Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Transcription Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Language Education in Ireland: Sociolinguistic and Scholarly Contexts -- 2 Language Learning and Identity, Ideology and Elite Multilingualism -- 3 Gender and Language Education: Theoretical Approaches and Current Trends -- 4 Fieldwork in SMSS: Community, Space and Identity -- 5 Language Choice, Discourse and Investment -- 6 Addressing the Issues and Moving Forward -- References -- Index