Barony of Forth

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The Barony of Forth is a historic barony in County Wexford, Ireland, noted for its former English-speaking colony and distinctive old dialect preserved in local verse and glossaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
historic barony
administrativeStatus barony
borderedBy Barony of Bargy NERFINISHED
Irish Sea NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
dialectDocumentation 19th-century glossaries
antiquarian studies
dialectStatus largely extinct
governingCountryCurrently Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED
governingCountryHistorically Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
hasCategory Baronies of County Wexford
Historical regions of Ireland
Linguistic history of Ireland
hasHeritageType cultural region
linguistic heritage area
hasHistoricalRegionType English-speaking colony
historicalEthnicGroup Anglo-Norman settlers NERFINISHED
Old English community
historicalLanguage Forth and Bargy dialect NERFINISHED
Middle English-derived dialect
knownFor distinctive old English dialect
former English-speaking colony
glossaries of Forth dialect
local verse in Forth dialect
locatedIn County Wexford NERFINISHED
Leinster
locatedInHistoricProvince Leinster NERFINISHED
locatedOn southeast coast of Ireland
partOf County Wexford baronies
presentInSourceType dialect glossaries
local verse collections
timePeriodOfDialectFlourishing early modern period
late medieval period

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