Irish Language & Culture

by Martin Hughes, Gerry Coughlan, Martin Hughes

Book Overview

A history of Irish English language and culture. The book includes a guide to the subtleties of Irish slang and jargon, terms for food and drink, sports and entertainment, and a useful Gaelic section. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1740595777
• ISBN13: 9781740595773
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Amusing look at Irishness

This had me giggle and reading pieces out to my husband who almost tore it out of my hands to read. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to see the reality of Irish modern Language and culture and Irish English. Although it does miss out on some things for a small book it does capture a lot of Ireland and the Irish. It was interesting to see how sometimes those phrases I take for granted are actually Irishisms. It has a little bit with the Irish Language but most of the book is actually about English as spoken in Ireland. Most of the Irish/Gaeilge in the book is actually useful conversational Irish. I would recommend this book to writers looking to capture modern Ireland and Irish people.