PPT-Language policy revisited – 20 year strategy for the Irish language: an early assessment

the superior utility of the English tongue as the medium of all modern communication is so great that I can witness without a sigh the gradual disuse of Irish Donall Ó Conaill. Setting the stage for disaster. Introduction. The famine killed 1 million people and forced another 1 million to leave. . Most of the land in Ireland was owned by British landlords who rented it to Irish farmers for large amounts of money.. Chapter 9. Irish Traditional Music. Encompasses traditional, neo-traditional, and post-traditional styles . “Europe’s most commercially successful music” . Backdrop: formation of Irish nation and nationalism, history of oppression (Irish potato famine) and strife (“The Troubles”), Irish diaspora, transnational flows. Before the War. First immigrant group to arrive in large numbers. Between 1800 and 1920, 5 million Irish men and women emigrated to the United States. Were only half involved in American culture. Were tasked with constructing an image of themselves as both Irish and Americans. Presentation at launch event, Dublin 10 September 2015. Jørgen Elmeskov. Director-General. Overview. Some. . words. of . humility. Broad. . comparison. of . two. . strategies. The . role. of administrative registers. Contents. Irish Traditional Instruments. Irish Traditional Tunes. Information on . I. rish songs. Irish Traditional Artists. Irish Pop Artists. Introduction. What you will learn during this presentation;. . project. 2. CREATED BY . Rafal. Surma. Irish. . Culture. . Irish culture includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with the island of Ireland and of the Irish and Northern Irish people. However, the culture of the people living on the island is not homogeneous. There are notable cultural divides between urban and rural, Catholic and Protestants, Irish-speakers and English-speakers, immigrants and native population, the Travelers and settled population and between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. (For an overview of Ireland's culture during the Gaelic period, see Gaelic Ireland. Also for an overview of Northern Ireland's culture see Culture of Northern Ireland.). Celebration of Halloween began in Ireland about 1000 AD. Irish immigrants brought these traditions to the United States. Halloween was originally a pagan festival named “. Samhain. ” meaning “end of summer”. Immigration to the United States increased dramatically between 1840-1860. The largest group of immigrants to the United States at that time were from Ireland. Between 1846 and 1860, more than 1.5 million Irish immigrants came to the US because of a potato blight that destroyed most of the potato crops in the 1840s. A famine, an extreme shortage of food, struck Ireland. More than 1 million people died.. The History of Terrorism as a Strategy of Political Insurgency. April 2011. Where did the Irish Republican Army come from?. Historical Roots in Genuine Oppression. Economic – land redistribution, famine, race laws. UNIT V: Lesson #1 . Background. Ireland had been controlled by England for hundreds of years.. Ireland had attempted some kind of uprising towards independence at least a dozen times over those hundreds of years. All failed.. TOPIC A: Irish Economic History to Independence. Module Outline. Topic. Title. EoI. . Ch. Dates. A. Irish Economic History to Independence. 1 . MT1-2. B. Irish Economic. History since Independence. . SYFTET. Göteborgs universitet ska skapa en modern, lättanvänd och . effektiv webbmiljö med fokus på användarnas förväntningar.. 1. ETT UNIVERSITET – EN GEMENSAM WEBB. Innehåll som är intressant för de prioriterade målgrupperna samlas på ett ställe till exempel:. CorkaterfordWexfordLimerickAL RIATAArmagh Summer 2014. Week 2 . A history of Irish . Film(making. ). Looking Back. An overview of Irish cinema might identify three periods:. Early cinema, silent & sound, 1910-1970ish. Rise of indigenous filmmaking, 1970s-1990ish.