Insights from current research in the sciences are applied to the situation of the Irish language in this challenging new bilingual work by one of its foremost and thought-provoking authors. New issues are identified for debate, an intellectual challenge to the guardians of linguistic forms which he argues convincingly are more applicable to another era.

Maolmhaodhóg Ó Ruairc has published several titles in Irish on linguistic issues. He has worked as a translator in Brussels for many years.