The Irish Parliament? Some Chance!
An announcement from the European Parliament on its increasing recognition of Irish as an equal language of the European Union,Continue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Féile na Bealtaine
Some appropiate links for Lá Bealtaine, traditionally the first day of summer by the indigenous calendars of the Irish, Scots and Manx (andContinue Reading
The Legacy Of Brian Bóroimhe
2014 marks a thousand years since Cath Chluain Tarbh or the Battle of Clontarf so a quick post to highlight some fantasticContinue Reading
The Fenian Flame
For decades, or indeed centuries, the British sought to criminalise the Irish Republican cause, to portray Ireland’s revolutionary movements asContinue Reading
NI21 Gets Its Irish On
By all accounts Ireland’s newish British Unionist party, NI1921, is in grave difficulties following a series of internal squabbles overContinue Reading
Ireland’s English State
Another year, another name-and-shame report from Ireland’s Language Commissioner, the independent ombudsman tasked with overseeing the implementation of the country’sContinue Reading
Big Boost In Funding For Scottish Language Broadcasting
Some more good news for the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) with the announcement by Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, thatContinue Reading
A Tale Of Two Languages
Kate Fennell in the Irish Times examining the Basque Country and the successful struggle for language rights in that IberianContinue Reading
Five Thousand March For Irish Rights In Belfast
Last Saturday up to five thousand people took part in An Lá Dearg i mBéal Feirste, a march through theContinue Reading
Generation Shame
One of the great puzzles of modern Ireland, and certainly an endless source of fascination for foreign observers ofContinue Reading
An Lá Dearg I mBéal Feirste
Following on from the mass demonstration held in Dublin eight weeks ago during which 10,000 people marched across the capitalContinue Reading
Arrested For Speaking Irish In Europe’s Darkest Corner
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, is on an official state visit to Britain, the first by an IrishContinue Reading
Saving The Language Commissioner
It’s been a hard struggle, and a long one, but the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government has finally succumbed to publicContinue Reading
No Aboriginal Culture In Trinity College, Please!
Sir John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO, the late 19th and early 20th century Anglo-Irish classicist, was one of the mostContinue Reading
Gabriel Rosenstock, Margadh Na Míol In Valparaíso
Would I be right in suggesting that Gabriel Rosenstock and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill are probably the two greatest living IrishContinue Reading
Ireland, The Dysfunctional Poster-Child Of Minority Rights
The Hidden Ireland blog has a short post listing a number of motions on the Irish language from this year’sContinue Reading
Gaelic, The Pluralist Language
The people of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man are united by one thing above all others: the indigenousContinue Reading
Welsh, A Foreign Language In Britain
Substitute “Ireland” for “Wales” and “Irish” for “Welsh” and the discrimination revealed below would be pretty much the same. From aContinue Reading
The Ireland Inspires Video Gets A Response
An answer to the “Ireland Inspires” promotional video released by the Irish tourism authority, Fáilte Ireland, from students in Galway.
Putting The Irish Into Irish Shops
Up to a few years ago my local branch of Tescos, the British retail giant that expanded into the IrishContinue Reading
Some Irish Are More Equal Than Others
Forgive the “Animal Farm” paraphrase in the title above but it seemed appropriate when contemplating some recent articles written onContinue Reading
Support From New York City For Irish Language Rights In Ireland
Well done to everyone who gathered at the famous Rocky Sullivan’s Pub in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to show their supportContinue Reading
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