Antrim Irish | |
Nativename: | Gaedhilge[1] |
Ethnicity: | Irish people |
Extinct: | February 1983 (Rathlin Dialect)[2] |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Celtic |
Fam3: | Insular Celtic |
Fam4: | Goidelic |
Fam5: | Irish |
Fam6: | Ulster Irish |
Ancestor: | Primitive Irish |
Ancestor2: | Old Irish |
Ancestor3: | Middle Irish |
Ancestor4: | Early Modern Irish |
Ancestor5: | Ulster Irish |
Dia1: | Rathlin Island [3] Glens |
Script: | Latin (Irish alphabet) Irish Braille |
Imagescale: | 1.45 |
Also Known As: | East Ulster Irish |
The Antrim Dialect is an extinct dialect of Irish formerly spoken in County Antrim until its extinction in February 1983 following the death of Séamus Bhriain Mac Amhlaig.[4] [5]
Since it survived into the 20th century it is well attested such as the Doegen Recordings.[6]