Links
This page offers a small number of links to other sites that are relevant to Hiberno-English. If you think that a site that is not listed here, should be included please send us the URL for consideration. Please note, however, that we do not want to maintain an extensive links page for the simple reason that it is time-consuming to ensure that links remain up to date.
 
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/engpage.html
This site hosts an ongoing project - to make a corpus of Irish literary and historical texts available on the web. Texts already published include translations from Medieval Irish and Medieval French (written in Ireland) as well as some nineteenth and twentieth century texts.
http://members.aol.com/rossarthur/ullans/ullans.doc
This link downloads a five page microsoft word document which provides a brief introduction to Ullans (Ulster-Scots). There is a section on history, writing and orthography, and grammar. Because Ullans has been given parity of status in the Good Friday Agreement, it has gained a lot of attention in recent times.
http://www.monaco.mc/pglib/html/
The Princess Grace Irish Library Monaco and the Electronic Irish Records Dataset.
http://www.irishwriters-online.com/
A concise bio-bibliographical dictionary of irish writers
http://homepage.eircom.net/~fmasters/vocabulary.html
A list of words from Kinlough Co. Leitrim formerly in use which are now fast disappearing. Some are derived from Irish, others from 18th and 19th century English. The spelling is mostly phonetic.
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/
This site is a portal for sites of Irish interest including tourism, music, property for sale, genealogy, business, arts, crafts, chat and so on.
http://www.poetryireland.ie/
Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann is the national organisation for poetry in Ireland. It serves all 32 counties. Its remit is to act as a resource and information point for everything to do with poetry in Ireland. They serve poets, writers, academics and any member of the public with an interest in poetry.
http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/index.php?module=Dictionary&func=displayvol&vid=1
A glossary of Cork slang.
http://www.dublinpeople.com/interact/dublindictionary/a-d.shtml
A glossary of Dublin slang.
http://www.iol.ie/~cparker/cavanese.htm
A glossary of Cavanese.
http://www.iasil.org/
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literature
http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/
The official site of the James Joyce Centre which is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce.
http://www.askaboutwriting.net/
This site is a resource for aspiring writers.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/janey-mac-irishenglish-is-banjaxed-so-it-is-1285816.html
An article in the Irish Independent written by Kim Bielenberg (Saturday February 09 2008) entitled \"JANEY MAC! IRISH-ENGLISH IS BANJAXED, SO IT IS...\" about the demise of Hiberno-English in the younger generation.
 
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