Talk:Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma

Missing all the important bits about the history of this work
All the politics is missing, including: All of this and more is covered in some depth in the Staunton (2005) source we have already cited (so far only for basics already provided by other sources). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Gaelic type came into existence through the promotion of Elizabeth I (based on the letterforms of a tutorial manuscript written for her by an Irish subject)
 * Gaelic type was created specifically for this project (and was the only set of such type for a long time).
 * This Anglican book itself was produced with the particular aim of countering the influence in Ireland of Séon Carsuel's Presbyterian Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh printed only a few years earlier (1567), the first printed book in any variety of Gaelic – namely Classical Gaelic, which was (and was used with the specific intent that it be) understandable by Gaels of Scotland and Ireland alike.