Hello there; I was wondering at what point was it in Irish history that a majority of the population of Ireland could understand English?. I suspect that it...
Oh that is a very good question. I to would also like to know. Thank you very much Carol...
Carol Schnipke
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Jun 30, 2006 3:54 am
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Hi pre 20th century figures are not terribly reliable but... By about 1800 the percentage of Irish speakers on the island as a whole was probably less than...
It is a good question. The English language was legally imposed on the Irish as early as the Statutes of Kilkenny in 1367. That law stated, in part, that it...
TED MEEHAN
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Jul 1, 2006 6:19 pm
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I thought that England forced their languge into the school system. The native American Indians were made to stop using their languge. Their languge was used...
I read that the Greeks came into Ireland and brought their Christianity and language. This was before Saint Patrick. The church of Rome had the information...
Linda, ... It'd help to know where you read this. The only source I can think of at all like this is a book written a couple of decades ago by a non-expert who...
... I don't think others have read your question quite as I have, and though the information relating to *use* of Irish is correct, it seems to me that you are...
... Yep, but the question is... *who* got schooling? Very few in some areas, at least during the first half of the 1800s. ... Well, the majority of Irish who...
Very interesting response, Stiof. I wonder to what extent people needed to interact with officialdom back then. By that I mean Ireland must still have been a...
And as another aside when you start talking about 100% English speaking parents etc. There were people on mainlnd Ireland in the 60s and 70s who couldn´t...
Stiof describes my family's history. In 1847 my ggf Patrick Burns and his sister Margaret, both in their early 20s, sailed from Sligo and found their way from...
... There is evidence of occasional commerce with the near east (including Greece) in both prehistoric and historic eras, but I've never heard of any Greek...
... From: Stiof MacAmhalghaidh Date: 07/03/06 17:00:58 Linda, ... It'd help to know where you read this. The only source I can think of at all like this is a...
Thank you for those interesting responses. I guess it would be impossible to get a concrete answer on this question; I suspected this when I asked the question...
Does anyone know where I can find details about the old Irish Book found in the bog recently?. I read about it in the paper today. Thanks for your attention....
... It is too recent to have anything much written about it. What's in the papers (check the Irish Times, Examiner, Irish Independent, Reuters online services)...
People, We are now accepting FINAL submissions for INSIGHT Online Journal #4 which will be released at the end of August, and initial submissions for #5, due...
... This has been corrected. Psalm 83 in the middle ages is not Psalm 83 as we know it in modern Bibles. The text visible on the open page refers to yearning...
Hello...The Museum has two press releases on their web page about the manuscript, including one with a clarification regarding Psalm 83. The main page is at...
Forwarded from H-Net. This is a Call for Papers for the 42nd International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2007. We invite dancers,...
Due to the impact of holdays on contributors' ability to deliver final copies for August, the release of issue 4 of Insight has been held over by one month ...
Hello there, just a quick question: Is there somewhere I can go on the internet that gives a list of all the Irish history books that have recently been...
A chara, This is my favorite period as well. I don't know of a website, but I will offer a recommendation of some of my own favorite books on this period. ...
TED MEEHAN
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Sep 15, 2006 9:22 pm
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I just came across a book in a biblio which may be of interest: Nicholls, K.W., "Land, law and society in sixteenth century Ireland", Dublin, 1976 - - - - - -...
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Sep 17, 2006 10:36 am
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Busy on my thesis at the moment so I can't take the time to list books but if you are looking for recent writers on the 16th century I would suggest: Nicholas...
The best study of the historiography of this time is in D Edwards, PJ Duffy and E Fitzpatrick, Gaelic Ireland, 1250-1650 (Four Courts Press, Portland and...
