Jailtacht

The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008

Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost ISBN: 9781783165117
Publisher: University of Wales Press Publication: May 15, 2012
Imprint: University of Wales Press Language: English
Author: Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
ISBN: 9781783165117
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Publication: May 15, 2012
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Language: English

Using research methods and techniques, the author closely analyses the emergence of the Irish language amongst republican prisoners and ex prisoners in Northern Ireland from the 1970’s up until the present. This pioneering study shows how the language was used exclusively in parts of the prison, despite the efforts of the prison authorities to suppress the language, and the dramatic impact this had on Irish society. Drawing on interviews with the prisoners, and various other materials, Mac Giolla Chriost shows how these developments gave rise to the popular coinage of the term ‘Jailtacht’, a deformation of ‘Gaeltacht’ - the official Irish-speaking district of the Republic of Ireland, to describe this unique linguistic phenomenon.

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Using research methods and techniques, the author closely analyses the emergence of the Irish language amongst republican prisoners and ex prisoners in Northern Ireland from the 1970’s up until the present. This pioneering study shows how the language was used exclusively in parts of the prison, despite the efforts of the prison authorities to suppress the language, and the dramatic impact this had on Irish society. Drawing on interviews with the prisoners, and various other materials, Mac Giolla Chriost shows how these developments gave rise to the popular coinage of the term ‘Jailtacht’, a deformation of ‘Gaeltacht’ - the official Irish-speaking district of the Republic of Ireland, to describe this unique linguistic phenomenon.

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