Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008

by Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Jailtacht closely analyzes the emergence of the Irish language among republican prisoners and ex-prisoners in Northern Ireland from the 1970s to the present. This pioneering study shows how, despite the efforts of prison authorities to suppress the language, in some parts of the prison it became the exclusive language used by prisoners. Drawing on interviews with these prisoners, Diarmait Mac Giolla Chr ost shows how these developments gave...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708324967
• ISBN13: 9780708324967
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"