Livin' in Drumlister
| Author | : William Forbes Marshall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : |
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Gather Round Me
| Author | : Christopher Cahill |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2005-02-12 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 9780807068731 |
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Gather round me, all ye ladies fair, And ye gentlemen of renown; Listen, listen, and to me repair, Whilst I sing of beauteous Dublin town. The Irish have long been associated with great writing generally and with poetry specifically. The love of language pervades this strong culture, and the Irish people have long shared poetry with each other, whether in the street, in the home, or in the pub. These poems may be bawdy or tragic, but there is always something quintessentially Irish about them. In Gather Round Me, Christopher Cahill has put together a collection of the best of these popular poems, found in newspapers, heard in pubs, or put down in diaries. With explanatory notes that make the verse more accessible, these poems give voice to the Irish character, full of humor, mischief, and wit.
Tyrone Folk Tales
| Author | : Doreen McBride |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2016-11-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0750981547 |
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The people of Tyrone have the reputation for having 'open hearts and a desire to please' and their folk tales are as varied as their landscape. There are the tales of the amazing feats of the giant Finn McCool and the derring-do of the Red Hand of Ulster as well as the dramatic story of Half-Hung MacNaughton and the hilarious tale of Dixon from Dungannon and his meeting with royalty. All these stories and more are featured in this collection of tales which will take you on an oral tour across the country from the Sperrin Mountains in the west to the flat peatlands of the east.
Words We Don't Use (Much Anymore)
| Author | : Diarmaid Ó Muirithe |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2011-09-09 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0717151832 |
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Diarmaid O Muirithe's column Words We Use was a feature of The Irish Times over many years and has formed a critically acclaimed book of the same name. Words We Don't Use (much anymore) is a highly entertaining compendium of words which are either on the brink of extinction or have already been deemed obsolete by the great dictionaries. O' Muirithe's gentle and witty style reveals his vast knowledge and scholarship in an accessible way. Inside you will find words such as manable, meaning a girl of marriageable age, and adamite, a person who appears nude in public, among many others that you might want to casually drop into your everyday conversation! Words We Don't Use is a wordsmith's delight
A Dictionary of Hiberno-English
| Author | : Terence Patrick Dolan |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2020-09-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0717190749 |
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The Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference book on Hiberno-English – the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. It connects the spoken and the written language, and is a unique national dictionary that bears witness to Irish history, struggles and the creative identities found in Ireland. Reflecting the social, political, religious and financial changes of people's ever-evolving lives, it contains words and expressions not usually seen in a dictionary, such as 'kibosh', 'smithereens', 'Peggy's Leg', 'hames', 'yoke', 'blaa', 'banjax' and 'lubán'. It is a celebration of an irrepressible gift for the creative, expressive and reckless manipulation of the English language!
The Little Book of Tyrone
| Author | : Cathal Coyle |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2014-12-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0750962844 |
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The Little Book of Tyrone is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this much-loved county. Here you will find out about Tyrone's myth and legend, its proud sporting heritage, its castles and great houses and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages and bustling towns, this book takes the reader on a journey through County Tyrone and its vibrant past. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the history and the secrets of this ancient county.
Writing in Nonstandard English
| Author | : Irma Taavitsainen |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 415 |
| Release | : 2000-02-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 902729903X |
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This book investigates linguistic variation as a complex continuum of language use from standard to nonstandard. In our view, these notions can only be established through mutual definition, and they cannot exist without the opposite pole. What is considered standard English changes according to the approach at hand, and the nonstandard changes accordingly. This book offers an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to this central theme of wide interest. The articles approach writing in nonstandard language through various disciplines and methodologies: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, corpus linguistics, and ideological and political points of view. The theories and methods from these fields are applied to material that ranges from nonliterary writing to canonized authors. Dialects, regional varieties and worldwide Englishes are also addressed.
From Ulster to America
| Author | : Michael Montgomery |
| Publisher | : Ulster Historical Foundation |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9781903688618 |
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From Ulster to America documents nearly four hundred terms and meanings-- each with quotations from both sides of the Atlantic--contributed to American English by these eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster. Drawing on letters they sent back to their homeland and on other archival documents associated with their settlement, it shows that Ulster emigrants and their children contributed as much to regional American English as any other group. The numerous quotations bring alive the speech of earlier days on both sides of the Atlantic, and extend understanding of the culture, mannerisms, and life of those pioneering times.
Words We Use
| Author | : Diarmaid Ó Muirithe |
| Publisher | : Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 475 |
| Release | : 2006-10-31 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0717151840 |
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Diarmaid Ó Muirithe's column Words We Use was a feature of The Irish Times for many years. This collection of his most memorable contributions, by turns witty and sympathetic, wears its prodigious learning lightly and is sure to delight those captivated by the power of language to shape the world around us. Drawing on the author's nearly inexhaustible knowledge of languages, their mechanics and idiosyncrasies, Words We Use has sections covering everything from Magic and Shakespeare to Computers and Text Messaging. It will change the way you think about language forever.
Irish Poetry
| Author | : W. J. McCormack |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2002-04 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0814756689 |
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Debates about Irish culture have long been plagued by neat oppositions between conquering England and colonized Erin, Protestant and Catholic, stolid Saxon and dreamy Celt. Yet the greatest Irish poets have scorned such simplicities. In this avowedly interpretative anthology of Irish verse, W.J. McCormack traces creativity of contradiction through several centuries, finding poets productively at odds with their forebears, their contemporaries—even with themselves. From Yeats's tragic laughter to the quieter ironies of Seamus Heaney, from the rambunctious narratives of Merriman and Joyce to the pathos of Wilde's Reading Gaol, the same sparring spirit is found. This exciting anthology brings together the very best in Irish poetry to reveal a broad yet sharply-focused tradition of diversity and dissidence. W.J. McCormack's compelling collection provokes a wide-ranging reconsideration of one of the world's richest literatures.
