The Gael Becomes Irish: An Unfinished Odyssey

by Tomas Mac Siomoin

In this companion volume of his "The Broken Harp", Tom s Mac S om in explains the reasons for the rapidly diminishing importance of Gaelic and the Gaeltacht in contemporary Irish life where international considerations increasingly determine our national cultural parameters. He also explains how Official Standard Irish came to be a repository of archaic forms of the language - and why such archaism is foisted on learners who resent it. He describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085RV59QF
• ISBN13: 9798624192850
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"