Move Over Belfast – Welcome To Béal Feirste
Belfast City Council has agreed to place a number of official bilingual Irish-English street-signs in four parts of the city:Continue Reading
Month: February 2013
London Celtic Punks – Irish and Basque Celebration
A quick post for the London Celtic Punks who asked me to highlight an upcoming event. Don’t normally do thisContinue Reading
The Erosion Of Irish-Language Journalism
Following on from the shock decision by Foras na Gaeilge to terminate its contract for the publication of the weeklyContinue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
Inside The IRA – 1994
How things have changed in the last 19 years – and how much they have stayed the same. In 1994Continue Reading
There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
The Manx Tongue – In Rude Health
Some very good news on Manx, the sister language of Irish. The BBC has a lengthy article discussing the fortunesContinue Reading
Unionists Do Not Use Political Violence – Really They Don’t
The main political representatives of the British Unionist minority in the north-east of Ireland, the DUP, UUP and TUV, have no involvementContinue Reading
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