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Politics of Language in a (Dis)United Ireland
Language is pivotal in the areas of human rights protection, good governance, peace-building, reconciliation and sustainable development. A person’s right to use his or her chosen language is a prerequisite for freedom of thought, opinion and expression; for access to education and information; for employment; and for building inclusive societies. In the context of a potential political realignment of the island of Ireland, this essay considers the contentious political debates and acrimonious commentary surrounding language, primarily Irish and Ullans, and explores the sharply divided opinions regarding the role and place of language in society: how various attitudes are based on social context, social class and educational attainment, and the extent of the challenge to overcome these in the attempt to create a safe and neutral space in which the multi-layered aspects of the language debate can be addressed in a non-threatening manner. In conclusion, it teases out some of the more intense and extreme aspects, and how they might be addressed.
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Politics of Language in a (Dis)United Ireland/A RESPONSE
Language is pivotal in the areas of human rights protection, good governance, peace-building, reconciliation and sustainable development. A person's right to use his or her chosen language is a prerequisite for freedom of thought, opinion and expression; for access to education and information; for employment; and for building inclusive societies. In the context of a potential political realignment of the island of Ireland, this essay considers the contentious political debates and acrimonious commentary surrounding language, primarily Irish and Ullans, and explores the sharply divided opinions regarding the role and place of language in society: how various attitudes are based on social context, social class and educational attainment, and the extent of the challenge to overcome these in the attempt to create a safe and neutral space in which the multi-layered aspects of the language debate can be addressed in a non-threatening manner. In conclusion, it teases out some of the more intense and extreme aspects, and how they might be addressed.
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Twisted Truths: Stories from the Irish
Twisted Truths is an exciting anthology which brings together some of the finest and most innovative writing in the Irish language published in the past three decades. It features a foreword written by the award-winning Irish author, Colm Toibin, and writings by: Micheal O Conghaile, Angela Bourke, Deirdre Brennan, Fionntan de Brun, Seamas Mac Annaidh, Sean Mac Mathuna, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Dara O Conaola, Daithi O Muiri, Micheal O Ruairc, Gabriel Rosenstock, Daithi Sproule, Alan Titley.
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Fin de Siècle na Gaeilge
An intellectual history of the Irish Language Revival. Exploring fin de siEcle themes including Darwinism, degeneration, racial hybridity, race extermination, cultural decline and cultural nationalism as manifested in the latter half of the nineteenth-century, this ground-breaking study charts how these concerns created a cultural and intellectual environment receptive to the Irish revival of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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Twisted Truths
An exciting anthology which brings together some of the finest and most innovative writing in the Irish language published in the past three decades.
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The Novel in Irish since 1950: From National Narrative to Counter-Narrative
This essay describes the main trends and developments within the Irish language novel in the period since 1950. Starting with a summary of the Irish language novel in the Free State era, it traces the efforts to destabilize the revivalist narrative sustained and promulgated by An Gúm and the subsequent thematic and linguistic transformation of the post-war period. By suggesting two major thematics: a counter-narrative tradition writing against perceived stereotypes, and the tradition which seeks to expand and contemporize the novel through lexical experimentation, this essay provides a detailed analysis of modern novels.
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Eoin MacNeill: memoir of a revolutionary scholar. Edited by Brian Hughes. Pp xvii + 142. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission. 2016. €25
Anticipating disapproval, the editor pre-empts critics by admitting: many of its themes and topics are underdeveloped, it is sometimes scattered in its chronology, there is no sense of chapter structure, and it is often repetitive, with MacNeill repeating several anecdotes on more than one occasion. … in some ways, this is what makes it so powerful a historical document.That power results in no small part from MacNeill's honesty. The Rising saw him removed from his chair at U.C.D. and expelled from the R.I.A. The Civil War led to one son's death as an anti-Treaty I.R.A. member, while two other sons took the Free State side. How did the Civil War politics affect the R.I.A. and U.C.D.? Readers will search in vain for insights into the Boundary Commission, academic intrigue, or his family life.
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