Database of Irish language court interpreters 1754-1921

This database formed the basis of a monograph <em>Irish Speakers, Interpreters and the Courts</em> published by Four Courts Press and the Irish Legal History Society in 2019. The file is divided into five sections: Section I consists of all records found for Grand Jury payments to Irish language court interpreters in each county from the earliest record in Donegal in 1754 to some very late records in Kerry in the 1940s. Tables are organised by year and by county and where available interpreters' names are included making it possible to establish the length of their careers. These records are supplemented by digitised newspaper records and almanacs. Section II is based on mentions of interpreters in correspondence with the Chief Secretary's Office at Dublin Castle, information extracted from the Registered Papers Section III links in with Section II and consists of mentions of interpreters in the form of copies of replies in the country letter books to letters received by the Chief Secretary's Office. Section IV focuses on National Archives of Ireland files on the Maamtrasna trials held in Dublin in 1882. Section V consists of transcripts of letters of application for the post of interpreter in Mayo in 1893.本数据库为2019年由四法院出版社（Four Courts Press）与爱尔兰法律史学会（Irish Legal History Society）联合出版的专著《爱尔兰语使用者、法庭译员与法院》（Irish Speakers, Interpreters and the Courts）提供了核心创作基础。本数据集共分为五个部分：第一部分收录了所有郡级大陪审团（Grand Jury）向爱尔兰语法庭译员支付酬劳的相关记录，时间跨度从1754年多尼戈尔郡的最早存档记载，直至1940年代凯里郡的晚期记录。表格按年份与郡级行政单位分类编排，若记录完整则包含译员姓名，可据此推算其从业时长。上述记录辅以数字化报纸档案与年鉴资料。第二部分的资料源自从注册档案中提取的、与都柏林城堡（Dublin Castle）首席秘书办公室往来信函中提及的译员相关记载。第三部分与第二部分相互关联，收录了各地信函簿中针对首席秘书办公室来函的复本提及的译员相关信息。第四部分聚焦于爱尔兰国家档案馆（National Archives of Ireland）藏1882年于都柏林审理的马姆特拉斯纳（Maamtrasna）审判案相关档案。第五部分收录了1893年梅奥郡法庭译员职位的应聘信函转录稿。