Beating The English Language Into The Irish, Quite Literally
Following on from reports that an Irish-speaking employee was forced from his job at a business in Cork because of management demands thatContinue Reading
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Sinn Féin Acquiesces To The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
Last May, during the elections for the regional assembly at Stormont, Arlene Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) vowed to destroy the growth and development ofContinue Reading
Big Rise In Students Opting To Take Higher Level Irish Examinations
With the announcement of this year’s results from the annual Leaving Certificate Examinations, the final examination in Ireland’s secondary school system, the Irish Examiner reports onContinue Reading
The Colonialist Ideology That Drives The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
In the run-up to last May’s elections for the regional assembly at Stormont the leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)Continue Reading
Language Strategies In Ireland And Wales, Tokenism For The Natives
On the 21st of December 2010 the then coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party launched the “20-Year Strategy for theContinue Reading
The Norwegian Dialects Versus Anglo-American English
British-based journalist, Jessica Furseth, who was raised in Norway, has written an article on the increasing and disruptive presence of theContinue Reading
But What’s Your Name In English?
Thomas Sutherland writing on the South African digital current affairs platform, News24: “Last night, a friend and I walked into a bar in PortContinue Reading
DUP Favours British Beer-Swilling Thugs Before Irish Special Needs Children
In April of this year, Arlene Foster, the belligerent leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the majority pro-UK partner in theContinue Reading
Government Rejects Secular Irish-Medium School Despite Record Popularity
According to the all-party “20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030”, one of the most purposefully underfunded policies in theContinue Reading
The Revival Of The Native Hawaiian Language
The US news and current affairs website, Slate, has a lengthy article on the modest revival of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the nativeContinue Reading
#IrishSpeakersMatter
Irish Times opinion-writer and occasional poet, Rosita Boland, giving the legacy of colonialism on this island nation a respectable, modern face through the pages ofContinue Reading
School Teaching Through Irish To Be Housed – And It Only Took 22 Years
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland. Irish is the national and first official language of theContinue Reading
In Our Forests, Like Our Language, Lies Our True Wealth
When the first Neolithic families migrated to Ireland around 4000 BCE they found an island that was overwhelmingly forested, with at least 80% tree cover.Continue Reading
The 20 Year Strategy For The Irish Language, Year 6
From the “Programme for a Partnership Government“, the recently published agreement underpinning the right-wing minority administration of Fine Gael and various independentContinue Reading
Not Merely Free But Gaelic 1916-2016
In August of 1915, Patrick H. Pearse, future president and commander-in-chief of the Provisional Government and Army of the IrishContinue Reading
Hating The Gaelic
Following a brief period of relative quiet the haters of Scottish Gaelic are back in full-swing, attacking new education legislationContinue Reading
Ghetto Irish
Seán Cottrell, the chief executive of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network, in an opinion piece for the Irish Times newspaperContinue Reading
The Gaelic-Haters Of Britain Are At It Again
Well, it’s been a busy week for those who despise the Scottish Gaelic language and the communities which speak it. From attack-stories on government supportContinue Reading
Antipathy To The Irish Language Is A Legacy Of Colonialism
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland and has held that unique position for at least theContinue Reading
The Irish Language In Montréal
There’s a surprisingly lengthy article in the Montréal Gazette newspaper by feature writer, Kate Sheridan, on the growing number of Irish-speakers andContinue Reading
7th Century Ireland, Where The Students Go To Party
Once upon a time the appearance of “Spanish students” on the streets of Dublin was regarded as one of theContinue Reading
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