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- PublicationTG4 Féiniúlacht agus SaoránachtPléitear stair an chraolacháin Ghaeilge thar na cúig bliana is seachtó ó thosaigh an stáisiún raidid 2RN, suas go dtà an lá atá innin ann agus teacht TG4. Cuirtear an argóint chun cinn go bhfuil coimhlint ann idir dhá idé—eolaÃocht — bÃonn daoine ag súil go mbeidh TG4 in ann freastal ar an mhionlach a labhrann Gaeilge agus teacht ar airgead ó fhógraÃocht a bhÃonn ag brath ar lucht féachana nÃos mó ná mar atá fáil i mease lucht labhartha na Gaeilge amháin. Ar an lámh eile de thig le TG4 ról tábhachtach a bheith aici mar réimse miotasach inar féidir le Gaeilgeoirà a bhféinuúlacht a dhlisteanú.
160 - PublicationCé acu is mó atá ar leas na Gaeilge - an náisiún-stát nó an t-iltÃreachas?(2012-05)Dr Iarfhlaith Watson was invited to give a lecture at a public seminar to celebrate forty years of Raidió na Gaeltachta, Indreabhán, Galway 2012. The talks and discussions at the seminar were recorded for broadcast on Raidió na Gaeltachta.
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1980 - PublicationTeilifÃs na Gaeilge as a Public SphereThe public sphere is an heuristic concept employed as an ideal type in critique of that 'space' which exists between the individual and the state. Habermas claims that the public sphere has become transformed from a sphere of rational-critical debate to a sphere of consumption. Today the public sphere is mediated by the mass media, especially television. In this paper the role played by the Irish language media is critically assessed. It is argued that although the public sphere has been transformed Irish speakers have not 'existed' in the 'national' public sphere and that therefore these media provide an opportunity for Irish speakers to exist as a public. Finally it is claimed that public access is crucial for fulfilling the democratic potential of a public sphere.
167 - PublicationGaeilgeoirà agus an tArdoideachas: an gaol idir an t-oideachas agus cumas labhartha Gaeilge(St Mary’s University College. Department of Irish, 2008-10)
; San alt seo cuirtear i láthair torthaà nua taighde a thaispeánann go bhfuil coibhneas ann idir cumas labhartha Gaeilge agus leibhéal oideachais. Is léir ón taighde a rinne na húdair gur mó an seans go rachadh daoine le Gaeilge, ná daoine gan Ã, chun na hollscoile. Is ar shonraà a tháinig chun solais ó shuirbhé faoi fhéiniúlacht náisiúnta arinne an Clár Suirbhé Comhdhaonaà Idirnáisiúnta (International Social Survey Programme–ISSP) a bhunaigh na húdair a n-anailÃs. Is mó an gaol seo (idir oideachas agus cumas labhartha Gaeilge) i measc daoine a rugadh sna 1950dà agus sna 1960dÃ, agus go háirithe i measc ban den aois sin, ach nÃl an gaol seo le brath le roinnt blianta anuas de bharr athruithe a rinneadh ar an chóras oideachais agus de bharr an bhorrtha san eacnamaÃocht. Pléitear na torthaà seo i gcomhthéacs na feidhme polaitiú la a rinneadh den Ghaeilge agus den chóras oideachais thar na glúinte in Éirinn, fiú ar na saolta deireanacha. Pléitear an tionchar a bhà ag athruithe sa chóras oideachais ar an Ghaeilge, chomh maith le tábhacht na Gaeilge mar chaipiteal cultúrtha agus sio mbalach.291 - PublicationIrish language, Irish nationNearly half the country speaks Irish. Erroneous as this statement may appear, results from the 2011 census indicate that 42 per cent of the population of the Republic of Ireland can speak Irish. The figure has been this high since the 1990s and had doubled since the 1970s. Most people in Ireland would suspect the accuracy of this figure and would believe that few people can speak Irish. Why then do so many people claim to be able to speak Irish? The answer appears to lie in the connection between the Irish language and the Irish nation.
615 - PublicationLinguistic Elitism: the Advantage of Speaking Irish Rather than the Irish-speaker AdvantageThis paper contributes to the discussion of linguistic elitism in this journal (Borooah et al., 2009). Two main questions are addressed. First, most 'census Irish speakers' are not in fact Irish speakers and the majority of Irish speakers proper are not a coherent group. Second, the Irish language is part of the cultural capital which can be acquired by people with an 'advantage'. The argument is made that people with an advantage are more likely to speak Irish rather than Irish speakers being more likely to have an advantage.
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