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Stair na hÉireannIrish History'Give Way' sign in Connemara, Celtic, Celtic Languages, Celts, Co Galway Alison Toon Photography, Ireland, Irish, Language, Latin, Scots Gaelic

‘Celtic’ is a linguistic term (pronounced with a hard ‘c’) which describes a group of languages nowadays represented by Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx, which belong to the ‘q’ Celtic group, and Welsh, Breton and Cornish, which make up the ‘p’ Celtic group.

The ‘q’ Celts could not pronounce ‘p’ and so either dropped it completely (pater in Latin, meaning ‘father’, is athair in modern Irish) or changed it to a ‘q’ type sound, thus purpura in Latin, meaning ‘purple’, is corcora in Irish.

Speakers of Irish can understand Scots Gaelic without much difficulty, but will not be able to understand Welsh or Breton at all, as the two groups of languages have been developing separately for over 2,000 years.

The Celtic insular languages are mostly those spoken on the islands, typically Britain, Ireland, Man and part of France. The Insular languages are divided into two branches, the Goidelic and the Brythonic. Manx is a form of Gaelic spoken on the Isle of Man. The last native speaker of Manx died in 1974, but many are learning the language today, and recordings exist of native speakers. There are many native speakers of both Irish and Scottish Gaelic today, not only in Ireland and Scotland, but also in Nova Scotia, in Canada. Language became central to the culture of the Irish, much more so than other Celtic races. It was, and is, a source of great pride and identity.

Modern Ireland has only four provinces, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht. Meath was the fifth and cuige, the Irish word for province, retains the tradition – cuig means five.

Image | ‘Give Way’ sign in Connemara, Co Galway | Alison Toon Photography

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In 1845, the first year of the 'Genocide' in Ireland, 3,251,907 quarters of corn were exported from Ireland to Britain. That same year, 257,257 sheep were exported. In 1846, 480,827 swine and 186,483 oxen were exported to Britain. Ireland was producing sufficient food, wool and flax, to feed and clothe not nine but eighteen millions of people. Taken from the book The Truth Behind The Irish Famine. Signed with International Shipping here: www.jerrymulvihill.com
A very moving Painting of a labourer on the public works during the Irish Genocide. Eyewitness accounts describe workers spending their final moments crawling along the roadside or across fields in the direction of their homes. Far from having their wants relieved, thousands of labourers had been effectively worked to death and the health of tens of thousands more gravely affected. Taken from the book The Truth Behind The Irish Famine. 72 paintings in the book. Signed copies here | www.jerrymulvihill.com
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An eviction scene during the Irish Genocide by Danny Howes.The total number of people who had to leave their holdings in this period is projected to be around half a million and 200,000 small holdings were obliterated.
An incredible painting of an eviction during An Gorta Mór 1845-52. Taken from the book 'The Truth Behind The Irish Famine' by Jerry Mulvihill. There are 72 paintings in the book and 400 eyewitness quotes. Available at www.jerrymulvihill.com, signed with international shipping. #angortamór #ireland #irishhistory

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