Belfast and the Irish Language (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)

This collection of essays explores Belfasts relationship with the Irish language from its earliest roots through to the cultural pioneers of the 19th-century revival, the urban Gaeltacht of the 1960s, the Belfast of the Good Friday Agreement and beyond. Contents: Ciaran Carson (QUB) Belfast and the Irish language; Pat McKay (QUB) The place-names of Belfast; A.J. Hughes (UU) Robert MacAdam & the 19th-century Gaelic revival; Fionntn de Brn (St Marys U College) The Fadgies: an Irish-speaking colony in 19th-century Belfast; Aodhn Mac Piln (Iontaobhas Ultach/Ultach Trust) The Irish language revival in Belfast, 19001960; Gabrielle Nig Uidhir (St Marys U College) Shaws Road urban Gaeltacht; Gordon McCoy (Iontaobhas Ultach) Protestants and the Irish language; Sen Mac Corraidh (Belfast Education and Library Board) Irishmedium education; Sen Mistil (Mitchell Kane Assoc.) Belfasts new Gaeltacht quarter