Newfoundland Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Thalamh an Éisc) is a moribund dialect of the Irish language specific to the island of Newfoundland, Canada. It is/was very similar to Munster Irish, as spoken in the southeast of Ireland, due to mass immigration from the counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Cork.
Read more about Newfoundland Irish: Irish Settlement of Newfoundland, Current Status
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“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)
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