Irish language in Newfoundland

Newfoundland Irish
Newfoundland Irish
Newfoundland Gaelic
	Newfoundland and Ireland
Ethnicity	Irish Newfoundlanders
Extinct	ca. 20th century
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Irish Newfoundland Irish; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Early Modern Irish Munster Irish ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Irish alphabet); Irish Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
IETF	ga-u-sd-canl

The Irish language was once spoken by some immigrants to the island of Newfoundland before it disappeared in the early 20th century.^[1] The language was introduced through mass immigration by Irish speakers, chiefly from counties Waterford, Tipperary and Cork. Local place names in the Irish language include Newfoundland (Irish: Talamh an Éisc; 'Land of the Fish'),^[2] St. John's (Baile Sheáin),^[3] Ballyhack (Baile Hac), Cappahayden (Ceapach Éidín), Kilbride and St. Bride's (Cill Bhríde), Duntara, Port Kirwan and 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 taught locally and the Gaelic revival organization Conradh na Gaeilge remains active in the province.^[4]

^ "Language: Irish Gaelic". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ Ó Liatháin, Pádraig (2020). "'An tan do bhidh Donchadh Ruadh a tTalamh an Éisg' (The Time That Donncha Rua Was in Newfoundland]: An Eighteenth-Century Irish Poet in the New World". In Sumner, Natasha; Doyle, Aidan (eds.). North American Gaels: Speech, Song, and Story in the Diaspora. McGill–Queen's University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780228003793.
^ Ó Liatháin (2020), p. 76.
^ Ní Mheallaigh, Sinéad (16 March 2016). "Teaching Irish in Newfoundland, the most Irish place outside Ireland". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020.

[heritage_language-1] "Language: Irish Gaelic". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[2] Ó Liatháin, Pádraig (2020). "'An tan do bhidh Donchadh Ruadh a tTalamh an Éisg' (The Time That Donncha Rua Was in Newfoundland]: An Eighteenth-Century Irish Poet in the New World". In Sumner, Natasha; Doyle, Aidan (eds.). North American Gaels: Speech, Song, and Story in the Diaspora. McGill–Queen's University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780228003793.

[FOOTNOTEÓ_Liatháin202076-3] Ó Liatháin (2020), p. 76.

[irishtimes.com-4] Ní Mheallaigh, Sinéad (16 March 2016). "Teaching Irish in Newfoundland, the most Irish place outside Ireland". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020.

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