The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue Reading
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Three Irish Tales
As Sinn Féin accuses the lacklustre Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition of abandoning key government demands during the recent talks betweenContinue Reading
Irish Language Positive And Negative
A couple of Irish-related tech stories, one good and one bad (or at least highly suspect). Firstly from the Irish Times:Continue Reading
North Korea Meets North Ireland
Defenders and apologists for the British colonial state in the north-east of Ireland claim that the artificial entity is now a Western-style democracy,Continue Reading
Irish Belongs To Everyone On This Island Nation
An alternative view on the Irish language and Irish-speakers in modern Ireland from the viewpoint of a member ofContinue Reading
Irish Native Reservations
Another great analysis from Diaga Language on the growing challenges facing the Irish-speaking population of Ireland, particularly as they relateContinue Reading
Shitting On The Irish Since 1169
While the rest of Europe is getting on with the 21st century in the north-eastern corner of our island nationContinue Reading
The Common Enemy Unites Ireland North And South
Some people claim that Ireland will never be reunited. That the British Unionist minority in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
Ambivalent Language Masks Intolerance
In light of two recent posts, “The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland” and “Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On IrishContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On Irish Rights
Sinn Féin, and to a lesser extent the SDLP, are still throwing all sorts of shapes in the regional assemblyContinue Reading
The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland
Do Irish-speaking communities and citizens in Ireland enjoy full equality with their English-speaking peers when it comes to the institutionsContinue Reading
Ireland Of The Apes
Are we really so enslaved to our post-colonial neuroses, so malformed by centuries of external domination, that even after ninety years ofContinue Reading
The Problem With Irish? Not Enough Politics!
There is a great article over on Diaga on the importance of persecuted communities with distinct languages and cultures achievingContinue Reading
The Common Struggle
Just time to highlight three articles that deserve your attention. The first is “10 Reasons Why Irish Is An AbsolutelyContinue Reading
The Irrational Nature Of The Anti-Irish Bigots
Have some indigenous Gaelic moles crept into the hallowed Hibernophobe halls of Independent House, publishers of the Indo stable of newspapers? A coupleContinue Reading
Irish-Medium Education Overcoming The Odds
Over the last decade the devolved government in Wales, with near cross-party unanimity, has used its growing powers over educationContinue Reading
No Speak The Irish!
As if the precarious position of Irish-speaking citizens and communities in Ireland was not difficult enough living under the authorityContinue Reading
Irish Ways And Irish Laws
It seems that even the most reactionary dung-hill can produce the odd progressive rose. Here is Clare Cullen in theContinue Reading
Fingal Irish
I’ve discussed before the truly excellent blog Dublin Gaelic which discusses the history of the Irish language in theContinue Reading
No Time For Irish – Government Policy In Ireland
A few weeks ago the appointment of two ministers by the government of Ireland with responsibilities directly effecting the interestsContinue Reading
Hold Your Tongue
Karen Matheson, the lead vocalist with the popular Scottish folk band Capercaillie, recounts something that was once very familiar to speakersContinue Reading
Reclaiming The Past And The Present
Some interesting thoughts on translation and the Irish language from the Cork-based poet Louis de Paor in an interview withContinue Reading
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