General
Map showing the Irish-speaking areas which have been the object of major studies by scholars over the past century or so.
General
O’Rahilly, Thomas F. 1932. Irish Dialects Past and Present. Dublin: Browne & Nolan.
Ó Cuív, Brian 1951. Irish Dialects and Irish-Speaking Districts. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Wagner, Heinrich 1958-64. Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects. 4 Vols. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
McCone, Kim, Damian McManus, Cathal Ó Háinle, Nicholas Williams and Liam Breatnach (eds) 1994. Stair na Gaeilge. In Ómós de Pádraig Ó Fiannachta [The History of Irish. In Honour of Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. Maynooth: Department of Irish.
Ó Siadhail, Mícheál and Arndt Wigger 1975. Córas fuaimeanna na Gaeilge. [The sound pattern of Irish] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies. 
Literature on dialects
Tír Chonaill
Conamara
Corca Dhuibhne
References
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Ní Chiosáin, Máire 1991. Topics in the phonology of Irish. PhD thesis: University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Hickey, Raymond 2011. The Dialects of Irish. Study in a Changing Landscape. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton.
Tír Chonaill
Ó Dochartaigh, Cathair 1987. Dialects of Ulster Irish. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Ó Baoill, Dónall 1996. An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh. [The Living Language. The Irish of Ulster] Dublin: Linguistics Institute of Ireland.
Hamilton, Noel 1974. A phonetic study of the Irish of Tory Island. Belfast: Institute for Irish Studies.
Lucas, Leslie 1979. Grammar of Ros Goill Irish. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Lucas, Leslie 1986. Cnuasach Focal as Ros Goill. [A collection of words from Ros Goill] Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Sommerfelt, Alf 1922. The dialect of Torr, Co. Donegal. Christiania: Dybwad.
Wagner, Heinrich 1979 [1959]. Gaeilge Theilinn. [The Irish of Teelin] 2nd edition. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Mac Maoláin, Seán 1962. Gáidhlig agus Gaeilge. [Scottish Gaelic and Irish] Dublin: Stationary Office.
Ó hEochaidh, Seán 1966 Sean-Chainnt Theilinn. [The old dialect of Teelin] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Ó Searcaigh, Séamus 1939. Coimhréir Ghaedhilg an Tuaiscirt. [The syntax of northern Irish] Dublin: Stationary Office.
Quiggin, E. C. 1906. A dialect of Donegal being the speech of Meenawannia in the parish of Glenties. Cambridge: University Press.
Holmer, Nils 1942. ‘Irish language in Rathlin Island’. Royal Irish Academy. Todd lecture series 18.
Ó Baoill, Colm 1978. Contributions to a comparative study of Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Conamara
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1945. The Irish of Chois Fhairrge, Co. Galway. Dublin: Institue for Advanced Studies.
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1953. Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge. An deilbhíocht. [The Irish of Cois Fhairrge. The morphology] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Ó Curnáin, Brian 2007. The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway. 4 vols. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Wigger, Arndt 2004. Caint Ros Muc. Imleabhar 1: Téacs; Imleabhar 2: Foclóir. [The speech of Ros Muc (Co. Galway). Volume 1: Texts, Volume 2: Dictionary] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Stenson, Nancy 2003. An Haicléara Mánas. A nineteenth-century text from Clifden, Co. Galway. Dublin: Linguistics Institute of Ireland.
Ó Murchú, Séamas 1998. An Teanga Bheo. Gaeilge Chonamara. [The Living Language. The Irish of Connemara]. Dublin: Linguistics Institute of Ireland.
de Búrca, Seán 1958. The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Stockman, Gerald 1974. The Irish of Achill. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn 1968. The Irish of Erris, Co.Mayo. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1985. Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh. [A collection ‘portion’ of words from Galway] Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Ó Máille, Tomás 1974. Liosta Focal as Ros Muc. [A list of words from Ros Muc] Dublin: Irish University Press.
Ó Máille, Tomás 2002 [1936] An Béal Beo. [Living speech] New edition by Ruairí Ó hUiginn. Dublin: Foras na Gaeilge.
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Ó Siadhail, Mícheàl 1978. Téarmaí Tógàla agus Tís as Inis Meáin. [Building and Housekeeping Terms from Inishmaan] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Becker, Heinrich 1997. I mBéal na Farraige. Indreabhán, Co. Galway: Cló Iar-Chonnachta.
Corca Dhuibhne
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Ó Sé, Diarmuid 2000. Gaeilge Corca Dhuibhne. [The Irish of Corkaguiny (Dingle Peninsula)] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
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Ó Sé, Diarmuid 1995. An Teanga Bheo. Gaeilge Corca Dhuibhne. [The Living Language. The Irish of Corkaguiny (Dingle Peninsula)] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
Holmer, Nils 1962-5. The dialects of Co. Clare. 2 vols. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Ó Síocháin, Conchúr 1977 [1940] Seanchas Chléire. [Folklore from Clear Island] Dublin: Stationary Office.
Ó Buachalla, Brendán 2003. An teanga bheo: Gaeilge Chléire. [The Living Language: The Irish of Clear Island] Dublin: Linguistics Institute of Ireland.
Ó Cuív, Brian 1944. The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Sheehan, M. 1944. Sean-chaint na nDéise. [The old dialect of the Deise (Co. Waterford)] 2nd edition Dublin.
Breatnach, Risteard B. 1947. The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
References
Ó Baoill, Dónall 1986. Lárchanúint don Ghaeilge. [A common pronunciation for Irish] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
Ó Baoill, Dónall (ed.) 1990. Úsáid agus forbairt na lárchanúna. [Use and development of the common pronunciation] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
Ó Háinle, Cathal 1994. ‘Ó chaint na ndaoine go dtí an Caighdeán Oifigiúil’ [From the vernacular to the official standard], in McCone et al. (eds), 745-93.
Ó Murchú, Mairtín 1969. ‘Common core and underlying representations’, Ériu 21, 42-75.
Ó Siadhail, Mícheál and Arndt Wigger 1975. Córas fuaimeanna na Gaeilge. [The sound pattern of Irish] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Wagner, Heinrich 1958-64. Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects. 4 Vols. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Southern Irish
Ó Cuív, Brian 1951. Irish Dialects and Irish-Speaking Districts. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Ua Súilleabháin, Seán 1994. ‘Gaeilge na Mumhan’ [The Irish of Munster], in McCone et al. (eds), 479-538.
Déise Irish, Ring (South Co. Waterford)
Breatnach, Risteard B. 1947. The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Henebry, Richard 1898. A contribution to the phonology of Déise-Irish. PhD thesis: University of Greifswald.
Sheehan, M. 1944. Sean-chaint na nDéise. [The old dialect of the Deise (Co. Waterford)] 2nd edition Dublin.
Kilkenny
Quin, C. 1965. ‘A specimen of Kilkenny Irish’, Éigse 11, 107-11.
Muskerry (West Co. Cork)
Ó Cuív, Brian 1944. The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Ua Súilleabháin, Seán 1988. ‘Deilbhíocht bhriathra an tarna réimniú i nGaeilge Iarthar Mhúscraí’ [The morphology of second conjugation verbs in the Irish of West Muskerry], Celtica 20, 145-66.
Cape Clear (South-West Co. Cork)
Ó Buachalla, Brendán 1962. ‘Phonetic texts from Oileán Cléire [Cape Clear Island]’, Lochlann 2, 103-21.
Ó Buachalla, Brendán 2003. An teanga bheo: Gaeilge Chléire. Dublin.
Corca Dhuibhne (Dingle Peninsula) (North-West Co. Kerry)
Ó Sé, Diarmuid 1995. An Teanga Bheo. Gaeilge Corca Dhuibhne. [The Living Language. The Irish of Corkaguiny (Dingle Peninsula)] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
Ó Sé, Diarmuid 2000. Gaeilge Corca Dhuibhne. [The Irish of Corkaguiny (Dingle Peninsula)] Dublin: Linguistics Institute.
Sjoestedt-Jonval, Marie-Louise 1931. Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Sjoestedt-Jonval, Marie-Louise 1938. Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry. Paris: Champion.
Limerick
Ua Súilleabháin, Seán 1997. ‘Cnuasach focal ó Luimneach’ [a collection of words from Limerick], in Anders Ahlqvist and Vera Capková (eds), Dán do oide: essays in memory of Conn R. Ó Cléirigh, 1927-1995. Dublin: Department of Linguistics, pp. 515-43.
Western Irish
Blankenhorn, Virginia S. 1979 ‘Intonation in Connemara Irish’, in Ó Baoill (ed.), pp. 1-26.
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1985. Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh. [A collection ‘portion’ of words from Galway] Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Ó hUiginn, Ruairí 1994. ‘Gaeilge Chonnacht’ [The Irish of Connaught], in McCone et al. (eds), 539-609.
Wigger, Arndt 1996. Caint Chonamara, iml. I: Ros Muc. Téacs agus Foclóir. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Wigger, Arndt 2000. Caint Chonamara: Bailiúchán Hartmann. [The speech of Connemara. The Hartmann collection] CD produced by the author.
Cois Fhairrge (Mid-West Co. Galway)
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1945. The Irish of Chois Fhairrge, Co. Galway. Dublin: Institue for Advanced Studies.
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás 1953. Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge. An deilbhíocht. [The Irish of Cois Fhairrge. The morphology] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Hartmann, Hans 1974. ‘Distribution und Funktion der Expanded Form in einigen Dialekten von Co. Galway’ [Distribution and function of the expanded form in some dialect of Connemara, Co. Galway], Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 33: 140-284.
Ros Muc (West Co. Galway)
Ó Máille, T. S. 1974. Liosta focal as Ros Muc. Dublin.
Wigger, Arndt 2004.Caint Ros Muc. Imleabhar 1: Téacs; Imleabhar 2: Foclóir. [The speech of Ros Muc (Co. Galway). Volume 1: Texts, Volume 2: Dictionary] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Iorras Aithneach (West Co. Galway)
Ó Curnáin, Brian 2007. The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway. 4 vols. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Ó Murchú, Séamas 1989. Réimniú an Bhriathair i nGaeilge Charna [The Conjugation of the Verb in the Irish of Carna]. Unpublished PhD. dissertation, National University of Ireland, Dublin.
Sraith Salach (North Co. Galway)
Nilsen, Kenneth 1975. The phonology and morphology of Bun a’Cruc, Sraith Salach, Co. Galway. PhD thesis: Harvard University.
Inis Meáin (middle Aran Island, Galway Bay)
Hickey, Raymond 1982. ‘The phonology of English loan-words in Inis Meáin Irish’, Ériu 33: 137-56.
Hughes, John P. 1952. A phonemic description of the Aran dialect of Modern Irish with a detailed consideration of problems of palatalization. PhD thesis, New York: Columbia University.
Finck, Franz N. 1899. Die araner mundart. Ein beitrag zur erforschung des westirischen, 2 Bde. Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Ó Catháin, Brian 2001. ‘Die araner mundart (1899) agus canúintí Oileáin Árann’ [The Aran dialect (1899) and the dialects of the Aran Islands], in Ó Catháin and Ó hUiginn (eds), 240-59.
Ó Siadhail, Mícheàl 1978. Téarmaí Tógàla agus Tís as Inis Meáin. [Building and Housekeeping Terms from Inishmaan] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Inis Oírr (eastern Aran Island, Galway Bay)
Ó Catháin, Brian 1993. ‘Drei Neuerungen im Irischen von Inis Oírr, Co. Galway’, in Martin Rockel and Stefan Zimmer (eds) Akten des ersten Symposiums deutschsprachiger Keltologen. (Tübingen: Niemeyer), 199-207.
Tourmakeady (South Co. Mayo)
de Búrca, Seán 1958. The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Erris (North-West Co. Mayo)
Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn 1968. The Irish of Erris, Co.Mayo. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Achill (West Co. Mayo)
Stockman, Gerald 1974. The Irish of Achill. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
East Co. Mayo
Dillon, Myles 1973. ‘Vestiges of the Irish dialect of East Mayo’, Celtica 10: 15-21.
Lavin, Thomas J. 1956. The Irish of East Mayo: a phonetic study. Unpublished PhD thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Ó Catháin, Brian forthcoming. The Irish of East Mayo. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Co. Clare
Holmer, Nils 1962-5. The dialects of Co. Clare. 2 vols. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Rathcairn (a transported variety of western Irish in Co Meath, Leinster)
Stenson, Nancy and P. Ó Ciardha 1986. ‘The Irish of Ráth Cairn – A supplement to Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects (Part 1)’. Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 41: 66-115.
Northern Irish
Hughes, Art J. 1994. ‘Gaeilge Uladh’ [The Irish of Ulster], in McCone et al. (eds), 611-60.
Hughes, Art J. 1994 ‘Stair na Gaeilge: aguisíní agus ceartúcháin don chaibidil ar Ghaeilge Chúige Uladh’ [The History of Irish: amendments and corrections to the chapter on the Irish of Ulster], Seanchas Ard Mhacha 16, 1: 125-132.
Ó Dochartaigh, Cathair 1987. Dialects of Ulster Irish. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Ó hEochaidh, Seán 1966 Sean-Chainnt Theilinn. [The old dialect of Teelin] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Ó Searcaigh, Séamus 1925. Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an tuaiscirt. [The pronunciation of northern Irish] Belfast.
Teilinn (South West Co. Donegal)
Uí Bheirn, Úna M. 1989. Cnuasach focal as Teileann. [A collection of word from Teilean (Co. Donegal)] Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Wagner, Heinrich 1979 [1959]. Gaeilge Theilinn. [The Irish of Teelin] 2nd edition. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Glenties (Central South Co. Donegal)
Quiggin, E. C. 1906. A dialect of Donegal being the speech of Meenawannia in the parish of Glenties. Cambridge: University Press.
Torr (Gweedore, Co. Donegal)
McKenna, Malachy 2001.‘Palatalization and labials in the Irish of Torr, Co. Donegal’, in Ó Catháin and Ó hUiginn (eds), 146-60.
Sommerfelt, Alf 1922. The dialect of Torr, Co. Donegal. Christiania: Dybwad.
Sommerfelt, Alf 1952. ‘The structure of the consonant system of the Gaelic of Torr’, Ériu 16, 205-11.
Tory Island (North West Co. Donegal)
Hamilton, Noel 1974. A phonetic study of the Irish of Tory Island. Belfast: Institute for Irish Studies.
Ros Goill (North Co. Donegal)
Lucas, Leslie 1979. Grammar of Ros Goill Irish. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies.
Inishowen and Fanad (North Co. Donegal)
Evans, Emyrst. 1969. ‘The dialect of Urris, Inishowen, Co. Donegal’, Lochlann 4, 1-130.
Evans, Emyrst 1972. ‘A vocabulary of the dialects of Fanad and Glenvar, Co. Donegal’, Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 32, 167-265.
Tyrone
Stockman, Gerald and Heinrich Wagner 1965. ‘Contributions to a study of Tyrone Irish’, Lochlann 3: 43-236.
Antrim
Holmer, Nils 1940. On some relics of the Irish dialect spoken in the glens of Antrim. Uppsala.
Holmer, Nils 1942. ‘Irish language in Rathlin Island’. Royal Irish Academy. Todd lecture series 18.
South Armagh
Sommerfelt, Alf 1929 ‘South Armagh Irish’, Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvidenskap 2, 107-91.
Wigger, Arndt 1970. Nominalformen im Connemara-Irischen. Hamburg: Lüdke.
