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The most common language around Ireland is English but the real language of Ireland is Irish which is only spoken in a few places in Ireland but thought in most schools in Ireland. The Irish language also known as Irish Gaelic, or simply "Irish" in Ireland, the language is categorized into 3 categories: old Irish (7th-9th century AD), middle Irish (10th-16th century) and modern Irish (since the 16th century).
Irish and her sister languages, Welsh and Breton, are some of the oldest living languages in Europe. There are written record of the language going back to the early Christian period.
The Celtic language we now know as Irish came to Ireland before 300 BC. The first evidence of writing to be found in the markings on Oghan stones. Oghan was a writing system using notches or strokes on a stone. Only when Christianity was well established in the 5th Century did true the Irish literacy begin. Using Roman lettering. Latin brought many new terms to Irish.
Irish and her sister languages, Welsh and Breton, are some of the oldest living languages in Europe. There are written record of the language going back to the early Christian period.
The Celtic language we now know as Irish came to Ireland before 300 BC. The first evidence of writing to be found in the markings on Oghan stones. Oghan was a writing system using notches or strokes on a stone. Only when Christianity was well established in the 5th Century did true the Irish literacy begin. Using Roman lettering. Latin brought many new terms to Irish.
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