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<p>Walter Yeeling Evans Wentz (1878-1965), is known for <italic>The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries</italic> published by Oxford University Press in 1911. Wentz’s personally gathered fairy beliefs in each of the six Celtic lands and the selections that appeared in <italic>The Fairy-Faith</italic> were introduced by a prominent figure in the Celtic Revival. In the case of the Isle of Man, it was Sophia Morrison (1859-1917), a leading light in the Manx Language Revival. Wentz had visited the Island late in 1909 during December. Discarded by Wentz at some stage were the letters, drafts, and proofs of <italic>The Fairy-Faith</italic>. That said, ten letters are extant from Wentz to Morrison and they are presented here in full following an introduction to set them in context and with a brief description of their salient content. They show the work that went into Morrison’s introduction, the editorial to-ing and fro-ing involved, and also the progress of <italic>The Fairy- Faith</italic> itself through Wentz’s own comments to Morrison.</p>
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W.Y. Evans Wentz the Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) Letters from Evans Wentz to Sophia Morrison (1910-12)

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<p>This paper discusses some of the ways in which the “Great Recession” which followed the 2008 economic crash affected the vitality of Irish-speaking (“Gaeltacht”) areas. In addition to a brief discussion of the nature of neoliberalism – the cause of the 2008 crash – and some of the ways in which this ideology stands in contradiction to the requirements of language revitalisation, examples are given to illustrate the way in which the recession affected state language policy. Various microlevel consequences of these macro-level economic and policy developments are then discussed by reference to ethnographic data gathered in the Gaeltacht. Issues such as deindustrialisation, unemployment and the problematic nature of tourism in minoritised language communities are discussed, as is language use amongst young people and the way in which technology can contribute to language shift. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential for anti-systemic movements and policy proposals such as the “Green New Deal” to create, coincidentally, a macroeconomic regime that would be more favourable to linguistic minorities than that of neoliberalism.</p>
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Economic Disruption and Language Shift – Some Ethnographic Data from Ireland After the 2008 Crash

Review of “Minority Language Writers in the Wake of World War One. A Case Study of Four European Authors” by Jelle Krol, Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 346 pp

Review: O’Rourke, Bernadette and John Walsh. 2020. <italic>New Speakers of Irish in the Global Context: New Revival?</italic> New York: Routledge. 212 pages. ISBN: 978-1032173634

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Volume 6 (2021): Issue 1 (December 2021)

W.Y. Evans Wentz the Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) Letters from Evans Wentz to Sophia Morrison (1910-12)

Economic Disruption and Language Shift – Some Ethnographic Data from Ireland After the 2008 Crash

Review of “Minority Language Writers in the Wake of World War One. A Case Study of Four European Authors” by Jelle Krol, Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 346 pp

Review: O’Rourke, Bernadette and John Walsh. 2020. New Speakers of Irish in the Global Context: New Revival? New York: Routledge. 212 pages. ISBN: 978-1032173634

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