Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Piece from Book Of Ballymote It is evident that the reliability of our early traditions must depend greatly upon the time at which written records were first made and preserved. The period at which the use of letters was first introduced into Ireland is, however, yet another doubtful question. By some the introduction [...]

Above: Irish Book Dialects of Celtic.-There are two main branches of the Ancient Celtic Language: The Goidelic, or Gaelic, or Irish; and the British; corresponding with the two main divisions of the Celtic people of the British Islands. Each of these has branched into three dialects. Those of Gaelic arc: The Irish proper; the Gaelic [...]