Antrim Irish

Antrim Irish
Antrim Irish
East Ulster Irish
Gaedhilge
	County Antrim
Ethnicity	Irish people
Extinct	February 1983 (Rathlin Dialect)
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Irish Ulster Irish Antrim Irish; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Early Modern Irish Ulster Irish ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Rathlin Island †;
Writing system	Latin (Irish alphabet); Irish Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Antrim Dialect is an extinct dialect of Irish formerly spoken in County Antrim until its extinction in February 1983 following the death of Séamus Bhriain Mac Amhlaig.

Since it survived into the 20th century it is well attested such as the Doegen Recordings.

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