Question

What four key factors led to the rapid decline of the Irish language in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The expansion of the railways form Dublin and Belfast.The spread of education, a pattern also seen in Wales and Scotland.The death and migration of Irish speakers due to famine.The associations of English with power and modernity.

Front	What four key factors led to the rapid decline of the Irish language in the nineteenth century?
Back	The expansion of the railways form Dublin and Belfast. The spread of education, a pattern also seen in Wales and Scotland. The death and migration of Irish speakers due to famine. The associations of English with power and modernity.

Irish Key Factors Led Rapid Decline Language Nineteenth