{{Short description|Barony in County Wexford, Ireland}} {{moresources|date=February 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2020}} [[File:Forth-Bargy.gif|thumb|Barony of Bargy in County Wexford, Ireland]] '''Bargy''' is a barony in County Wexford, Ireland. From the 12th century Bargy and the surrounding area, including the barony of Forth, saw extensive Anglo-Norman settlement following the Norman invasion of Ireland. A distinctive Anglic language, known as the Yola language or simply Yola, was spoken in this area into the late 19th century.<ref name="Mernagh">{{Cite journal |last = Mernagh | first = Michael | title = A Brief History of Languages in County Wexford: As we used to say | url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/44554284 | date = 2008 | journal = The Past: The Organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society | issue = 29 | pages = 145–164 | jstor = 44554284 | place = Dublin | quote = The unique linguistic heritage of Yola declined steadily until by 1875 it was extinct }}</ref><ref name="Colfer">{{cite magazine | url= https://historyireland.com/the-ethnic-mix-in-medieval-wexford/|title= Ethnic mix in Medieval Wexford | magazine = History Ireland | last= Colfer | first= Billy | date=2002 |access-date= 15 October 2024 | issue = 1 | volume = 10 | quote = a unique dialect known as Yola survived until the mid-nineteenth century }}</ref>
==Further reading== *Jacob Poole, T. P. Dolan, and Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, ''Dialect of Forth and Bargy, Co. Wexford, Ireland'', 1867, repub. 1996 ({{ISBN|1851822003}}).
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