Relationships between attitudes to Irish, social class, religion and national identity in the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-393

  Ó Riagáin, Pádraig ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Identity; Ireland; Irish; Northern Ireland; Religion; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348909505     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb450.0     Document Type: Article

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