The Irish language, also known as Gaelic or Gaelige, is a Celtic language that has a rich and fascinating history. The origins of the Irish language can be traced back to the 4th century AD, when it ...

Every Thursday, I give God. I agonized over writing that sentence, the first in the college essay about studying Irish that I was convinced would determine my future. I was applying early decision to ...

What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers are determined to speak and maintain their native tongue, and the thousands of ...

A more ambitious plan is needed to improve the way Irish is taught in schools, Conradh na Gaeilge has said. Irish should be taught through the "skilled-based" Common European Framework for Reference ...

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 ...

Póilín Nic Géidigh hopes other companies will make the same move in the future Irish language subtitles being used on Netflix is "positive," and a "step in the right direction," speakers of the ...

“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 ...

After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old ...

Irish-language advocacy groups have given a mixed reaction to the contents of a new two-part Government policy on Irish in the education system. While welcoming some elements of the policy, patron ...