Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-NORTHERNIRISHENGLISH.html" title="Facts and information about NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH">NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | Copyright

NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH. English used in Northern Ireland, of which there are four varieties: (1) ULSTER SCOTS, also known as Scotch-Irish, brought to the area in the 17c by Lowland Scots. It is the most northerly variety, found in Antrim, Down, Derry/Londonderry, and in eastern and central Donegal in the Irish Republic. (2) ANGLO-IRISH or ULSTER ENGLISH, introduced by 17c settlers from England. It stretches northward from Bundoran in the west to Dundalk in the east, has much in common with southern Anglo-Irish, and has been influenced by Ulster Scots. (3) HIBERNO-ENGLISH, influenced by GAELIC. It is most widely found in rural Armagh, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Tyrone. There is a further pocket in the Glens of Antrim, where Irish Gaelic was reinforced by Scottish Gaelic and survived into the 1940s. (4) The distinctive speech of BELFAST. See IRISH ENGLISH, L-SOUNDS.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

TOM McARTHUR. "NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

TOM McARTHUR. "NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-NORTHERNIRISHENGLISH.html

TOM McARTHUR. "NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-NORTHERNIRISHENGLISH.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	PLAN CALLS FOR A NEW NORTHERN IRELAND ENGLISH, IRISH LEADERS ENDORSE FRAMEWORK... Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 23, 1995 700+ words ...Newsday BELFAST, Northern Ireland The British and Irish governments sought...guerrilla attacks in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister John...units would remain in Northern Ireland as long as...of terror from the Irish Republican Army and...
	Show your colours on St George's day ; On April 23 it is St George's Day - the... Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) April 21, 2009 700+ words ...national day for the English. How many people know...Andrew's Day, the Irish have St Patrick's Day and the people of Northern Ireland the Battle of...past few decades, the English have been conditioned...But no more, thanks to English patriots keeping the...
	Backlash from England over Salmond's offer of cash for Northern Irish students Newspaper article from: The Scotsman Louise Gray and Hamish Macdonell June 20, 2007 700+ words ...to help students from Northern Ireland who were struggling...education free while leaving English students to pay at least...Salmond pointed out that Northern Irish and Scottish MPs had...will find a way to help Northern Irish students in Scotland...
	'Altering the past': Northern Irish poetry and modern canons. Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies Longley, Edna January 1, 2005 700+ words ...conference--'Northern Irish Poetry since 1960...the Institute of English Studies, University...of poets from Northern Ireland? Second...canons of modern English-language poetry...sense, has 'Northern Irish Poetry since 1960...
	Irish, English change their tune Match at Croke Park makes symbolic point Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Kevin Cullen February 25, 2007 700+ words ...in the end, the Irish policed themselves...visitors' anthem. Some Irish people sang, too...the welcome given the English team was so genuine...Croke Park, several Irish players are Protestants from Northern Ireland who consider...
	Northern Irish art and artists.(Ulster Museum; Belfast, Northern Ireland)(Brief... Magazine article from: World of Hibernia June 22, 2000 700+ words ...works by British, Irish and foreign painters...practised by a few English-born artists resident...collection. The first Northern artist to achieve...into a distinctively Irish school whose chief...represent a high point in Northern Irish art of the 1940s...
	FOOTBALL: BERTI: THE END: LONG DISTANCE LAWRIE DRIVER; Northern Irish boss... Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) October 15, 2004 700+ words ...probably go for the Irish, who haven't qualified...were better than the Irish. It was scant consolation...to play in Italy. Northern Ireland are speeding...comments from the English as I have been campaigning...incredible. One even said Northern Ireland are not even...seriously any more. ...
	"We Wrecked the Place": Contemplating an End to the Northern Irish Troubles. Magazine article from: National Review Edwards, Ruth Dudley February 10, 1997 700+ words ...in the end I opted for Northern Ireland." I was less...quarter of a century Northern Ireland has offered the...experts; the natives speak English and enjoy talking about...border. No wonder that Northern Ireland has been dissected...either that the Northern Irish people have come to ...
	Northern Irish boss tracks howland Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) January 10, 2009 700+ words Northern Ireland manager Nigel...contact with all my Northern Ireland managers...situation arises." English football's basement...have graduated from Northern Ireland's under...standard than the Irish Leagues, both in...
	Irish, English set to tackle history Rugby match stokes emotions Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Kevin Cullen February 24, 2007 700+ words ...Nov. 21, 1920, when English forces opened fire on...defiant expression of Irish identity long before the Irish fought for and won independence from their English colonizers. One of...peace takes root in Northern Ireland, and as Ireland...

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language NORTHERN IRISH ENGLISH. English used in Northern Ireland, of which there are four varieties: (1) ULSTER SCOTS , also known as Scotch-Irish , brought to the area in the 17c by Lowland Scots. It is the...
	IRISH ENGLISH Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...contacts with Irish, ULSTER SCOTS , and Hiberno-English. (2) Ulster...all forms of northern speech...varieties of Irish speech and...of Anglo-Irish. (3) Received...Pronunciation. In Northern Ireland, many...speak standard English
	Northern Irish Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...The remaining third is of Irish origin. There has been...population movement across the Irish Sea, and many English and Scottish cities have Irish wards. There has also been...Ulster Scots zone in the northern and eastern coastal areas...
	Irish Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures Irish PRONUNCIATION...million LANGUAGE: Irish Gaelic (official); English (primary...counties of Northern Ireland, which...The Protestant English began to try to eliminate native Irish Catholicism...independence in 1922, Northern Ireland became...
	Irish Republican Army Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Troubles . The Irish Republican Army...Ireland (especially Northern Ireland) that...unrest between the Irish and their English occupiers. In...those who support English rule) and Republicans...and British and Northern Irish troops in Derry...