Language, Resistance and Revival

Explores a key period in Irish history through the original and 'insider' accounts of key protagonists in the contemporary Irish language revival.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Foreword by Phil Scraton
Introduction

1. Colonialism, Culture and Ideology
2. Irish historical context: The Irish language Conquest, Suppression and Revival: 15001971
3. Imprisonment, the Irish context and the language
4. 'Na Cásanna'- The Cages of Long Kesh 1973-1984
5. 'Ar an Phluid'- The H-Blocks, the 'Blanket Protest' and the Aftermath 1976-1985
6. 'Bringing the language to the people'- Revival
   Conclusion
   Epilogue
   Appendix- Narrator Biographies
   Notes
   Bibliography
   Index