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Overview
- Currently, the Irish language is receiving increased coverage in newspapers in both Ireland and the United States. This has been fueled by a number of political proclamations in the past few years including the the Official Languages Act in Ireland, the Placenames Order which is part of the previously mentioned act, and the campaign for official status of the Irish language in Europe. In our role as a research institute, the CUNYIIAS provides below links to primary sources so that readers of Irish and Irish-American newspapers can further investigate these issues. Adobe Acrobat's free software is required to read most of these documents. Recently purchased computers are likely to already have the software installed. See http://www.adobe.com for more information on the software if the links below do not work on your computer.
Official Languages Act
- Overview of the Official Languages Act 2003
http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/OfficialLanguagesAct2003/file,3927,en.pdf - Guidelines under Section 12 of the Official Languages Act 2003
http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/OfficialLanguagesAct2003/GuidelinesunderSection12oftheOfficialLanguagesAct2003/file,4544,en.pdf
- Placenames to be used by mapmakers and others as a result of the above act
Provinces & Counties - http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/PlacenamesOrders/file,3922,en.pdf;
Gaeltacht Areas - http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/PlacenamesOrders/file,4347,en.pdf; Additional
Gaeltacht Areas - http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/PlacenamesOrders/file,4772,en.pdf
Official Status of Irish Language in the EU
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