Winner of the Michael Durkan Prize for Best Book in Irish Language and Culture from the American Conference for Irish Studies Irelands history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; "Language, Identity and Liberation" attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the regions tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Irelands everyday life and speech.

Ireland's history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; Language, Identity and Liberation attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the region's tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Ireland's everyday life and speech.