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IRISH ENGLISH




Sometimes known as Anglo-Irish,this is the language that has envolved in Ireland from the English imposed on the people by their English landlords and bishops.It is a curioly poetic language that has somehow adapted to the Irish culture.It has speech patterns found in Gaelic even though for a hundred years many of its speakers knew no Gaelic.It makes use of many Gaelic words that have even entered the English spoken in the United States.