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Irish-language Masculine Given Names
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses of Irish speakers are therefore bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Irish
Standard may refer to: Symbols * Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Heraldic flag, Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification Norms, conventions or requirements * Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure used for calibration of measuring devices * Standard (timber unit), an obsolete measure of timber used in trade * Breed standard (also called bench standard), in animal fancy and animal husbandry * BioCompute Object, BioCompute Standard, a standard for next generation sequencing * De facto standard, ''De facto'' standard, product or system with market dominance * Gold standard, a monetary system based on gold; also used metaphorically for the best of several options, against which the others are measured * Internet Standard, a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force * Learning standards, standards applied to education content * Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland Irish
The Irish language was once spoken by some immigrants to the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland before it disappeared in the early 20th century. The language was introduced through mass immigration by Irish speakers, chiefly from counties County Waterford, Waterford, County Tipperary, Tipperary and County Cork, Cork. Local place names in the Irish language include Newfoundland (; 'Land of the Fish'), St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's (''Baile Sheáin''), Ballyhack, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ballyhack (''Baile Hac''), Cappahayden (''Ceapach Éidín''), Kilbride, Newfoundland and Labrador, Kilbride and St. Bride's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Bride's (''Cill Bhríde''), Duntara, Port Kirwan and Skibbereen, Newfoundland and Labrador, Skibbereen (''Scibirín''). The dialect of Irish spoken in Newfoundland is said to resemble the Munster Irish of the 18th century. While the distinct local dialect is now considered extinct, the Irish language is still taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
