Presents a survey of the politics of language in Ireland in the colonial and post-colonial period. Ranging from Tudor proscription of Irish to contemporary legi... » 

Presents a survey of the politics of language in Ireland in the colonial and post-colonial period. Ranging from Tudor proscription of Irish to contemporary legislation governing the rights of language users in the Ireland, this book argues for the centrality of an understanding of the role of language in Irish social and political history. «