10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAELTACHT»
Discover the use of
Gaeltacht in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Gaeltacht and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. Vol. 1-
It designated two categories of Gaeltacht areas: Fior-Ghaeltacht (fully Irish-
speaking) and Breac- Ghaeltacht (partially Irish-speaking). The Gaeltacht areas
were formally recognized for the first time in the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act 1929,
and ...
Re- Imagining the Gaeltacht Maps, Stories, and Places in the Mind ANGELA
BOURKE Almost since the foundation of the Irish state in the 1920s, "Gaeltacht"
has been the official name for a number of areas, most of them along Ireland's
Atlantic ...
Andrew Higgins Wyndham,
2006
3
Linguistic Minorities, Society, and Territory
profession. It was impossible to accept Gaeltacht residence as sufficient evidence
of eligibility for scholarships. It was a serious error that after the report of the
Gaeltacht Commission no single government department was made responsible
for ...
4
Language in the British Isles
Remarks are also made about the need for Gaeltacht support (see below) and for
broadcast media time to be given to Irish. Generally, the emphasis is now to be
upon spoken Irish, how teachers can be assisted to develop and maintain ...
5
Combat Poverty Agency Submission to the Department of ...
This submission is made in response to an open invitation from the Minister of
State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (DRCRAG) to
advise on how the community development approach meets the needs of ...
6
Third International Conference on Minority Languages: Celtic ...
in Irish is provided by information on the award of the £10 native-speaker grant,
Sceim Labhairt na Gaeilge administered by the Department of the Gaeltacht. The
£10 grant is awarded annually in Gaeltacht areas to the parents of those children
...
Gearóid Mac Eoin, Anders Ahlqvist, Donncha Ó hAodha,
1987
7
In Search of Ireland: A Cultural Geography
National policy took precedence over regional policy in the state's handling of the
Gaeltacht until the 1950s. The maps that the Gaeltacht Commission produced
served, ironically, as the blueprint for monitoring the contraction of the Gaeltacht.
8
Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Irish can be found through the whole of the Republic, but the majority of speakers
are to be found along the western coast in designated Irish language areas
called the Gaeltacht. The Gaeltacht The Gaeltacht are officially designated Irish ...
Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones,
1998
9
Combat Poverty Agency Submission to the Department of ...
1 Introduction and Summary The Combat Poverty Agency1 welcomes the
opportunity to respond to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs' (DCRGA) consultation process concerning the improvement of structures
to bring ...
10
Language planning and policy in Europe.
Planning in the Gaeltacht There are ongoing discussions and reflections on the
questions and issues concerning the Irish language that have been raised and
analysed in the monograph. Regarding language maintenance or sustaining ...
Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf,
2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAELTACHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Gaeltacht is used in the context of the following news items.
Higgins leads memorial of Irish military dead
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys (fourth from right) led Sinn Féin Mayors lay wreaths at World War memorial ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Sinn Féin Mayors lay wreaths at World War memorial service
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys led the wreath-laying at a ceremony organised by the Royal British Legion in ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
The Féile is back
The Féile fun kicks off from 30 July - 9 August with hundreds of events taking place across West Belfast and the Gaeltacht Quarter. Headliners ... «Ulster Star, Jul 15»
Test of faith for medical supremo
Udaras na Gaeltachta, the Gaeltacht investment body, last week approved €5m in research and development (R&D) grants for a Randox facility ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
Shatter faces struggle to get his party card stamped
And to think our teens give out about gaeltacht summer camps. It's the summer of Sean Scully, not just in Ireland but all over Europe. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
Campaigners to meet over Inis Meáin school
“At the moment the Department is asking schools to submit their thoughts on preserving and promoting the Irish language in Gaeltacht areas ... «Connacht Tribune Group, Jul 15»
Did you hear the one about five men, their cars and a seaweed …
What are we going to do, close down all Gaeltacht areas because people are using cars? It's unbelievable.” Maybe this is a decision made by ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
Jehovah's Witnesses convention to attract over 7000
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys will launch online the entire collection Irish Catholics can now trace ancestry ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
What does the future hold for it?
Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, who did a study recently of the use of Irish in the Gaeltacht, has written that the education system does not provide the ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
Hunting lodge in buyers' sights
Though it's now largely a satellite village of Galway City, Moycullen does have charms of its own, as a Gaeltacht village often described as a ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»