Minority Languages - List of Source Material

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Adams, G.B. (1970). 'Language and Man in Ireland'. Ulster Folklife, 15/16, pp 140-171.

Adams, G.B. (1971). `Ulster dialect origins'. Ulster Folklife, 17, pp 99-102.

Adamson, I. (1974). The Cruithin: The Ancient Kindred. Bangor: Pretani Press.

Adamson, I. (1985). The Identity of Ulster. Belfast: Pretani Press.

Adamson, I. (1991). The Ulster People. Bangor: Pretani Press.

Aitken, A.J. (1992). 'Scots' in The Oxford Companion to the English Language. OUP.

Andrews, A.M. (1994). 'Report on Pre-Primary Education: Provisions for the Irish Language in Northern Ireland'. In A. Sj. van der Goot, W.J. T. Renkema, and M.B. Stuijt (eds.) Pre-Primary Education. Ljouwert/Leeuwarden: Fryske Akademy, Mercator-Education, pp 327-337.

Andrews, A.M. (1994). 'The Irish language in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom'. In R.S. Tjeerdsma and J. A. Sikma Provision of Learning Materials for Primary and Pre-primary Education. Ljouwert/Leeuwarden: Fryske Akademy, Mercator-Education, pp 223-228.

Andrews, L. S. (1991). 'The Irish Language in the Education System of Northern Ireland: Some Political and Cultural Perspectives.' In R. M. O. Pritchard (ed.) Motivating the Majority: Modern Languages in Northern Ireland. Coleraine and London: University of Ulster / The Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research.

Andrews, L. S. (1995). The Irish Language in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom: The Training of Primary and Post-Primary Teachers. Teacher Training of Minority Languages for Primary and Secondary Education, Vol 3Fryske Akademy: Mercator Education.

Aughey, A. (1995). Irish Kulturkampf. Belfast: Ulster Young Unionist Council.

Barnard, T. C. (1993). 'Protestants and the Irish Language, c.1675-1725.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 44 (2). pp 243-272.

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Blaney, R. (1996). Presbyterians and the Irish Language. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation/ULTACH Trust.

Blaney, Roger. (1991). Presbyterians and the Irish language. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation.

Braidwood, J. (1969). The Ulster dialect lexicon. Belfast: Queen's University Press.

Brown, T. (1991). 'The Cultural Issue in Northern Ireland, 1965-1991'. In D. Keogh and M. H. Haltzel (eds.) Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Buckley, A. (1989). 'We're Trying to Find our Identity: Uses of History among Ulster Protestants.' In M. Chapman, M. McDonald, and E. Tonkin (eds.) History and Ethnicity. ASA Monograph 27. London: Routledge.

Clarke, S. (1994). Feis na nGleann: A History of the Festival of the Glens. Holywood: Priory Press.

Committee for the Administration of Justice (CAJ). (1993). Stáid agus Stádas Gaeilge i dTuaisceart na hÉireann/The Irish Language in Northern Ireland: The British Government's Approach to the Irish Language in Light of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Belfast: CAJ.

Craig, E. (2007). “Irish-Language Education and the Council of Europe's Minority Treaties: The Monitoring of Developments in Northern Ireland. In  Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 58(2). pp  121-141.

Crowley, T. (2008). “The Political Production of a Language” in Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 16(1). pp 23-35.

Crowley, T. (2008). The Politics of Language in Ireland 1537-2004. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cultural Traditions Group (1995). Giving Voices: The Work of the Cultural Traditions Group, 1990-1994. Belfast: Community Relations Council.

Cunningham, Michael. (1997). 'The Political Language of John Hume'. Irish Political Studies, 12, 13-22.

De Blacam, A. (1934). 'The Other Hidden Ireland.' Studies, XXIII, pp 439-534.

De Blaghd, E. (1955). Briseadh na Teorann. Baile Átha Cliath: Sáirséal and Dill.

De Brún, F. (ed.) (2005). Belfast and the Irish language. Dublin: Four Courts, 2005.

Department of Finance and Personnel, Policy Planning and Research Unit (PPRU). (1988). The Irish Language in Northern Ireland 2987 - Preliminary Report of a Survey of Knowledge, Interest and Ability. Belfast: PPRU.

Department of Health and Social Services / Registrar General Northern Ireland. (1992). The Northern Ireland Census 1991: Belfast Urban Area Report. Belfast: HMSO.

Department of Health and Social Services / Registrar General Northern Ireland. (1993). The Northern Ireland Census 1991: Irish Language Report. Belfast: HMSO.

Doran, D. (1988). The Development of the Irish Language in West Belfast: A Cultural Studies Initiative in Community Adult Education. M.A Thesis, University of Ulster.

Dorian, N C. (1994). 'Purism vs Compromise in Language Revitalisation and Language Revival'. Language and Society, 23, (4): 479-94.

English, R. (1994). 'Cultural Traditions' and Political Ambiguity.' Irish Review 15, pp 97-106.

Farren, S. (1996). 'Language Policy in a Divided Community.' In T.H. and J. Williams (eds.) Language, Education and Society in a Changing World. Clevedon and Dublin: IRAAL/Multilingual Matters.

Fenton, J. (1995). 'The hamely tongue: the making of an Ulster-Scots dictionary'. Ullans, 3, pp 25-30.

Ferguson, F. (ed) (2008). Ulster-Scots Writing: An Anthology. Dublin: Four Courts Press.

Finlayson, A. (1997). 'The Problem of 'Culture' in Northern Ireland: A Critique of the Cultural Traditions Group'. The Irish Review 20, pp 76-88.

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Gaelic League. (1943). Glór Uladh. Belfast: Gaelic League (available from the Linenhall Library).

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Gailey, A. (1975) 'The Scots element in North Irish popular culture'. Ethnologia Europaea, 8, pp 2-22.

Giltrap, R. (1990). An Ghaeilge in Eaglais Na hÉireann. Baile Átha Cliath: Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise.

Great Britain. Parliament. (2022). Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill, 142, 58/3, (6 December 2022), [PDF; 1381KB]. London: HMSO. ... [24145] - [Bill of Parliament]
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Gregg, R.J. (1972). 'The Scotch-Irish dialect boundaries in Ulster' in M.F.Wakelin (ed.) Patterns in the folk speech of the British Isles. London: Athlone Press, pp 109-139.

Hadden, T. and Boyle, K. (1989). The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Commentary, Text and Official Review. London and Dublin: Sweet and Maxwell in association with Edwin Higel.

Hall, M. (1986). Ulster: The Hidden History. Belfast: Pretani Press.

Hall, M. (1993). Ulster's Scottish Connection. Newtownabbey: Island Publications.

Hall, M. (1993). The Cruithin Controversy. Newtownabbey: Island Publications.

Hamill, F. (1986). 'Belfast: The Irish Language.' Éire-Ireland, Winter 1986, pp 146-151.

Hawthorne, J. (1989). 'Cultural Pluralism or Plain Sectarianism?' Fortnight 278, pp 28-30.

Hay, M. (2007). A sociological analysis of Ulster-Scots ideology and identity in Northern Ireland. Thesis (Ph. D.)  University of Ulster.

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Herbison, I. (1992). 'Language, literature and cultural identity: an Ulster-Scots perspective' in J.Lundy and A.Mac Poilin (eds.) Styles of belonging: the cultural identities of Ulster. Belfast: Lagan Press.

Hindley, Reg. (1990). The Death of the Irish Language: a Qualified Obituary. London: Routledge.

Hindley, Reg. (1991). The Death of the Irish Language. London: Routledge.

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Holmes, R. (ed.) (1995). Cúchullin, the Lost Legend: Ulster, The Lost Culture. Belfast: Ulster Young Unionist Council.

Hughes, E. (ed.) (1991). Culture and Politics in Northern Ireland. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Hutchinson, W. (1995). 'Le Gouvernement Britannique et les ''TraditionsCulturelles''en Irlande du Nord.' Études Irlandaises Printemps 1995, XX (i), pp 165-176.

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Jenkins, R. (1991). 'Violence, Language and Politics: Nationalism in Northern Ireland and Wales.' North Atlantic Studies, 3 (1), pp 31-40.

Kabel, L. (1995). Pobal na Gaeilge - The Communicative Aspect of Irish in Belfast. Unpublished Manuscript, Department of Social Anthropology, Queen's University of Belfast.

Kachuk, Patricia Mary Catherine. (1993). Irish Language Activism in West Belfast: a Resistance to British Cultural Hegemony / Ph.D. Columbia: University of British Columbia.

Kackuk, P. (1994). 'A Resistance to British Cultural Hegemony: Irish-Language Activism in West Belfast.' Anthropologica, XXXVI, pp 135-154.

Katchuk, P. (1993). Irish Language Activism in West Belfast: a Resistance to British Cultural Hegemony. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of British Colombia.

Kay, B. (1993). Scots: the mither tongue Darvel: Alloway.

Kirk, J. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds) (2000). Language and Politics: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press.

Kirk, J. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds) (2001). Linguistic Policies for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press.

Kirk, J. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds) (2002). Language Planning and Education: Linguistic Issues in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press.

Kirk, J. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds) (2003). Linguistic Issues in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press.

Kirk, J. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds) (2003). Towards our Goals in Broadcasting: The Press the Performing Arts and the Economy: Minority Languages in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press.

Kirk, J. (1998). 'Ulster Scots: Realities and Myths', Ulster Folklife, 44.

Leerssen, J. (1986). Mere Irish and Fíor-Ghael: Studies in the Idea of Irish Nationality, its Development and Literary Expression Prior to the Nineteenth Century. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamin's Publishing Company.

Leerssen, J. (1996). Remembrance and Imagination: Patterns in the Historical and Literary Representation of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. Field Day Monographs 4.Cork: Cork University Press.

Mac Giolla Chríost, D. (2000). 'The Irish Language and Current Policy in Northern Ireland'. Irish Studies Review, Vol.8, No.1.

Mac Giolla Chríost, D. (2005). The Irish language in Ireland: from Gíodel to globalisation. New York: Routledge.

Mac Giolla Chríost, D., and Aitchison, J. (1998). 'Ethnic Identities and Language in Northern Ireland'. Area, 30, (4), pp 301-309.

Mac Giolla Chríost, D., and Aitchison, J. (1998). 'The Linguistic Politics of Northern Ireland'. Planet, 129, pp 76-83.

Mac Greil, Micheal. (1990). The State and Status of Irish: A Report of a National Survey on the Irish Language Carried out in 1988-89. Maynooth: St Patrick's College Survey and Research Unit.

Mac Póilin, A. (1994). 'The work of the ULTACH Trust in Promoting the Irish Language.' Ulster Local Studies, Vol. 16 (2), pp 29-37.

Mac Póilin, A.(1996). 'Aspects of the Irish Language Movement in Northern Ireland.' In M. Nic Craith (ed.) Watching One's Tongue: Aspects of Romance and Celtic Languages. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

Mac Póilin, A. (1998). `The Charter and the Belfast Agreement: Implications for Irish in Northern Ireland' Contact Bulletin 15.1 pp 3-4.

Mac Póilin, A. (1999). 'Language , Identity and Politics in Northern Ireland', Ulster Folklife, 45.

Mac Póilin, A. (ed.) (1997). The Irish Language in Northern Ireland. Belfast: ULTACH Trust.

Mac Póilin, A. and Andrrews, L. (1993). BBC and the Irish Language: BBC agus an Ghaeilge. Belfast: ULTACH Trust.

Mac Póilin, A. and Willemsma, A. (1997). The Irish Language in Education in Northern Ireland. The Netherlands: Mercator-Education.

MacGiolla Chríost, Diarmait. (2000). Planning Issues for Irish Language Policy: 'An Foras Teanga' and 'Fiontair Teanga'. CAIN: <http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/language/macgiollachriost00.htm>

Magee, J. (1988). 'The Neilsons of Rademon and Down: Educators and Gaelic Scholars.' Familia , Vol 2 (4), pp 63-75.

Maguire, G. (1987). `Language revival in an urban neo- Gaeltacht'. In G.Mac Eoin, A.Alqhuist and D.O hAodha (eds.) 'The Third International Conference on Minority Languages: Celtic Papers' Multilingual Matters: Clevedon pp 72-88.

Maguire, G. (1991). Our Own Language: An Irish Initiative. Multilingual Matters 66. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters (reviewed in Teangeolas no. 29).

Maguire, Gabrielle. (1991). Our Own Language: an Irish Initiative. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Malcolm, I. (2009). Towards inclusion : Protestants and the Irish language. Belfast : Blackstaff.

Mc Kendry, E. (2007). “Minority-language Education in a Situation of Conflict: Irish in English-medium Schools in Northern Ireland”. In International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 10(4). pp. 394-409.  

McCoy, G (1997). 'Protestant Learners of Irish in Northern Ireland.'In A. Mac Póilin (ed.) (1997) Irish in Northern Ireland. Belfast: ULTACH Trust.

McCoy, G. and Ní Bhaoill, R.  (2004). Protastúnaigh an lae inniu agus an Ghaeilge/ Contemporary Protestant learners of Irish. Belfast : Ultach Trust.

McCoy, G. (1997). 'Rhetoric and Realpolitik: The Irish Language Movement and the British Government.' In H. Donnan and G. McFarlane (eds.) Culture and Policy in Northern Ireland: Anthropology in the Public Arena. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.

McCoy, G.W. (1997). Protestants and the Irish Language in Northern Ireland. Unpublished PhD thesis, Queen's University of Belfast.

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McDermott, P. (2007). Broadcasting for Minorities the Case of the Celtic Languages. In Nic Craith, M. (ed) Language, Power and Identity Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. PP 

McGrath, F. C. (1999). Brian Friel's (post) Colonial Drama : Language, Illusion, and Politics. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

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McKee, V. (1995). Contemporary Gaelic Language Politics in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland since 1950: Comparative Assessments. Contemporary Politics Spring 1995, 1 (1), pp 92-113.

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Nic Craith, M. (2000). 'Contested identities and the quest for legitimacy'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 21(5): 399-413.

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