Hello again, todays post will be about old Irish.
The monks were working on Latin manuscripts during the eight century. The monks had written lots of notes called Glossaries. The Glossaries were written using the Latin Alphabet. A monk called Pangur Bán wrote a famous passage about his pet cat in the ninth century. Old Irish was very important to knowledge as much as Latin and Greek.
I hope that it was interesting.
~ by Layla (6th)
Hello and welcome to my second post, and today you are going to be reading about P – Celtic and Q – Celtic.
When the Romans left Britain around 409 AD. Some of the words that began with a c in Ireland like ‘ceann’ and ceathar are pronounced with a p, for example peann and pedwar. In Wales and Cornwall in Britain, including Brittany that is in France.
So their version of the language was spoken in those areas is known as P – Celtic. Ireland, western Scotland and the Isle of the Man had their own version of the language, which has now become known as Q – Celtic.
This is today’s post, and I hope you enjoyed reading about P – Celtic and Q – Celtic.
~ by Layla (6th)
Hello, and welcome back, Today you will be reading about The Irish Language.
The earliest evidence of the Celts is found in Hallstatt. Hallstatt is near Salzburg Austria. The Celts had arrived in Ireland around 600 BC. The Celts brought their own customs, skills and language. Gaelic is one of the oldest languages in Europe.
The language of the Romans, became the language of Scholars throughout Europe. Although the Romans did not invade Ireland. So because of that the Irish language was allowed to survive.
~ by Layla (6th)
Hello, I am back with more information about The Irish Language.
Writing began in the fifth century with the Latin alphabet. Before that the Irish language had its own design of writing that is Ogham writing. The Historians had found it very difficult to find a specific date for Ogham. The Historians had an estimate of 400 to 700 AD. Evidence was found that the Celts had used Ogham in Ireland. It consisted of a coded set of strokes that was read from bottom up. Usually it was carved into standing stones that were called Gallans. Most Historians believed that Gallans got there name from chieftains or warriors inscribed on them. To this there are still many Gallans standing in Ireland.
I hope that you enjoyed reading about Ogham Writing.
~ by Layla(6th)
Hello and today’s topic is about Middle Irish, enjoy!
Monasteries are known as centres of learning. During the ninth century the Vikings attacks led to destruction of monasteries. The monks no longer had control of written Irish. Also some Vikings that were settled influenced spoken Irish.
Originated words that were from Old Norse such as ‘cnaipe’ (button), ‘fuinneog’ (window), ‘seol’ (sail) and ‘brog’ (shoe) crept into the Irish language. In the middle of the ninth and twelfth centuries, lots of famous Irish stories like about Cúchulainn.
Irish stories from this time is known as Middle Irish.
This is all I have for today but i will be back with more information about the Irish Language.
~ by Layla(6th)
Hello everyone, my name is Layla.
Welcome to my part of the site. I will be writing about The Irish Language.
You will be reading about: P- Celtic and Q- Celtic, Ogham Writing, Old Irish and much more.
I hope you enjoy.
~ an Introduction by Layla (6th)
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