Books written in Irish in the mid 1940's had a different script to English script. Some of your grandparents and most of your great grandparents would have learned this in school. An example of such is that when there is a dot over the letter it means to add a 'h'.
Examine the evidence
Letters in the older script
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Alphabet in the older script
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
These are illustrations of the old alphabet. Can you find the letters D,G,R and T?
Alphabet Quiz
Alphabet Quiz
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An extract of the old Irish Script feat. St. Patrick.
This is taken from a book used in the 1930's. Most of your grandparents would have learned this in school.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.An extract of the old Irish Script feat. St. Patrick.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
An extract of the old Irish Script feat. St. Patrick.
This is taken from a book used in the 1930's. Most of your grandparents would have learned this in school.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Look at this piece of text about Saint Patrick. It is taken from a book used in the 1930's. Here you will see the story in old Irish script.
Old and new Irish script compared
Notice that a dot was used to show h where was added to a word. These have been marked in dark type so that you can find the dots in the older text.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.Old and new Irish script compared
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Old and new Irish script compared
Notice that a dot was used to show h where was added to a word. These have been marked in dark type so that you can find the dots in the older text.
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.
Now look at how this story looks when it is written in the Irish script we use nowadays. Notice that a dot was used to show 'h'. These have been marked in dark type so that you can find the dots in the older text.