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Papers by Donal Flynn
Private, 2024
The Use of the Irish language as State symbolism is to be handled as an administraive matter by t... more The Use of the Irish language as State symbolism is to be handled as an administraive matter by the Irisg Government, in face of the population's refusal to use Gaelic.
Education and the Irish State , 1964
John M. Kelly was professor of Constitutional Law in University College Dublin and wrote this pap... more John M. Kelly was professor of Constitutional Law in University College Dublin and wrote this paper which he delivered at a meeting in Saint Patrick's Training College. Drumcondra in 1964.
Donal Flynn preserved the paper
During the hundred years of the the State programme to revive Irish (Gaelic), no part of the Iris... more During the hundred years of the the State programme to revive Irish (Gaelic), no part of the Irish population has ever changed its language from English to Irish.
In the hundred years of the Irish State project of reviving Gaelic, no part of the population has... more In the hundred years of the Irish State project of reviving Gaelic, no part of the population has made any move, or shown any inclination, to change its language from English to Irish.
The President of Ireland praises the Gaelic language and urges its adoption by the Irish people
The Members of the Irish Parliament (An Dáil) assert their support for the Revival of Irish (Gael... more The Members of the Irish Parliament (An Dáil) assert their support for the Revival of Irish (Gaelic)
The members of the Irish Parliament assert their commitment to the Revival of Irish and the value... more The members of the Irish Parliament assert their commitment to the Revival of Irish and the value that they place on the Gaelic language
Revival of Irish - Failed Project of a Political Elite, 2012
It was the policy of the independent Irish Government after 1922 to restore the use of Irish (Gae... more It was the policy of the independent Irish Government after 1922 to restore the use of Irish (Gaelic) by the population which was English-speaking. This booklet addresses the fatal contradictions within the policy and its overall failure.
A Gaeltacht Jurassic Park, 2019
The Irish Government is attempting to create some small Gaelic-speaking districts in the West of ... more The Irish Government is attempting to create some small Gaelic-speaking districts in the West of the country to function as a separate language community to the rest of the country which is English-speaking. This is impossible and the attempt will fail.
Revival of Irish - Disconnection, ideology & Force, 2019
A survey of the Irish government's ideological project to establish Gaelic usage among the Englis... more A survey of the Irish government's ideological project to establish Gaelic usage among the English-speaking population of Ireland; the measures used and how the project failed.
Drafts by Donal Flynn
Failure of the Revival of Irish, 2024
An account of the failure of the irish State to revive the use of the Irish language among the po... more An account of the failure of the irish State to revive the use of the Irish language among the population and, as an alternative, of the placing of a regulatory duty to use that language on its government officials.
Failed Revival of the Irish Gaelic language, 2012
The Irish State at its inception in 1922 embarked on a project to revive the Gaelic language as a... more The Irish State at its inception in 1922 embarked on a project to revive the Gaelic language as a spoken language among the population. This text surveys the failure of the project and discusses the inevitability of its failure.
The Decline of the Revival of Irish - national project of indepentend Ireland , 2021
After independent in 1922 the Revival of the Irish language (Gaelic) was adopted as a national p... more After independent in 1922 the Revival of the Irish language (Gaelic) was adopted as a national project by the new State. The project failed due to lack of support in Ireland's English-speaking people with native Irish-speakers over the age of 18 now estimated to make up 1.1% of the population. This survey presents looks at the presnt position of the original project.
The Revival of Irish by the Irish Government, 2020
Since the start of political independence in 1922 the Irish state leaders have tried to revive Ir... more Since the start of political independence in 1922 the Irish state leaders have tried to revive Irish Gaelic as a spoken language in the population. This has failed except in limited cases and contexts. This paper enquires into the history and dynamics of the project and comment on its failure.
Private, 2024
The Use of the Irish language as State symbolism is to be handled as an administraive matter by t... more The Use of the Irish language as State symbolism is to be handled as an administraive matter by the Irisg Government, in face of the population's refusal to use Gaelic.
Education and the Irish State , 1964
John M. Kelly was professor of Constitutional Law in University College Dublin and wrote this pap... more John M. Kelly was professor of Constitutional Law in University College Dublin and wrote this paper which he delivered at a meeting in Saint Patrick's Training College. Drumcondra in 1964.
Donal Flynn preserved the paper
During the hundred years of the the State programme to revive Irish (Gaelic), no part of the Iris... more During the hundred years of the the State programme to revive Irish (Gaelic), no part of the Irish population has ever changed its language from English to Irish.
In the hundred years of the Irish State project of reviving Gaelic, no part of the population has... more In the hundred years of the Irish State project of reviving Gaelic, no part of the population has made any move, or shown any inclination, to change its language from English to Irish.
The President of Ireland praises the Gaelic language and urges its adoption by the Irish people
The Members of the Irish Parliament (An Dáil) assert their support for the Revival of Irish (Gael... more The Members of the Irish Parliament (An Dáil) assert their support for the Revival of Irish (Gaelic)
The members of the Irish Parliament assert their commitment to the Revival of Irish and the value... more The members of the Irish Parliament assert their commitment to the Revival of Irish and the value that they place on the Gaelic language
Revival of Irish - Failed Project of a Political Elite, 2012
It was the policy of the independent Irish Government after 1922 to restore the use of Irish (Gae... more It was the policy of the independent Irish Government after 1922 to restore the use of Irish (Gaelic) by the population which was English-speaking. This booklet addresses the fatal contradictions within the policy and its overall failure.
A Gaeltacht Jurassic Park, 2019
The Irish Government is attempting to create some small Gaelic-speaking districts in the West of ... more The Irish Government is attempting to create some small Gaelic-speaking districts in the West of the country to function as a separate language community to the rest of the country which is English-speaking. This is impossible and the attempt will fail.
Revival of Irish - Disconnection, ideology & Force, 2019
A survey of the Irish government's ideological project to establish Gaelic usage among the Englis... more A survey of the Irish government's ideological project to establish Gaelic usage among the English-speaking population of Ireland; the measures used and how the project failed.
Failure of the Revival of Irish, 2024
An account of the failure of the irish State to revive the use of the Irish language among the po... more An account of the failure of the irish State to revive the use of the Irish language among the population and, as an alternative, of the placing of a regulatory duty to use that language on its government officials.
Failed Revival of the Irish Gaelic language, 2012
The Irish State at its inception in 1922 embarked on a project to revive the Gaelic language as a... more The Irish State at its inception in 1922 embarked on a project to revive the Gaelic language as a spoken language among the population. This text surveys the failure of the project and discusses the inevitability of its failure.
The Decline of the Revival of Irish - national project of indepentend Ireland , 2021
After independent in 1922 the Revival of the Irish language (Gaelic) was adopted as a national p... more After independent in 1922 the Revival of the Irish language (Gaelic) was adopted as a national project by the new State. The project failed due to lack of support in Ireland's English-speaking people with native Irish-speakers over the age of 18 now estimated to make up 1.1% of the population. This survey presents looks at the presnt position of the original project.
The Revival of Irish by the Irish Government, 2020
Since the start of political independence in 1922 the Irish state leaders have tried to revive Ir... more Since the start of political independence in 1922 the Irish state leaders have tried to revive Irish Gaelic as a spoken language in the population. This has failed except in limited cases and contexts. This paper enquires into the history and dynamics of the project and comment on its failure.