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Language, Resistance and Revival
Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland
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Language, Resistance and Revival
Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland
About this book
This is the untold story of the truly groundbreaking linguistic and educational developments that took place among Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison from 1972-2000. During a period of bitter struggle between Republican prisoners and the British state, the Irish language was taught and spoken as a form of resistance during incarceration. Based on unprecedented interviews, Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh explores the undertakings of veteran prisoners from the 1940s and 50's, Bobby Sands and the Blanket protesters and the female prisoners at Armagh and Maghaberry, revealing not only the impact of colonialism on minority languages, but the rejuvenating impact this reclamation of the native tongue had on cultural revival in the nationalist community within and beyond the prison walls.
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Communication StudiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Foreword by Phil Scraton
- Introduction
- 1 Colonialism, Culture and Ideology
- 2 The Irish Language: Conquest, Suppression and Revival, 1169ā1920
- 3 āPromoting Seditionā: The Irish Language and the āOrange Stateā, 1922ā72
- 4 Imprisonment, the Irish Context and the Language
- 5 āNa CĆ”sannaā: The Cages of Long Kesh, 1973ā84
- 6 āAr an Phluidā: The H-Blocks, the āBlanket Protestā and the Aftermath, 1976ā85
- 7 āBringing the Language to the Peopleā: Revival
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Narrator Biographies
- Appendix
- Index