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Aristocratic Irish speakers included the Nugent brothers, members of Ireland's "Old English" community: Christopher Nugent, 9th Baron Delvin, who wrote an Irish-language primer for Elizabeth I, and William Nugent, an Irish language poet who is known to have been at Oxford in 1571. [6]
Pages in category "Irish language outside Ireland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Today the language is taught at tertiary level in North America, Australia and Europe, and Irish speakers outside Ireland contribute to journalism and literature in the language. There are significant Irish-speaking networks in the United States and Canada; [ 79 ] figures released for the period 2006–2008 show that 22,279 Irish Americans ...
Gaelscoileanna and Irish language-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by Gaeloideachas and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland. In 1972, outside official Irish-speaking areas, there were only 11 such schools ...
Irish language outside Ireland (2 C, 5 P) S. Irish-language surnames (3 C, 86 P) T. Translations into Irish (1 P) Translators from Irish (4 C, 22 P)
Irish language outside Ireland (2 C, 5 P) Irish diaspora museums (1 C, 3 P) Overseas Irish organisations (2 C, 1 P) Songs of the Irish diaspora (14 P)
The Gaeltacht Act 2012 (in the Republic of Ireland) allowed for the designation by the cross-border body Foras na Gaeilge and the Irish Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht of certain areas as Irish Language Networks (Líonraí Gaeilge) outside the traditional Irish-speaking areas collectively known as the Gaeltacht.
An area in southern County Londonderry centred on Slaghtneill (Sleacht Néill) and Carntogher (Carn Tóchair), both outside Maghera, which had gone from being 50% Irish-speaking in 1901 to having only a few speakers by the end of the century, has seen a language revival since the setting up of a naíscoil in 1993 and a Gaelscoil in 1994.