Top 40 Oifigi il na h ireann ... Top 40 hits being presented entirely in Irish on what are regarded as English language radio ... 32 page newspaper published weekly Monthly Saol monthly newspaper Newspapers with Irish language columns In addition to this, most English language newspapers have Irish language columns Metro ireann Irish language columns The Irish Times Irish language columns Irish News Irish language columns Irish Daily Star Irish language column Saturdays Irish Echo Irish language columns Evening Echo Weekly Irish language segment An Phoblacht Irish language columns Magazines http www.waterford today.ie ... from the society Irish Cambridge Journal of Celtic Language Learning Journal of Celtic Linguistics ... News http www.foramnagaeilge.com F ram na Gaeilge Irish language forum http www.boards.ie vbulletin ...   more details



  1. History of the Irish language

    na n ces explaining the Ogham script. The history of the Irish language covers the period ... the conversion to Christianity in the 5th century, Old Irish language Old Irish begins to appear ... Gaelic , was a literary language that represented a transition between Middle and Modern Irish . It was used ... 10,0 text Irish language Modern Irish timeline Main Primitive Irish The earliest written form of the Irish language is known to linguists as Primitive Irish . ref cite book first John last Koch title ... 1994 isbn 0 901519 90 1 language Irish ref The grammar of Early Modern Irish is laid out in a series ... a transition between Middle Irish and Irish language Modern Irish . ref name Keating cite book ... 250px The distribution of the Irish language in 1871. ref E.G. Ravenstein, On the Celtic Languages ... that many hoped. The initial moves to save the language were championed by Irish Protestants , such as the linguist ... language affected them, as it did all Irish English speakers. The version of English spoken ... in 1982. Independent Ireland and the language The independent Irish state was established in 1922 ... of Ireland . Although some Irish republicanism Republican leaders had been committed language enthusiasts ... Irish had remained widespread were officially designated as Gaeltacht a , where the language would ... were supposed to support the Irish language. For instance, the state was by far the largest employer .... Overall, the percentage of people speaking Irish as a first language has decreased since independence ... an Irish teacher, called for compulsory Irish to end at the Junior Certificate level, and for the language ... quote ref In the republic, there are just over 72,000 people who use Irish as a daily language ... States of America and other countries. Northern Ireland and the language Main Irish language ... Ireland have taken radically different trajectories. References Reflist Irish linguistics Language histories DEFAULTSORT History Of The Irish Language Category Irish language Category Language histories ...   more details



  1. Status of the Irish language

    Irish language Irish is the main community and household language of 3 of the population of the Republic ... file,7802,en.pdf Statement on the Irish Language 2006 919 KB . Retrieved on 21 January ... showed that 167,487 people 10.4 had some knowledge of Irish see Irish language in Northern Ireland ... NUIG, formerly UCG . NUIG is a centre of academic work in the Irish language and is also adjacent to the Conamara ... both second language speakers and native speakers who were raised and educated through Irish. They are sometimes ... of young people use Irish as the main language of communication with family and neighbours, and English ... replaced by English. ref 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language http www.plean2028.ie en node 14 ... ref The Irish Language in a Changing Society Shaping The Future , p. xxvi. ref In a last ... citizens are paid to speak their first official language. ref Irish Independent, 20 November 2007, page ... IrishLanguage StatementontheIrishLanguage2006 file,7802,en.pdf Statement on the Irish Language 2006 ... of Irish with that of Welsh there are some similarities. According to a Welsh language ... in the Irish language in Ireland in the 2006 Irish census. ref http beyond2020.cso.ie Census TableViewer ... language outside Ireland Irish is no longer used as community language outside Ireland, but has retained ... is the Irish Language Association of Australia, based in Melbourne. ref http wwww.gaeilgesanastrail.com ... maintained by individuals. Irish language publications outside Ireland include two on line publications ... other bilingual countries, or be based on Place names in Irish Irish language names instead. ref http ... have Irish language options on their websites. Examples of these include Bord G is , Meteor mobile network Meteor , and An Post . Bank of Ireland ATM s and Samsung phones have an Irish Language option and meteor has also begun to offer an Irish language voicemail option to its customers. People corresponding ... and offer both Irish and English language options on their phone lines, along with written communication ...   more details



  1. Irish Sign Language

    Infobox language familycolor Sign name Irish Sign Language nativename Teanga Chomhartha ochta na h ireann ...?option com content&view article&id 83&Itemid 81 Information on ISL ref fam1 French Sign Language family French Sign iso3 isg Image Irish Sign Language ABC s.png thumb 250px The ISL Fingerspelling Alphabet. Irish Sign Language ISL , lang ga Teanga Chomhartha ochta na h ireann is the sign language of Ireland ... British Sign Language BSL is also used there. Irish Sign Language is more closely related to French Sign Language Clarify date April 2012 than to British Sign Language , which was first used in Dublin ... to either spoken Irish language Irish or English language English . The Irish Deaf Society says that ISL ... variant of Irish Sign Language that is still evident albeit to a lesser degree today. ref LeMaster ... ISL today. The ISO 639 3 code for Irish Sign Language is isg isl is the code for Icelandic language Icelandic . See also Irish manual alphabet Auslan Australian Sign Language Northern Ireland Sign Language South African Sign Language External links http www.irishdeafsociety.ie Irish Deaf Society http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code isg Ethnologue Irish Sign Language http www.tcd.ie slscs ... To The Lexicon and Beyond The Effect of Gender on Variation in Irish Sign Language . In Van Herreweghe ... for hundreds of years , but according to Ethnologue the language arose in its current form ... 2006 . McDonnell 1979 reports that the Irish institutions Roman Catholic Catholic and Protestant did ... until 1972. Sign language use was seriously suppressed and religion was used to further stigmatise the language e.g. children were encouraged to give up signing for Lent and sent to sacrament of Reconciliation ... of the deaf in Ireland 1816 1996 . Dublin Irish Deaf Society Publication. Department of Education ... signs among your Irish Deaf people . In Deaf Worlds 21 2. 62 77 McDonnell, P. 1979 The Establishment ... . Dublin Denzille Press. sign language navigation Category Languages of Ireland Category Languages ...   more details



  1. List of Irish-language radio stations

    This is a list of the Irish language Irish language radio stations in Ireland . Irish language radio stations There are six radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish National RT Raidi na Gaeltachta RnaG is one of the national radio stations which is part of the RT franchise. Youth Anocht FM broadcasts on the same frequency as Raidi na Gaeltachta but is aimed at a young audience. Raidi R R a youth orientated Irish Singles Chart chart music station, currently broadcasting on the internet . Generalist Raidi Na Life broadcasting in the Greater Dublin area. Raidi F ilte broadcasting in the Greater Belfast area. Irish Trad & Rock Music Raidi Idirl on , http www.rid.ie Internet Radio site See also List of Irish language media List of Irish language television channels External links http www.rte.ie rnag Raidi na Gaeltachta website http www.raidiofailte.com Raidi F ilte website http www.rnl106.com Raidi na Life website http www.raidiox.com Raidi R R website http www.rte.ie rnag anochtfm.html Anocht FM website http www.rid.ie Radi Idirl on Internet Radio site List of radio stations in Europe DEFAULTSORT Irish Gaelic radio stations Category Radio stations in the Republic of Ireland Gaelic Category Lists of radio stations ...   more details



  1. Hidden Ulster, Protestants and the Irish language

    Hidden Ulster, Protestants and the Irish Language is a book written by P draig Snodaigh in 1973. Revised editions appeared in 1977 and 1995. The third edition was published by Lagan Press . In the book, s main point of contention was to confirm the cultural, that is Irish language Gaelic , unity between the Irish Catholic natives of the Ulster north of Ireland and the Scotland Scottish settlers. Snodaigh argued there had been a strong tradition of Gaelic speaking among the Ulster Protestant planters in the 16th and 17th centuries. ref http www.hartford hwp.com archives 61 297.html Book review ref Snodaigh hoped his thesis of a shared linguistic heritage would thus improve relations between Northern Ireland s antagonistic communities during the Troubles 1971 1998 . ref Mr. Snodaigh said it was his hope that the Protestant people of the North would regain an interest in the Irish language and thus come to recognise the common roots and bonds which existed with the Catholic community . Protestants and the Language , Irish Press , January 18th, 1973, p.4 ref The book was strongly criticised by the British and Irish Communist Organisation , which saw it as a Social Democratic and Labour ... Glaisne,review of Hidden Ulster Protestants and the Irish Language by P draig Snodaigh . Studies An Irish Quarterly Review , Vol. 85, No. 337 Spring, 1996 , pgs. 81 83. ref ref The Politics of Language in Ireland, 1366 1922, Tony Crowley, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0415157188 pg. 8 . ref References .... In Search of Ireland , Brian Graham, 1997. Presbyterians and the Irish Language , Roger Blaney, 1996. Last of the Celts Marcus Tanner, 2004. DEFAULTSORT Hidden Ulster, Protestants And The Irish Language Category 1995 books Category Irish non fiction literature hist book stub ... in subsequent editions. ref Gaelic Ulster Theory Attack by Stalinists , Irish Times ,May 15, 1973. ref ref Hidden Ulster Explored , by the British and Irish Communist Organisation,1973. ref ...   more details



  1. Irish words used in the English language

    notability date August 2011 unreferenced date August 2011 For a list of Irish words that have been imported into English and other languages, see the Wiktionary Category Irish derivations list of words of Irish origin at Wiktionary , the free dictionary. Note to editors DO NOT ADD DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS OR LISTS OF WORDS TO THIS ARTICLE. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A DICTIONARY. There are Irish language and Irish ... Craic , an English word that was adapted into Irish and then re borrowed into English Modern history of Durrus and District for list of Irish language Irish words in general speech in area of West Cork in 1930s Hiberno English Lists of English words of Celtic origin Place names in Ireland Irish language Words used in the English language DEFAULTSORT Irish Words Used In The English Language Category Irish loanwords English language Category Celtic loanwords English language Category Irish words ... instead. For help with pronunciation, see Help IPA , Help IPA for Irish , and Irish phonology . Irish ... F ilte Irish Tourist Board literally Welcome Board now called F ilte Ireland pronounced IPA bo rd f t ... of Representatives lower house of the Irish Parliament pronounced IPA d a l e r n ire Ireland pronounced IPA e Fianna F il Irish political party literally Soldiers of Destiny pronounced IPA f i n f l Fine Gael Irish political party literally Family of the Gael pronounced IPA f n e l Gaeltacht Irish speaking area pronounced IPA e t xt Garda S och na Garda police officer plural Garda pronounced IPA a rd , pl. IPA a d i Garda S och na Irish police service ... 1919 1921 only pronounced IPA p r i v ar Irish pound Punt Irish pound currency, now replaced by the euro ... rad o t l f i e r n Irish Free State Saorst t ireann Irish Free State pronounced IPA si r st t e n Seanad ireann Irish Senate upper house of the Irish Parliament pronounced IPA an d e n Sinn F in Irish political party literally Our selves pronounced IPA i f e n Sliotar ...   more details



  1. List of Irish-language given names

    more Irish name This list of Irish language given names shows Irish language Gaeilge given names and their Anglicization Anglicized forms, Latinization literature Latinized forms, or English language equivalents. Some English language names are derived from the Irish language&mdash for example, Kathleen from Caitl n . Conversely, some Irish language names are derived from the English language&mdash for example, amon from Edmund . Many Irish language names have English language equivalents, because both names may be derived from a common name of another language. For example, the Irish language M ire and English language Mary are both derived from the French language. Sometimes Irish language ... Irish language name meaning brightness or radiance is used as a form of Anne which is ultimately from the Hebrew language Hebrew language , meaning he nowiki nowiki God nowiki nowiki has favoured me nowiki nowiki i.e. nowiki nowiki with a child . Many Irish language given names are traditional and have no real equivalents in the English language other than their Anglicized, or Latinized spelling variations . During the Irish revival some Irish language names, which had fallen out of use, were revived. Certain names are recent creations&mdash such as Saoirse . In Irish language naming ... name Anglicized form br and or br English language equivalent Notes on Gaeilge name Ref br tag ... Feminine Aibhilin.shtml title Aibhilin work Index of Names in Irish Annals accessdate 05 May 2011 ... title The Revival of Irish Names work The Irish Fireside Volume 6 year 1886 accessdate 05 May ... title Affraic work Index of Names in Irish Annals accessdate 05 May 2011 ref A binn A bhinn br Aoibhin ... AnnalsIndex Feminine Ailbhe.shtml title Ailbhe work Index of Names in Irish Annals accessdate 05 May ... Irish Names and Surnames author Patrick Woulfe year 1923 accessdate 05 May 2011 ref ine given name ... http www.lyberty.com encyc articles irish names.html ANGLICAZATIONS title Names of Ireland Irish ...   more details



  1. List of artists who have released Irish-language songs

    The following is a partial list of a few music artists who have released songs in the Irish language . Modern music The 4 of Us The 4th State Altan band Altan Autamata Bell X1 Wallis Bird Des Bishop Blink Ross Breen Kate Bush Paddy Casey Clann Z Clannad The Coronas The Corrs Delorentos Damien Dempsey Dingle White Females M irt n de C g in Maria Doyle Kennedy Enya Fiach The Frames The Frank and Walters The Fuchsia Band Dave Geraghty Gavin Glass The Guggenheim Grotto Lisa Hannigan Mickey Harte Gemma Hayes Heathers The Hothouse Flowers Jack L Bevel Jenny K la Mary Jane Lamond Lir Luka Bloom Tadhg Mac Dhonnag in Ashley MacIsaac Susan McKeown agus R is n Chambers The Mongrels Morgan is Mosney Morgan The Bouncer Mundy Declan O Rourke R n n Snodaigh Conor O Tuama The Pale Luan Parle Picturehouse Planxty Q 22 Q OOH The Revs Roesy Rubberbandits The Saw Doctors Pauline Scanlon Sandie Jones Seneca band Seneca Slide The Spikes John Spillane Claire Sproule Sting musician Sting Emmett Tinley Traic The Walls The Waterboys Ian Whitty Ger Wolfe See also Gaelic Revival Irish language revival Gaelscoileanna Irish medium education Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland List of Celtic language media External links http www.snag.ie Seachtain na Gaeilge http www.gaeilge.ie Gaeilge.ie http www.digitalaudioproductions.com top40.shtml Top 40 Oifigi il na h ireann http www.digitalaudioproductions.com goitai.shtml Giota http www.gaelport.com Gaelport http www.coimisineir.ie Irish language commissioner Category Irish language Artists who have released Irish language songs Category Irish language media Category Irish music lists ...   more details



  1. Irish

    Wiktionary Irish may refer to Irish cuisine Ireland , an island in north western Europe, on which are located Northern Ireland , a constituent country of the United Kingdom Republic of Ireland , a sovereign state Irish language , a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and by communities worldwide Irish Junior Cert , a subject of the Junior Cycle examination in Secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland Irish people , people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland, people who hold Irish Citizenship Irish name , a first or last name See also Irish nationality law , determining who can become an Irish citizen List of Irish related topics Irish related topics , list of articles related to Ireland disambiguation Category Ireland da Irsk de Irisch os it Irlandese ja nn Irsk pt Irland s ru sco Erse simple Irish ...   more details



  1. List of Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

    br small 80th Academy Awards 80th small Kings film Kings Irish language Irish , English language English ... Awards DEFAULTSORT List Of Irish Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film Category Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award submissions by country Ireland Category Ireland ... history02.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 06 22 ref The Foreign Language Film Award Committee ... 2011 20111013.html title 63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar accessdate 2011 ... aged Irish immigrants to England, who meet at the funeral of an old friend in modern day London . The film garnered 14 Irish Film and Television Award nominations and five awards, but was ultimately unable ... Language Film List of Academy Award winning foreign language films Cinema of Ireland References Reflist ...   more details



  1. Irish Society

    The Irish Society may refer to The Irish Society The Irish society for promoting the scriptural education and religious instruction of the Irish speaking population chiefly through the medium of their own language The Honourable The Irish Society The Society of the United Irishmen Benevolent Irish Society disambig ...   more details



  1. Irish Indians

    Refimprove date July 2010 Ethnic group group Irish Indians image File S ur Nivedita.jpg 94px caption Sister Nivedita poptime regions langs Irish language Irish English language English Languages of India Indian languages rels Christianity Hinduism related Irish diaspora An Irish Indian is an India n from India of full or partial Irish people Irish ancestry who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, to some degree, to Irish culture. As per article 366 2 of the Constitution of India Indian Constitution , an Irish Indian can be categorized as an Anglo Indian. Culture One of the cultural activities that Indians of Irish descent who are aware of their Irish ancestry participate in is Saint Patrick s Day . Notable people Bibi Baskin Former RT TV and radio presenter Charles Stuart East India Company officer Charles Stuart East India Company officer James Cousins Writer Sister Nivedita Disciple of Swami Vivekananda S. M. Cyril Internationally recognized educational innovator Cyrus Pallonji Mistry Successor of Tata Group . See Also India Ireland relations Anglo Indian References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Immigration to India Irish diaspora Categories Category Uncategorised Ireland articles Category Immigration to India Irish Category Irish expatriates in India ...   more details



  1. Newfoundland Irish

    For Irish Language Scottish Gaelic in Canada Canadian Gaelic Infobox language name Newfoundland Irish ... Newfoundland , mostly on Avalon Peninsula speakers possibly none moribund language moribund or extinct language extinct fam2 Celtic languages Celtic fam3 Insular Celtic languages Insular Celtic fam4 Goidelic languages Goidelic fam5 Irish language Irish map Newfoundland Irish Shore.png mapcaption The Irish Shore of Newfoundland island Newfoundland s Avalon Peninsula . iso3 no ISO code for this dialect Newfoundland Irish lang ga Gaeilge Thalamh an isc is an extinct dialect of the Irish language ... each one. The colonists were primarily Welsh language Welsh peasants but there were also many Irish peasants who usually only spoke Irish language Irish . The language was commonly spoken in rural areas until the mid 20th century. There is evidence to suggest that as many as 90 of the Irish immigrants to Newfoundland in the 17th and 18th centuries only spoke Irish. Citation needed date February 2007 Court records show that defendants often required Irish speaking interpreters, which indicates that the dominant language in many areas of the Avalon Peninsula was Irish rather than English language ... language outside Ireland Irish Newfoundlanders List of extinct languages of North America Scottish ... Information 8.25  KB Irish linguistics Category Irish language Category Irish dialects Category ... Irish , as spoken in the southeast of Ireland , due to mass immigration from the counties Waterford , Wexford , Kilkenny , Tipperary , and County Cork Cork . Irish settlement of Newfoundland Seven ... Newfoundland The Most Irish Place Outside of Ireland , Brian McGinn, the Irish Diaspora Studies scholarly ... and Harbour Grace to the fact that he was fluently bilingual in English and Irish. The Roman Catholic bishops also realized the importance of Irish speaking priests in letters to Dublin , Bishop James ... necessary that he should speak Irish. ref name mcginn Current status A 2001 census report indicated ...   more details



  1. Irish College

    Image Gates of Irish College.JPG thumb right Image Irish College, Rome.jpg thumb right The Pontifical Irish College , Rome, Italy File Cartulaire douai 3 coll ges.JPG thumb right Colleges at University of Douai Image Col iste na nGael.Lov in.jpg thumb right Entrance to the Irish College, Leuven, Belgium ... of Ireland . Irish Colleges is the collective name used for approximately 34 centres of education for Irish Catholic clergy and lay people opened on continental Europe in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries ... the takeover of the country by the Protestant English state in the Tudor conquest of Ireland . Irish ... Irish Colleges were set up in Spain in the 1580s in Salamanca and Madrid under the supervision of the Jesuit priest James Archer Jesuit James Archer . There were several early Irish Colleges in Southern Netherlands . Irish College, Douai St. Patrick Irish college of Douai was founded in 1603 by Christopher Cusack, with the support of Philip III of Spain . The Irish College at Douai was integrated to the Faculty of Theology of the University of Douai in 1610. St Anthony s College, the Irish ... Mac Aingil and Flaithri Maolconaire , Irish Franciscan, theologian and aide to Aodh Ruadh Domhnaill . The College was founded under the patronage of Philip III of Spain . The Irish College in Paris ... frontcover Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish and Their Descendants 1830 p.118 ... Laws against Roman Catholics in Ireland were relaxed. Irish colleges were important centres for the writing of Irish history and the preservation of Ireland s rich cultural traditions. M che l Cl irigh was sent from an Irish college to Ireland to compile the Annals of the Four Masters , an important chronicle of Irish history. Within the colleges, printing press in the Irish language were established and a collection of the lives of Irish saints was produced. Irish colleges were also helpful for the Irish resistance during the Nine Years War in Ireland and later exile on the European continent ...   more details



  1. Irish Brazilian

    Infobox Ethnic group group Irish Brazilian br small Hiberno brasileiro small image caption poptime Unknown popplace Brazil Mainly in the states of State of S o Paulo S o Paulo and State of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro langs Portuguese language Portuguese , English language English , and Irish language Irish rels Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholicism , Irreligion and Religion in Brazil others related c Other Brazilian people , White Brazilian s and specially Confederados , other American Brazilian s, English Brazilian s and Scottish Brazilian s Irish Latin Americans An Irish Brazilian Portuguese Irlando brasileiro or Hiberno brasileiro is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Irish ancestry, or an Irish born person residing in Brazil. Many of Irish immigrants in Brazil had to change their last names into an easier kind of writing based in existing Portuguese names, replacing the O originally grandson . ref http www.irlandeses.org brazil.htm Brazil and Ireland Bot generated title ref See also Immigration to Brazil European immigration to Brazil Irish people References Reflist Demographics of Brazil Brazil topics Irish diaspora Category Ethnic groups in Brazil Category Brazilian people of Irish descent pt Irlando brasileiro ...   more details



  1. Irish Chilean

    Infobox Ethnic group group Irish Chilean br small chileno irland s small caption small Notable Irish Chileans br Bernardo O Higgins , Patricio Aylwin small poptime Unknown popplace Chile langs Chilean Spanish Spanish . Minority speaks English language English and or Irish language Irish as first language. rels Roman Catholicism , Protestantism Presbyterianism , Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America Episcopalianism et al. related Irish people , Irish American s, Irish Argentine s, Irish Brazilian s, Irish Canadian s, Irish Mexican s, Irish Uruguayan s, Scottish people , Scottish Chilean s. Irish Latin Americans Irish Chileans in Spanish language Spanish Irland s chileno or Hibernochileno , Irish language Irish Gael Sile nach are the inhabitants of Chile who either came from some part of the island of Ireland or are descendants of immigrants from there. Generally coming in the 18th century and early 19th century, the generally Roman Catholic Church Catholic Irish were seeking refuge from the oppression of the Protestantism Protestant run government of the Kingdom of Great Britain . Spain , being a Catholic power, enticed many Irish to move to Latin America. Immigration reduced later in the 19th century as Catholic Emancipation made emigration to a Catholic nation less of a vital ... for settlement. A large proportion of Irish Chileans are sheep farmers in the Magallanes region of the far south of the country, and the city of Punta Arenas has a large Irish foundation dating back to the 18th century. The most notable Irish Chilean, Bernardo O Higgins is often referred to as the Father of Chile , and is commemorated in many places in Chile. Notable Irish Chileans Patricio Aylwin ... Vicu a Mackenna politician, writer Irish grandmother See also Chileans in the United Kingdom Chile Ireland relations Ethnic groups in Chile Irish diaspora Category Irish diaspora Chilean Category Ethnic groups in Chile Category Chilean people of Irish descent es Inmigraci n brit nica en Chile ...   more details



  1. Minister for Irish

    The Minister for Irish was the title of a Ministry of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic , the self declared state which was established in 1919 by First D il D il ireann , the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish Member of Parliament MPs elected in the Irish general election, 1918 1918 general election . The portfolio was created to promoted the use of the Irish language throughout the country. The post was abolished after little over a year in existence, after the conclusion of formal independence negotiations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland UK . In 1956 the position was revived to a certain extent with the creation of the new title of Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Minister for the Gaeltacht . Minister for Irish class wikitable Name Entered Office Left Office colspan 2 Party Se n T. O Kelly 29 June 1920 26 August 1921 style background color Sinn F in meta color Sinn F in GovernmentofIreland Category Lists of defunct government ministers of Ireland Irish Category Language policy pl Ministrowie ds. j zyka irlandzkiego ...   more details



  1. Primitive Irish

    Infobox language name Primitive Irish states Ireland , Isle of Man , western coast of Great Britain familycolor ... ogham inscriptions, which lack a letter for the p phoneme, show Primitive Irish to be similar in morphology linguistics morphology and inflection s to Gaulish language Gaulish , Latin , Classical Greek language Greek and Sanskrit . Many of the characteristics of modern and medieval Irish, such as initial ..., pp. 309 310 ref Transition to Old Irish Old Irish language Old Irish , written from the 6th century on, has most of the distinctive characteristics of Irish, including broad and slender consonants, initial ..., the language of the new learned class, the Christian monks. The vernacular forms of Irish ... Irish category Primitive Irish language reflist Celtic languages Irish linguistics Scottish Gaelic linguistics Manx linguistics Category Irish language Category Ancient languages Irish language, Primitive ... Goidelic languages Goidelic iso3 pgl script Ogham extinct Evolved into Old Irish about the 6th century AD Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish ref cite book title Celtic Culture A Historical Encyclopedia ... , including more than 40 in Wales , where Irish colonists settled in the 3rd century, and about 30 in Scotland , although some of these are in Pictish language Pictish . Many of the British inscriptions are bilingual in Irish and Latin, but none show any sign of the influence of Christianity or Christian ... religion of the Roman Empire only about a dozen of the Irish inscriptions show any such sign. The majority ... case , followed by small MAQI, MAQQI small , of the son Modern Irish mic , and the name of his father, or small AVI, AVVI small , of the grandson , Modern Irish u and the name of his grandfather ... appear to be border markers. ref Rudolf Thurneysen , A Grammar of Old Irish , Dublin Institute ... in Old Irish king lists and annals as Mac Ca rthinn U Enechglaiss , is memorialised on an ogham stone near where he died. This gives the late Primitive Irish version of his name in the genitive ...   more details



  1. Irish-Scots

    language English Irish English Irish Scottish English Scottish , Scots language Scots , Scottish Gaelic , Irish language Irish rels Predominantly Irish Catholic Roman Catholic , Some Protestantism in Ireland Protestant related Scottish people Scottish , Irish people Irish Welsh people Welsh , Manx people Manx , Cornish people Cornish , Breton people Bretons , Ulster Scots people Scots Irish , Ulster Scots people Ulster Scots Irish Scots are people who live in Scotland who are of immediate or mixed ancestry including Ireland Irish ancestry. Although migration between Ireland and Scotland has an established history both ways owing to their close proximity, Irish migration to Scotland increased ...Original research date February 2011 Onesource date February 2011 Ethnic group group Irish Scots poptime ... Ireland Great Famine . In this period, the Irish typically settled in the cities such as Edinburgh ... full or partial Irish descent. ref http www.scrol.gov.uk scrol warehouse NewWards ER CA.jsp Scotland s Census Results Online Ethnicity and Religion tables ref The term Irish Scots should not be confused with Ulster Scots people Scottish Irish , a term used to denote those in the Provinces of Ireland Irish province of Ulster who are descended from Scottish people Scots who settled there in heavy numbers during the Ulster Plantations . Famous Irish Scots include author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , actors ... by the following quotations In our opinion, the Irish have as much right to come to this country ... for the same reason. Let us hear no more complaints about the influx of Irish having a bad effect on Scotland ... improved the Irish, but the native Scots who live among the Irish have got worse. It is difficult to imagine the effect the Irish immigrants will have upon the morals and habits of the Scottish people ... immigrants irish in scotland index irish scotland.shtml dd dl Difficulties also arose due to differences .... Towards the end of the eighteenth century,before the Irish began arriving in large numbers it was reported ...   more details




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