Decline of Irish The charts mark the sharp decline of Irish speakers in the first half of the 19th century. The impact of the Famine was very ...
Anti-Repeal Address This is a copy of Lord Castlereagh’s anti-repeal address issued in Co. Down in May 1831. The poster used difficult words such as ...
Jail Journal John Mitchel was the son of an Ulster Presbyterian minister. He was also a militant nationalist. After participating in the Young ...
Lord’s Prayer in Irish Irish studies were important in the colleges abroad especially that run by the Franciscans at Louvain. There was already a Protestant ...
Official Documents Latin was the language of official documents such as the papal bull which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I in 1570. This document was ...
Irish Language Examples Examples of native Irish language can be seen on some stone memorials and on metal church bells. The early Christian memorial slab found ...
First Book in Irish The first book to be printed in the Irish language was produced in Dublin in 1571. It was the Protestant catechism written by Seann O ...
Extent of English Language In 1602 this New Testament translation in Irish was published in Dublin. Irish was still the language of almost everyone who lived in ...
Annals of 4 Masters During the early Stuart period some monks in the Gaelic areas worked to save what was left of the Irish native culture. Under the reign ...
Lord’s Prayer in Irish Irish studies were important in the colleges abroad especially that run by the Franciscans at Louvain. There was already a Protestant ...
