Dictionary of Celtic Mythology by Peter Berresford Ellis

Author:Peter Berresford Ellis [Ellis, Peter Berresford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Celtic, Social Science, Spirituality, Body; Mind & Spirit, Dictionaries, Mythology; Celtic, General, Comparative Religion, Religion, Folklore & Mythology
ISBN: 9780874366099
Google: tUHXAAAAMAAJ
Amazon: 0874366097
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1992-05-15T07:00:00+00:00

Irgalach

[I] Son of Lách. He commanded “three fifties” of elderly veteran warriors of Ulster. They volunteered to accompany Conchobhar Mac Nessa in the war against Ailill and Medb in order to give advice to the younger warriors.

Irish

The language of Ireland. It is now the first official language of the Irish Republic, spoken, at the last census of 1981, by 31.6 percent (1,018,312) of the population. It is estimated that there are a further 60,000 speakers in the Partitioned northeast of the country and maybe as many as a further 500,000 in other parts of the world. While it is an official language of the European Economic Community, it is not one of the seven working languages. It has no official standing, and is openly discouraged, in the Partitioned northeast, which remains part of the United Kingdom. There have been no census figures for the language taken there since Partition, although the British government, bowing to pressure from Europe

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