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The Maamtrasna Murders : Language, Life and Death in Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Hardback Book

The Maamtrasna Murders : Language, Life and Death in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Hardback

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The Maamtrasna Murders provides a cultural history of the events and subsequent impact of the renowned Maamtrasna murders from the perspective of language change in late nineteenth-century Ireland.

Professor Kelleher takes the Maamtrasna case - one that is notorious for its failure to provide interpretation and translation services for monoglot Irish speakers - and examines broader sociolinguistic issues.

Uncovering archival materials not previously consulted, this work illuminates a story that has proven to be much richer, `messier', and a more intricate social narrative than previous commentators have recognized.;The Maamtrasna Murders moves Maamtrasna's violation of human rights from a local to a global stage.

While the wrongful execution of monolingual Myles Joyce would prove to be the best-known feature of the case, the complex significance of language-use in an isolated region mirrors the dynamics that continue to influence the fates of monolingual and bilingual people today.

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