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14346.
Ó Giollagáin (Conchúr): Dinimic na litearthachta agus an chultúir bhéil.
In IJA 2 (1997), pp. 6–32.
On Mhicil Chonraí al. Mícheál Ó Conaire (1919-2010), one of the first generation to settle in the Gaeltacht of Ráth Chairn (Co. Meath).
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1897.
Stenson (Nancy): Patterns of mutation in Irish loanwords.
In Éigse 24 (1990), pp. 9–25.
Studies the cancellation of mutation in English borrowings. Based on the Irish of Ráth Cairn, Co. Meath.
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1945.
Breatnach (R. A.): Iarsmaí de Ghaeilig Chontae Chill Choinnigh.
In Éigse 26 (1992), pp. 21–42.
collected in 1938 from Pádraig Paor, from Glenmore in SE Co. Kilkenny, aged about 90. Incl. samples of his speech with phonetic transcription.
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13821.
Ó Giollagáin (Conchúr): Scagadh ar rannú cainteoirí comhaimseartha Gaeltachta: gnéithe d’antraipeolaíocht teangeolaíochta phobal Ráth Cairn.
In IJA 6 (2002), pp. 25–56.
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2653.
Ó Ciardha (Pádhraic), Stenson (Nancy): The Irish of Ráth Cairn: a supplement to Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects. Part 1.
In ZCP 41 (1986), pp. 66–115; 42 (1987), pp. 116-137.
Supplies the results to the LASID questionnaire for the Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn in Co. Meath and their discussion.
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21039.
Ó Drisceoil (Proinsias): Gaeilge labhartha Sheáin Uí Donnabháin.
In An Linn Bhuí 24 (2020), pp. 173–177.
Prints the words marked as ‘Kilk(enny)' in John O’Donovan’s Supplement to the 1864 ‘New edition’ of O’Reilly’s English–Irish dictionary, which reflect the spoken Irish of Áit an Tí Móir, bar. of Ida, Co. Kilkenny (birthplace of O’Donovan).
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15035.
Coleman (Steve): Ag teacht aniar: dioscúrsa na Gaeilge agus ‘athghabhail’ Ráth Cairn.
In Léann an dúchais [Ó Crualaoich essays] (2012), pp. 174–187.
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5553.
Ní Chonmhidhe-Piskorski (Méadhbh): Focail Ghaeilge as Cill Scíre, Co. na Mí, ó bhéal Jack Weldon, 1954.
In RíM 9/3 (1997), pp. 180–196.
Irish words collected in Kilskeer, Co. Meath; with phonetic transcription.
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5573.
O Boyle (Enda): Words and expressions from the Duleek area.
In RíM 14 (2003), pp. 242–259, 15 (2004), pp. 199–214.
Dialect word-list containing some elements of Irish origin.
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21255.
Ó Drisceoil (Proinsias): Miscellanea 3. Placenames in the spoken Irish of Kilkenny.
In OLL 8 (2022), pp. 276–278.
On an early 20th c. account of the pronunciation of the place-names Ceanannus [Kells], Cill Choinnigh [Kilkenny], Droichead Binéid [Bennetsbridge], Cill 'Ochudha [Kilmacow].
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5168.
Williams (N. J. A.): Téacsanna foghrúla ó Chontae na Mí.
In StH 31 (2000–2001), pp. 277–291.
Based on material collected by Seosamh Ó Laoide (1865-1939) from native speakers from Moynalty (Lower Kells) and Somerville (Upper Slane).
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15851.
Pegley (Suzanne): Ráth Cairn, Co. Meath, the first Gaeltacht colony.
In RíM 23 (2012), pp. 281–297.
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5583.
Murray (Cecily): An oral history of Gibbstown Gaeltacht, Co. Meath.
In RíM 17 (2006), pp. 292–314; 18 (2007), pp. 234-255.
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15856.
Finnegan (Aengus): What kind of Irish was spoken in Westmeath?
In RíM 24 (2013), pp. 294–310.
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1724.
Stenson (Nancy): Plural formation in Ráth Cairn.
In Éigse 17/4 (Geimhreadh, 1978–1979), pp. 495–536.
1. Introduction; 2. Data; 3. Discussion; Comparison with other dialects [i.e. Cois Fhairrge]; 5. Conclusion.
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14094.
Williams (Nicholas): The Irish language in County Offaly.
In Offaly history and society (1998), pp. 543–568.
A discussion of its phonology, morphology and lexicon.
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12096.
Ó Conghaile (Mícheál): Ráth Cairn: the birth of a Gaeltacht.
In NACCS 2 (1992), pp. 611–618.
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11710.
Williams (Nicholas): Gaeilge na hIarmhí.
In Féilscríbhinn do Chathal Ó Háinle (2012), pp. 1009–1058.
Includes a Liosta focal (Irish-English) of words likely to have been used in Westmeath Irish.
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14765.
Moylan (Séamas): The language of Kilkenny: lexicon, semantics, structures.
Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996. 406 pp.
A lexicon of Irish and English dialect words.

Rev. by
T. P. Dolan, in Journal of multilingual and multicultural development 20/1 (1999), pp. 80-82.
M[anfred] G[örlach], in English world-wide 18/2 (Jan., 1997) 74 (Winter, 2017), pp. 321-323.
A. J. Hughes, in SAM 17/1 (1996–1997), p. 270.
Diarmuid Ó Muirithe, in Béaloideas 66 (1998), pp. 276-278.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, in Éigse 31 (1999), pp. 189-191.
N. J. A. Williams, in StH 30 (1998-1999), pp. 282-284.
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20403.
Pegley (Suzanne M.): The Land Commission and the making of Ráth Cairn: the first Gaeltacht colony.
MSLH, 99. Dublin: Four Courts, 2011. 72 pp. (Maynooth studies in local history, 99).
Discusses the political developments leading to the establishment of the Gaeltacht colony scheme.

Rev. by
Séamus Mac Gabhann, in Ríocht na Midhe 23 (2012), pp. 325-328.
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