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Irish Bible
An
Biobla Naofa
By: P.
Ofiannachta
ISBN-10: 1870684907
ISBN-13: 9781870684903
Publisher: An
Sagart -
1999-11-29
Format:
Paperback
About
the
Irish
Translation:
The
first
Irish
translation
of the
New
Testament
was
begun by
Nicholas
Walsh,
Bishop
of
Ossory,
who
worked
on it
until
his
untimely
death in
1585.
The work
was
continued
by John
Kearny,
his
assistant,
and Dr.
Nehemiah
Donellan,
Archbishop
of Tuam,
and it
was
finally
completed
by
William
O'Domhnuill
(William
Daniell,
Archbishop
of Tuam
in
succession
to
Donellan).
Their
work was
printed
in 1602.
The work
of
translating
the Old
Testament
was
undertaken
by
William
Bedel
(1571-1642),
Bishop
of
Kilmore,
who
completed
his
translation
within
the
reign of
Charles
the
First,
however
it was
not
published
until
1680, in
a
revised
version
by
Narcissus
Marsh
(1638-1713),
Archbishop
of
Dublin.
About
the
Irish
language
Irish
(Gaeilge),
also
known as
Irish
Gaelic
or
"Modern
Irish",
is a
Goidelic
language
of the
Indo-European
language
family,
originating
in
Ireland
and
historically
spoken
by the
Irish
people.
Irish is
now
spoken
natively
by a
small
minority
of the
Irish
population
? mostly
in
Gaeltacht
areas
and it
is an
official
language
of the
European
Union.
Irish is
also an
officially
recognised
minority
language
in
Northern
Ireland.
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