Clear Island (Oileán Chléire) in 1958: a Study in Geolinguistic Transition

Authors

  • Reg Hindley University of Bradford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1994.439

Abstract

Clear Island lies remote in relation to mainland Ireland but has been sensitive to the influence of the major transatlantic sea routes which pass it. Remoteness helped to preserve it as a last outpost of the Irish language but eventually combined with maritime influences and increasingly sharp awareness of outside opportunities to enhance the role and status of English. Emigration and male employment abroad played major parts in subverting Irish but relatively minor inward movements were also significant in the onset and progress of linguistic anglicization, which set in much earlier than the advent of the modern mass media.

Author Biography

Reg Hindley, University of Bradford

Department of European Studies

Published

2015-01-15

How to Cite

Hindley, R. (2015). Clear Island (Oileán Chléire) in 1958: a Study in Geolinguistic Transition. Irish Geography, 27(2), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1994.439

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