Cearta Teanga, Cearta Daonna – Draft Poster
There are some striking images emerging from the Occupy movements in the United States and Spain, particularly the comic and manga-inspired illustrationsContinue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Mind Your Language, Please!
The right-wing British establishment newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, carries a typically dismissive article on the Liet International Song Contest, which wasContinue Reading
Sábháil Ár dTeanga
The outrage sparked by the Fine Gael-Labour government’s controversial decision to abolish the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga continues to grow.Continue Reading
Agóid Tobstailce @ Dáil Éireann
Some photos of the student demonstration held outside Dáil Éireann yesterday evening, a couple of hours after the shock government announcement of the abolishment of the officeContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are Civil Rights!
Some more reactions to the announcement today by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government that the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga, the Language Commissioner,Continue Reading
Second Class Citizens With Second Class Rights
Two weeks ago I predicted that the Fine Gael led coalition government would use a review of the Official Languages Act of 2003 to reverse aContinue Reading
The Book Smugglers. Ireland, Lithuania, And The Freedom Of Language
One of the most interesting, and thought-provoking, Irish language documentaries of recent years will be screened at a film festivalContinue Reading
Scary Éire?
In the debate over the relative values of the Irish and English languages in contemporary Ireland one of the argumentsContinue Reading
Ireland – The Mentality Of A Slave
I’ve written before about the power of the Anglophone community in Ireland and no better case proves that point than theContinue Reading
Cúla Caint – The New TG4 App For Kids
In some related Irish language news The Journal carries a report on a new children’s application, Cúla Caint, from TG4:Continue Reading
Oireachtas na Samhna
The Irish Times carries a very personal report celebrating the weekend’s Oireachtas na Samhna, the annual Irish language and culture festival, this year heldContinue Reading
There’s No Éire In Ireland!
Here comes trouble. Many months ago I predicted that Fine Gael in government, in line with its current anti-Irish stance,Continue Reading
Opposition To Irish – It’s A Tribal Thing
A few days I wrote ago about the judgement by a British court in the North of Ireland ruling thatContinue Reading
A White Leaping Flame – Somhairle Mac Giolla Eoin
A new collection of the works of the great Scottish language poet Somhairle Mac Giolla Eoin (Sorley MacLean) has justContinue Reading
A Good Sign For The Future
In more news on the growing acceptance and respect in Scotland for its native language, the Scotsman reports onContinue Reading
The Right To Talk – The Right To Teach
Talking of indigenous languages and education, while in Ireland our political parties make the right noises while purposely doing noneContinue Reading
The Truth About Irish
The policies of all political parties in Ireland on the issue of the Irish language are bullshit. Complete and utter.Continue Reading
Not One Small Victory But Three
Some days it is nice to be reminded that the Gaelic languages are not just national languages, but internationalContinue Reading
Fine Gael, “No Irish Here!” – A Flashback From 1938
The wonderful Irish Election Literature blog does it again with this Fine Gael election poster from 1938 protesting against “Migrants”Continue Reading
Anglophone Intolerance Speaks The Same Language – In Scotland Or Ireland
Just in case you thought it was safe to speak the Scottish language in Scotland along comes journalist Gina Davidson withContinue Reading
Hail To Nova Scotia
Interesting news in the Scotsman highlighting the international dimension that is increasingly important to the two main Gaelic languages, IrishContinue Reading
Nuacht1 – And A Real Irish Script
Irish news aggregator Nuacht1 is available in both the Irish and English languages but the most interesting version is the thirdContinue Reading
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