Sinn Féin And The Irish Language – A Strategy For Confusion
John O’Dowd, the Sinn Féin minister for education in the Northern Executive, has refused permission for Irish medium nursery units toContinue Reading
Tag: Irish Ireland – Éire Ghaelach
A Shared Future For All Of Ireland?
Following on from my earlier post about Jim Allister’s hostile reaction to the launch of Líofa 2015, a new Irish language initiative in the North ofContinue Reading
Settler Versus Native – Culture Wars In The North Of Ireland
Thanks to Daithí for drawing my attention to this latest bit of nonsense from TUV leader Jim Allister, as heContinue Reading
Sitting At The Back Of The Bus – But Not For Much Longer…
The Irish language on TV3? Well not quiet. Ever since TV3 snatched away the exclusive broadcast rights to the GAA’sContinue Reading
Scottish – A Modern Language For A Modern Nation
In the Scotsman newspaper John Campbell challenges the Scottish Government to build on the high level of acceptance and supportContinue Reading
Welcome To An Irish Ireland?
In Ireland we have the insane situation where a nation with its own native language has named the features ofContinue Reading
The Irish And Scottish Languages – A Union Of Hearts And Minds
For all you fellow Gaelic Republicans out there, some more good news, this time via the Belfast Telegraph: ‘A culturalContinue Reading
Alba – The Early Days Of A Better Nation
I have written many times before about the exceptional resurgence in Scotland of the Scottish language, especially amongst young Scots and urban dwellers, from a period when indifferenceContinue Reading
The Ó Muircheartaigh For President?
Well the speculation is continuing to gather as to whether or not the much-loved TV sports broadcaster and Irish rights activist MicheálContinue Reading
Forget David Starkey – Lets Talk About The Daily Mail And ‘Monkey Language’
As Britain England deals with the outcry over professor David Starkey’s controversial comments on the days of civil unrest thatContinue Reading
In Praise Of The Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin
Journalist Fionntán Ó Tuathail Fintan O’Toole writes a lengthy piece celebrating the award-winning architecture of the Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin in Doire (Derry), theContinue Reading
The Fall Of Western Civilization – We Blame The Gays!
Is the West’s decline caused by ‘contagion of homosexuality’? So asks the headline in an article written by Benjamin Harnwell,Continue Reading
The United Gaels
For those of us who realise that our Irish identity goes beyond the island of Ireland and embraces our fellowContinue Reading
Binn Éadair – Lúghnasa, 2011
In celebration of the Féile Lúghnasa, a climb to the summit of Binn Éadair (Howth) ‘The Summit of Éadar’, andContinue Reading
Féile Lúghnasa
Well its that time of the year again and the important Celtic Irish holiday of Lúghnasa, the Feast of Lúgh, isContinue Reading
Gaelic Scotland And Anglo Ireland
Some good news from Scotland for our fellow Gaels as the Scottish government announces further funding for Scottish language filmContinue Reading
Somhairle Mac Giolla Eoin
One of my favourite poets is the Scottish writer Somhairle Mac Giolla Eoin (Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean) so its nice to seeContinue Reading
A Tale Of Two Irelands
A depressing report in the Irish Times: ‘THE LONG-RUNNING controversy over what to call the popular Co Kerry tourist destination known variouslyContinue Reading
Senator Dave, Deputy Mick, And The Native Tongue
With some interesting results in recent polls on the likely candidates for the Presidential election, I again return to theContinue Reading
Named And Shamed – Discrimination In Ireland
In a highly unusual move a number of breaches of the Official Languages Act of 2003 by two state bodiesContinue Reading
Temple Bar, Chinatown – And An Ceathrú Gaeltachta?
Temple Bar is Dublin’s much vaunted ‘cultural quarter’ an area of the city centre designated for writers, poets, artists, galleries andContinue Reading
Time For DotÉire?
News that the campaign in Scotland to obtain a new Top Level Domain (TLD) for Scottish online web addresses isContinue Reading
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