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Old Irish; Old Gaelic: Goídelc: Pronunciation [ˈɡoːi̯ðʲelɡ] Region: Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, Scotland, Devon, Cornwall: Era: 6th–10th century; evolved into Middle Irish by around the 10th century
- History of Ireland
Prehistory (10,500 BCE–600 BCE) Iron Age (600 BCE–400 CE)...
- Phonological history
Phonological history of Old Irish. Old Irish was affected by...
- History of Ireland
Old Irish was the first written vernacular language north of the Alps, and it first appeared in the margins of Latin manuscripts as early as the 6th century. Old Irish can be divided into two periods: Early Old Irish, also called Archaic Irish (c. 7th century), and Old Irish (8th–9th century).
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Old Irish was the Goidelic language in the Middle Ages. People spoke Old Irish in Ireland, before the year 1000 AD. Old Irish was a Goidelic language, and modern Goidelic languages like Irish and Scots Gaelic came from it. People speaking Insular Celtic languages probably first came to Ireland at the start of the Iron Age, about 500 BC.
Sep 11, 2015 · The first people arrived in Ireland between 7,000-6,500 BCE, much later than other lands. The Ceide Fields in County Mayo near Ballycastle date from this time and are the oldest known farming fields (known as a field system) in the world.
This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland. See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland, alongside Irish heads of state, and the list of years in Ireland .
