{"id":75,"date":"2025-09-25T10:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie\/literature-language-culture\/index.php\/home-english\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:36:59","slug":"home-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie\/literature-language-culture\/en\/home-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a923daf wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:-32px\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group full-width-row home-about is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f5a2038e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:-32px;margin-bottom:-40px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group full-width-row-inner has-theme-palette-9-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Literature, Language and Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irish language scholarship in Maynooth has its roots in the late 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century while being firmly focussed on the contemporary and future situation of the language. The Dept. of Nua-Ghaeilge\u2019s annual publications&nbsp;<em>Irisleabhar Mh\u00e1 Nuad&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>L\u00e9achta\u00ed Cholm Cille&nbsp;<\/em>create a critical space within which the intellectual depth and scope of the language is continually being expanded. Similarly, the academic publisher managed by the department, An Sagart, brings a steady stream of new publications from initial idea to print. Under the heading Literature, Language and Culture, our research strength encompasses a broad field of subjects \u2013 literary and manuscript studies, textual scholarship, creative writing, the oral tradition, linguistics, applied linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics, lexicography, cultural studies and place name studies among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Links to the index for&nbsp;<em>L\u00e9achta\u00ed Cholm Cille<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maynoothuniversity.ie%2Fnua-ghaeilge-modern-irish%2Fl-achta-cholm-cille&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFionntan.DeBrun%40mu.ie%7C86de773af8b541d555af08ddefa809c6%7C1454f5ccbb354685bbd98621fd8055c9%7C0%7C0%7C638930227165806984%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vK%2BNQQoHpEztq75mAMnAk%2FFRaRD1vE97LwiYXJRBqvA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.maynoothuniversity.ie\/nua-ghaeilge-modern-irish\/l-achta-cholm-cille<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Irisleabhar Mh\u00e1 Nuad&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maynoothuniversity.ie%2Fnua-ghaeilge-modern-irish%2Firisleabhar-mh-nuad&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFionntan.DeBrun%40mu.ie%7C86de773af8b541d555af08ddefa809c6%7C1454f5ccbb354685bbd98621fd8055c9%7C0%7C0%7C638930227165835329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ths8WTQoQrNVHz2HzIyKohmFyMwtDkI7Gw1d4dJRUIQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.maynoothuniversity.ie\/nua-ghaeilge-modern-irish\/irisleabhar-mh-nuad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/literature-language-culture\/en\/literature-language-and-culture\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n  <div id=\"sa_wordcloud\" style=\"width: 100%; 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