It’s the oldest language in Western Europe, but it’s not taught in many schools outside its native country. It’s misunderstood and often called by the wrong name. It’s Irish, and for the first time it ...

There has been a rise of almost 400% over the past 25 years in the number of pupils in Irish-language education. That is according to new figures released by the Department of Education (DE). But that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was only a matter of time before the Irish language earned the same reputation as its people. SEE ALSO: Why the internet stans ...

Since her first appearance on the show in November 2023, Mollie Guidera has turned a tiny online course into the fastest-growing Gaeilge community by stripping away the guilt many carry from school ...

Pól Deeds said "every word spoken against the Irish language" could be seen as "another blow struck in the cause of Irish unification" Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any ...

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

In case you haven’t noticed, the Irish language is having a moment. Once the dull, outdated, compulsory school subject that made us want to téigh a chodladh, being ag caint as Gaeilge is what all the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ervine is the manager of the first Irish language centre to be based in a loyalist area [BBC] Irish language activist Linda Ervine ...

The fada, the small, skyward pointing accent placed on vowels, and the inability in recent years of some of Ireland's biggest ...