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Ireland: Language and Literature

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Languages of Ireland (from Ethnologue)
Entry from an online reference guide to world languages. Includes a link to the entry for the Irish Gaelic language.
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
In addition to membership and conference information, there are extensive links to journals, online databases, individual sites for Irish authors, and electronic discussions or listservs for Irish literature.
Irish Writers Online
A concise bio-bibliographical guide for more than 450 contemporary Irish writers with links to individual authors' Web sites, Irish publishers, and other useful literary references.
Irish Resources in the Humanities/Literature
Provides links to a variety of journals, archives, organizations, individual author sites (particularly Joyce, Wilde, and Yeats), and digitized collections relating to Irish literature.
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama
In addition to the literature and mythology topics, there are links for Irish history and language sources.
British and Irish Authors on the Web
Arranged chronologically by authors' birth dates, with selected links to biographical information.
General Resources in Irish Literature by Voice of the Shuttle
Links to criticism, digitized works, and Web sites specific to authors, genres, or time periods. Individual Irish writers may also be found through the main English Literature page.
Google Directory of Irish Authors
A short list of prominent historic and contemporary Irish authors with links to a variety of essays, interviews, reviews, and biographical sites.
CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts)
Electronic texts of a wide variety of historical documents related to Irish culture and literature in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English. Texts are accompanied by introductions, some translations, and scholarly bibliographies.
Irish Playography
"Comprehensive catalog of new Irish plays produced since the formation of the National Theatre." As of 2005, coverage is from 1975 to the present, with plans to eventually include plays from 1904 forward.
   

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