Celtic Europe, Battling Bigotry From Left And Right
There is an influential theory held by an extremist minority on the Far Left of European politics which opposes aContinue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
186. Imbolc
Originally posted on ancroiait:
Imbolg shona daoibh Tá an geimreadh ag iompar an samhradh Lá Fhéile Bríde/Là Fhèill Brìghde/ Laa’l…
The Ghettoization Of The Irish Language
That perennial red herring, the manner in which the official national language of the nation-state of Ireland is taught inContinue Reading
The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
Who’s A Naughty Boy, Then?
It is interesting to note an article in today’s Irish Times by Shane O’Curry, the director of Enar Ireland (theContinue Reading
Galloway To The Gaels – You Are A Nonpeople
George Galloway, the politically promiscuous left-wing face of British nationalism in Scotland, on the identity of those men, women and childrenContinue Reading
A Gaeilgeoir Political Party?
Further to the meeting of representatives from various Irish rights’ organisations on January 11th in Dublin the news and currentContinue Reading
Council Of Europe Condemns Discrimination
A review by a committee from the 47-nation Council of Europe into the status of indigenous languages in Britain andContinue Reading
The Daily Bigot
I was briefly contemplating a new series for An Sionnach Fionn, a name and shame game for the many AnglophoneContinue Reading
A NIP In The Air
Political parties are a lot like buses. You don’t see one for ages then two come along at once. Well,Continue Reading
I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue Reading
The Marc Coleman Show On The Irish Language
The Marc Coleman Show, to be broadcast on Dublin’s Newstalk radio, will be examining Ireland’s relationship with the Irish languageContinue Reading
Glasgow’s English Problem
Around eight or nine years ago a friend of mine was travelling in a taxi in Dublin on her wayContinue Reading
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Gremlin, Gruaimín
Over on his OUP blog the Russian-born etymologist and author Anatoly Liberman speculates at length on the origin of theContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Beware, The Natives Are Getting Restless!
Talking of the hypocrisy that pervades the media establishment here’s Liam Fay, also in the Irish Independent, with a thinly veiledContinue Reading
Irish Journalism, LOL!
In today’s Irish Independent newspaper regular columnist Eoghan Harris recounts a forty year old tale that perfectly illustrates the perverseContinue Reading
Irish Republican Language
Over the last several months there has been a noticeable spike in requests from various people seeking help with IrishContinue Reading
Lá An Dreoilín Shona Daoibh Go Léir!
Happy hunting to all those who join the Lucht an Dreoilín today.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh, A Chairde
A very happy Christmas to all my readers, both near and far.
Óglaigh na hÉireann – ÓnaÉ
One can understand foreign news media misinterpreting the Irish language but our domestic equivalents? The title Óglaigh na hÉireann seemsContinue Reading
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