Old Kilkenny Review1977 - Kilkenny (Ireland : County) |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 69
Page 231
The most obvious mark in the case of the majority of Irish people is the fact that
they speak English - but that English is a special variety. To quote Dr. Birch again
: English as spoken in Ireland has many interesting peculiarities. Some of these ...
The most obvious mark in the case of the majority of Irish people is the fact that
they speak English - but that English is a special variety. To quote Dr. Birch again
: English as spoken in Ireland has many interesting peculiarities. Some of these ...
Page 233
The phonology of Anglo-Irish is a half-way house: the clash of sound-systems (
English and Irish) has produced a compromise. A typical interference is the
substitution of the Irish sounds / and d (as in td and dd) for the English sound th (
as in ...
The phonology of Anglo-Irish is a half-way house: the clash of sound-systems (
English and Irish) has produced a compromise. A typical interference is the
substitution of the Irish sounds / and d (as in td and dd) for the English sound th (
as in ...
Page 338
A good English name? Possibly. But the chances are that he was a Frenchman,
maybe without a word of English. Nevertheless a number of surnames that
frequently recur in our sources indicate that the burgess and small tenant
population ...
A good English name? Possibly. But the chances are that he was a Frenchman,
maybe without a word of English. Nevertheless a number of surnames that
frequently recur in our sources indicate that the burgess and small tenant
population ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Editorial | 237 |
Duiske Abbey Graignamanagh Edward W Hughes | 254 |
Desart May 9th 1976 Maureen Hegarty | 268 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ballyragget Baron Bennettsbridge bishop Black Abbey Brennan Bryan built Butler Callan Canon Carlow Carrigan Castle Castlecomer Centre century church City of Kilkenny College Cork County cross daughter died Donor Dublin Duiske Duiske Abbey Earl England English father Freshford Garden George Goresbridge Gowran Graignamanagh Hegarty Helsham High Street Inistioge Ireland Irish Irishtown James Jenkinstown JOHN STREET Kells Kenealy Kieran Kieran's College Kilkenny Archaeological Society Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Journal KILKENNY Phone Kilmoganny King Knocktopher land Lane Lanigan later Leinster lived Lord manor Margaret married Mary Mary's Maureen medieval Michael Miss monument Mullinahone Murphy Museum Newpark Norman O'Doherty Old Kilkenny Review Ormonde Ossory parish Park Parliament Street Patrick Street Phelan presented Purcell Richard Road Rossenarra Rothe House Sean Shee slab South stone Stoneyford Telephone 056 tenants Thomas Thomastown Tipperary tomb town wall Walsh Waterford Wexford wife William