Masaryk UniversityFaculty of ArtsDepartment of Englishand American StudiesEnglish Language and LiteratureRadoslava PekarováThe Influence of the Irish language on Irish English GrammarBachelor’s Diploma ThesisSupervisor: Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.2025Table of ContentsIntroduction.....................................................................................................................51. Historical account: Establishment of English in Ireland.........................................62. Anglo-Irish, Irish English or Hiberno-English?.....................................................143. Controversy about the Irish Influence....................................................................184. Grammar....................................................................................................................214.1 Irish English Usages of the Definite Article....................................................234.2 Special Use of Reflexive Pronouns...................................................................274.3 Structures to Denote Tense Aspects in Irish English..........................................314.3.1 Perfective Aspect......................................................................................314.3.1.1 The Indefinite Anterior Perfect...................................................314.3.1.2 The ‘After Perfect’.......................................................................334.3.1.3 The ‘Medial-object’ Perfect.........................................................354.3.1.4 The Be Perfect...............................................................................394.3.1.5 The Extended-now Perfect..........................................................414.3.2 Present Habitual Aspect...........................................................................424.4 Irish English Use of Prepositons........................