ABSTRACT
English is an official language in Eire (population 3.5 million) and the official language of Northern Ireland (population 1.5 million). Irish English is the general term for the various types of English used in the island. These varieties can be simplistically represented as follows:
The diagram is oversimplified in that it suggests that the subvarieties are discrete, whereas they influence each other and are all influenced by media norms.
