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BRN (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 06:29 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Ó Coigligh has this to say near the end: (p216) "It is estimated that one-third of the pupulation of the island are monoglot Irish speakers".

Numbers: 257 in toto

All the references seem to point to the date of of late 70's early 80's, but I get the old guard are now in Valhalla

Ó Coigligh (1983) English words and expression in the Irish of Inis Meáin and use of English by the local community. In Liam Mac Mathúna and David Singleton (eds.), Language Across Cultures, 55-70 Dublin: IRAAL

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Riona
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Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:11 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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