Book contents
- The Long Journey of English
- The Long Journey of English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue: A View from the Birthplace
- 1 Where It All Started: The Language Which Became English
- 2 The Journey Begins: The First Movement South
- 3 Interlude: A View from the Celtic Island
- 4 Heading West Again: The North Sea Crossing, 400–600
- 5 Anglo-Saxons and Celts in the British Highlands, 600–800
- 6 And Further West: Across the Irish Sea, 800–1200
- 7 Atlantic Crossing: On to the Americas, 1600–1800
- 8 Onwards to the Pacific Shore
- 9 Across the Equator: Into the Southern Hemisphere, 1800–1900
- 10 Some Turning Back: English in Retreat
- 11 Meanwhile … Britain and the British Isles from 1600
- 12 Transcultural Diffusion: The New Native Englishes
- Epilogue: Sixteen Hundred Years On
- References
- Index
- References
6 - And Further West: Across the Irish Sea, 800–1200
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
Book contents
- The Long Journey of English
- The Long Journey of English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue: A View from the Birthplace
- 1 Where It All Started: The Language Which Became English
- 2 The Journey Begins: The First Movement South
- 3 Interlude: A View from the Celtic Island
- 4 Heading West Again: The North Sea Crossing, 400–600
- 5 Anglo-Saxons and Celts in the British Highlands, 600–800
- 6 And Further West: Across the Irish Sea, 800–1200
- 7 Atlantic Crossing: On to the Americas, 1600–1800
- 8 Onwards to the Pacific Shore
- 9 Across the Equator: Into the Southern Hemisphere, 1800–1900
- 10 Some Turning Back: English in Retreat
- 11 Meanwhile … Britain and the British Isles from 1600
- 12 Transcultural Diffusion: The New Native Englishes
- Epilogue: Sixteen Hundred Years On
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
In 1169, Anglo-Norman forces from South Wales landed on the south coast of Ireland. With the backing of King Henry II of England, they went on to take military control of the bilingual Norse-Irish city-kingdoms of Dublin, Waterford and Wexford. In 1170, the High King of All Ireland led an Irish counteroffensive against the Normans, but in 1171 King Henry landed an army in Ireland to establish English control. Settlers from England began to move into the Norman-occupied areas, and as more and more of them arrived, much of the eastern and southeastern coastal areas of Ireland gradually became English-speaking, under an Anglo-Norman-speaking aristocracy.
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- The Long Journey of EnglishA Geographical History of the Language, pp. 66 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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Further Reading
Flechner, Roy. 2019. Patrick retold: the legend and history of Ireland’s patron saint. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Walker, Alastair. 1990. Frisian. In Russ, C. (ed.) The dialects of modern German: a linguistic survey. London: Routledge, 1–30.Google Scholar