Ireland – A Western Province Of The British Isles
In the Irish Times a Danish woman living in Ireland pens a passionate letter on behalf of the Irish language and theContinue Reading
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Alice Milligan – An Fíorghael
A national newspaper in Ireland carrying an article praising an Irish Republican and Revolutionary hero? Or in this case, a heroine. WhateverContinue Reading
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
We’re in the middle of Seachtain na Gaeilge, the celebration of culture and identity that is the 109-year old IrishContinue Reading
Irish In America
I’ve written several times about the potential of the Irish language for cultural tourism in Ireland, particularly with visitors from the United States, Canada and Australia.Continue Reading
Language Revival – Getting It Right
Fascinating article in the Washington Post featuring the Sami people of Scandinavia and the many lessons to be learned fromContinue Reading
The State Of Irish – In The Irish State
In today’s Irish Times (following on from yesterday’s bizarre anti-Irish rant by Ann Marie Hourihane) Finbar McDonnell examines the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government’s attitudes to it’s IrishContinue Reading
The Murder Machine – The British War In Ireland
Several weeks ago I examined the acquittal in a British-run court in the North of Ireland of the long-time IrishContinue Reading
Ann Marie Hourihane – Carrying The Torch For The English Language In Ireland!
Maybe I should start a new series? One devoted to recording the amount of bile and hatred directed towards IrishContinue Reading
Lets Speak The Truth: Those Who Hate Irish-Speakers Do So Because They Are Racists
In an article to mark the start of Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Language Week) on Monday the Irish Times asked tenContinue Reading
Everyone Loves The Scottish Language But The…
Yesterday I wrote about that tired old phenomenon of the self-hating Irishman and woman: a small but influential minority of theContinue Reading
Heard The One About The Self-Hating Irishman?
From the Mayo News yet more depressing evidence of how no one hates the Irish as much as the Irish themselves: “Gaeltacht communities who call for bilingualContinue Reading
A Native Place
The new Irish language social networking site Abair Leat!, which is primarily aimed at language learners, has been officially launchedContinue Reading
What About Our Irish Rights?
The much heralded Constitutional Convention is finally on the horizon after many a false dawn. According to the Irish Times: “TheContinue Reading
Try Again 2012!
Talking of the Irish language online there is certainly a lot of speculation at the moment about the new websiteContinue Reading
Abair Leat! To Launch On 27th Of February
In December 2011 I wrote about a new online Irish language education network for language learners called “Abair Leat!“. Going throughContinue Reading
Young Fine Gael – The Irony Is In The Name
Over the last year I have catalogued on An Sionnach Fionn the inherent hostility of the right-wing Fine Gael party to the Irish languageContinue Reading
From Irish Ireland To English Ireland
There’s been something of a surprise result from Latvia where a national referendum has rejected moves to make Russian theContinue Reading
Teilifís na Life?
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the high-profile Welsh Language Society, is to launch a new web-based television service, initially operating forContinue Reading
Speaking In Two Tongues
Do you know that you live in an officially bilingual Ireland? Believe it or not but the Government of IrelandContinue Reading
Get Your Gael On!
There’s an interesting site with some fun games for Irish language learners at Digital Dialects. The vocabulary seems correct and soContinue Reading
Guns For Hire – From RIC To RUC
In the 1920s, following the British defeat in Ireland’s War of Independence, many serving members of Britain’ paramilitary police forceContinue Reading
Ivan Yates – No Irish For Your Children. But Plenty Of Irish For Mine!
Scratch a Blueshirt, even an ex-Blueshirt, and it doesn’t take long for the Inner Anglo to come out. Ivan Yates, former FineContinue Reading
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