 The Irish language has a vast treasure of written texts from many centuries , and is divided by linguists into Old Irish from the 6th to 10th century , Middle Irish from the 10th to 13th century , Early Modern Irish until the 17th century , and the Modern Irish spoken today . It remained the dominant language of Ireland for most of those periods , having influences from Latin , Old Norse , French and English . It declined under British rule but remained the majority tongue until the early 19th century , and since then has been a minority language , although revival efforts are continuing in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . 
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The Irish language got a vast treasure of written texts from many centuries , and is divided by linguists into Old Irish from the 6th to 10th century , Middle Irish from da 10th to 13th century , Early Modern Irish until the 17th century , and the Modern Irish spoken todayy . It remained the dominant language of Ireland fir most of those periods , having influences from Latin , Old Norse , French and English . It declined under British rule but remained tdamajority tongue until the early 19th century , and since then have been a minority language , although revival efforts r continuing in both thdaepublic of Ireland and Northern Ireland .