An Irish-Speaking Island

An Irish-Speaking Island
Author: Nicholas M. Wolf
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014-11-25
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0299302741

This groundbreaking book shatters historical stereotypes, demonstrating that, in the century before 1870, Ireland was not an anglicized kingdom and was capable of articulating modernity in the Irish language. It gives a dynamic account of the complexity of Ireland in the nineteenth century, developments in church and state, and the adaptive bilingualism found across all regions, social levels, and religious persuasions.