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Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write Irish. A spelling reform in the mid-20th century led to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the modern standard written form used by the Government of Ireland, which regulates both spelling and grammar.
Irish has constitutional status as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and is also an official language of Northern Ireland and among the official languages of the European Union. The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island.
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The first Irish translation of The New Testament begun by Nicholas Walsh, Bishop of Ossory until his demise in 1587. It was continued by his assistant John Kearney with Dr. Nehemiah Donnellan, Archbishop of Tuam. Finally completed by Uiliam Ó ‘Domhnaill (who had succeeded Bishop Donnellan) then published during 1602. The work of the translation of ...
Several dictionaries were published over the years: from The Royal Dictionary of 1699 & 1729 by Abel Boyer to The English- Irish Dictionary of Begley & Mc Curtain in 1732. John O ‘ Brien published Foclóir Gaoidhilge-sags-béarla Or in 1768. An English-Irish edition of 1814 by Thaddaeus Connellan was produced. During 1855 an English-Irish edition by ...
The following old spellings were criticized by T. F. O ‘Reilly with their simplifications from old spelling to new spelling: Beirbhiughadh toBeiriú, Imthighthe toImithe, FIrish Dialects past & present; with chapters on Scottish & Manx 1932 (Brown & Nolan Dublin) waaghbháil toFáil, Urradhas toUrrús also Filidheacht toFilíocht.His publication ‘s expa...
Eamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council from the 1932 Election insisted that policy reverted to older spelling which was then used for the 1937 Constitution. During 1941 he decided to publish a ‘popular’ edition of the Constitution. De Valera also established an expert committee that failed to agree to recommendations; instead the Oirea...
The Oireachtas’s own translation service during 1945 printed a booklet Litiúna Gailge: Lámhleabhar an Chaighdeain Oifigiúil. (Published in Early Modern History 1500-1700 issue 5 September-October 2012 vol 20) That booklet was expanded during 1947 then republished as An Caighdheán Oifigiúi in 1959, combined with a standard ‘graminer ‘ of 1953. Durin...
The grammar of early ,modern Irish was initially presented in a series of grammatical tracts. Edited & published by Osborn Bergin as a supplement to Éiru between 1916-1955. [xxii] Irish has a case system like Latin or German. It has four cases showing functions of nouns or pronouns in a sentence. In phonology it exhibits initial ‘sandi ’ in which t...
Presently there are three main dialects in the Irish language: Munster (An Mhumháin ), Connnacht (Connachta) also Ulster (Ulaidh) The Munster dialect is spoken mainly in Kerry (Ciarraí) & Muskerry (Múscraí) in the western part of Cork (Contae Chorcai) Connacht dialect is spoken mainly in Connamara (Conamara), the Aran Islands (Oiléain) also in Tour...
In modern Irish just a few sounds are not found in English dialects. It has an unique spelling system. Although it may appear complicated it is in fact more regular that English spelling. With the exception of a few common words: that have an unstressed prefix-all words are sharply accented on the final syllable. [xxv] Gaelic Irish type today with ...
Orthography. As with most medieval languages, the orthography of Old Irish is not fixed, so the following statements are to be taken as generalisations only. Individual manuscripts may vary greatly from these guidelines.
Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla has been the primary orthographical source for the spelling of the language since it was published and provides the most comprehensive coverage of the grammar and other aspects of words in Irish.
The Official Standard (An Caighdeán Oifigiúil) During the 1950s and 1960s a standardised form of Irish, known the An Caighdeán Oifigiúil (The Official Standard) was developed. It combines elements from the three major dialects and its pronunciation is based on the Connacht dialect. This is the form of the language taught in most schools.
During the 20th century four English-Irish dictionaries were published and three major Irish-English dictionaries. The English-Irish dictionaries were produced by Edmund Fournier d’Albe (1903), Timothy O'Neill Lane (1904, 1918), Lambert McKenna (1935) and Tomás de Bhaldraithe (1959).
