Jésabel Robin

The Irish and the Irish Language: Past, Present and Future of a Key Element to Irish Identity Jésabel Robin

What is the Irish language? How many people actually speak Irish nowadays? How important is it to the Irish cultural identity? What can Irish expect in the future? By exploring the relevance and prevalence of the Irish language in both the past and present, this sociolinguistic study written in 2003 gives a broad presentation of the history of the language and the impact it has had on the Irish society.