Thógamar le Gaeilge Iad
Thógamar le Gaeilge Iad (Coiscéim, 2012) is a collection of academic papers and essays by scholars, activists, and parents on the issues surrounding Irish-language parenting in the twenty-first century.
Besides the several thousand families in the official Gaeltacht raising children in Irish, there are at least 650 families (and probably more) raising children in Irish outside the Gaeltacht on both sides of the border and even in other countries.
Such families still face difficulties, from the mundane problems of finding other families with whom the children can interact to finding appropriate schools for their Irish-speaking children. Social services for Irish speakers are still non-existent, and officials at all levels, even after the passing of a Language Equality Act, barely tolerate Irish speakers.
This book is a sign of hope, however. Considerably more parents are choosing to raise their children in Irish than were doing so several decades ago, and while the Irish spoken by their children is a new urban hybrid that is often derided by language purists, it is nevertheless being spoken by native speakers in all of Ireland’s towns and cities. As the language becomes an urban phenomenon, this book is a much-needed first step towards the recognition and analysis of Irish as a national (and international) idiom with both rural and urban varieties.
Brian Ó Broin, the book’s editor, is an Associate Professor of linguistics and medieval literature at William Paterson University, New Jersey. He and his wife Jo Schuster are raising their children Ána and Fiona in Irish and German.
Contributors to the book include Brian Ó Broin, Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig, Iarfhlaith Watson, Pádraig Ó Duibhir, Denise O’Leary, Muiris Ó Laoire, PeadarMac Fhlannchadha, Muireann Ní Mhóráin, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Concubhar Ó Liatháin, Siobhain Grogan, Mick Moriarty, Carmel Ní Chathláin, Breandán Ó Caollaí, Niall Ó Murchú, Aonghus Ó hAlmhain, Róisín Healy
More information and resources can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/thogamar/
Labels: gaeilge, Irish language, Parenting, tuismitheoirí
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