Irish Central

Irish language advocates announce major national protest for reforms this September

‘CEARTA: A National Protest for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht' will take place on Saturday, September 20 in Dublin. Conradh na Gaeilge, the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community, ...
Irish Central

Native Irish speakers share the secret behind learning the language

These native Irish speakers share how Ireland's ancient language and their homeland of Co Donegal have impacted their identity. Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet & editor), Aoife Ní Ghloinn (Director of ...
Yahoo

The Native Irish Language Is Endangered — but You Can Still Hear It at This Small Café Near Galway

A view of the countryside in Connemara, Ireland; a road sign in English and Gaeilge in Connemara, Ireland. Owner and chef Diarmuid Ó Mathúna, who is from Watergrasshill (Cnocán na Biolraí), in County ...
Advanced Television

Survey: High demand for more Irish language content

Coimisiún na Meán has published the results of its Irish Language in Media Survey. The survey was conducted to inform a wider Review, currently underway, of the provision of Irish language services ...
Los Angeles Times

The Irish language once provoked ‘strong resistance.’ Now it has a place at the Oscars

“For any language to survive, it has to be culturally present.” That’s how Colm Bairéad, whose devastating first feature, “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin), is the first Irish-language production to ...