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This is the first book to carefully analyze the linguistic conventions associated with Irish English folklore. Other books have studied linguistics in this language variety by studying letters, and all have ignored the use of folklore in constructing language conventions. This is the first book to discuss how peasants played a role in the construction of the Irish English languages.

English language -- 19th century -- History. --- English language -- Foreign elements -- Irish. --- English language -- Ireland -- Grammar. --- English language -- Ireland -- History. --- English language -- Spoken English -- Ireland. --- English language --- Irish language --- Languages in contact --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- Areal linguistics --- Erse language --- Gaelic language, Irish --- Irish Gaelic language --- Goidelic languages --- Germanic languages --- History --- Spoken English --- Grammar --- Foreign elements --- Irish --- Influence on English --- Dialects --- Ireland --- Civilization --- Irish Free State