Changing How We Teach Irish In Our Schools
I have some sympathy with those who argue that the teaching of Irish in our primary and secondary schools shouldContinue Reading
Tag: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Kneecap: Amach Anocht
Another track from Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvaí, better known as the Irish rap trio Kneecap, featuring a veryContinue Reading
Gaelscoileanna Treated As 2nd Class Schools For 2nd Class Pupils
In Wales, just over 24% of primary school pupils and 23% of secondary level students are educated through the mediumContinue Reading
When It Comes To Irish Equality, The DUP Is The Putrid Little Statelet
To her many critics, this afternoon’s statement by Arlene Foster provided further proof of her failings as a political leader,Continue Reading
Kneecap: C.E.A.R.T.A
From the Belfast-based Irish rappers, Kneecap, comes this homage to party-time shenanigans, CEARTA, with lyrics by Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap.Continue Reading
President Michael D Higgins Did Not Say That Compulsory Irish Is A Mistake
Yet again, don’t believe everything that you read in the press. Or at least, what you might read in Ireland’sContinue Reading
Seven English Language TV Channels In Ireland Vs. The Lone Irish Language Channel
At the present moment in time, there are two national television networks broadcasting in the English language across Ireland. TheirContinue Reading
The BBC And The Welsh Language, Self-Interested Discrimination
Several readers, including Marconatrix, have drawn my attention to this discussion about Welsh language rights broadcast on Newsnight, the BBC’sContinue Reading
The Unionist Argument Against The Irish Language Is A Colonial One
At the weekend I was interviewed by a metropolitan American journalist doing some background research into Brexit and the possibleContinue Reading
Welsh Medium Educated Is Boosted While Irish Medium Education Is Blocked
The percentage of children educated through the medium of the Irish language in primary schools across Ireland, excluding the SixContinue Reading
Arlene Foster And The DUP Have Not Ended Their Opposition To An Irish Language Act
As usual the unionist-leaning (or apologising) press in Ireland has pounced on a few questionable claims by Arlene Foster, leader ofContinue Reading
The DUP Vows To Skin The Irish Crocodiles And Turn Them Into Union Jack Handbags
Talking of colonial supremacists, here is Arlene Foster, the beleaguered leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and her latest contributionContinue Reading
The Peace Process Cannot Survive British And Unionist Animosity Or Dishonesty
When Martin McGuinness resigned as the deputy first minister in the power-sharing executive at Stormont, he blamed not only theContinue Reading
A Comparison Of The Hebrew And Gaelic Revivals
Featured above is an interesting lecture titled “A Comparison of the Hebrew and Gaelic Revivals“, originally given by Aidan BeattyContinue Reading
A Minister For Ignoring Gaeltacht Affairs
Since her appointment to government office in 2014, the Fine Gael politician Heather Humphreys has gained a reputation as one of the worse minstersContinue Reading
When It Comes To The Irish Language Saoradh Looks to Éirígí For Inspiration
Saoradh, the self-styled “Revolutionary Irish Republican Party”, has published the organisation’s constitution on its Facebook Page (though not on itsContinue Reading
Irish, A Living Language That Others Are Seeking To Kill
There is no process of natural selection for languages, no evolutionary rule which dictates that one tongue is inevitably suppressed or supplanted by another.Continue Reading
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Crom Cruach, The Dark God Of The Burial Mound
A guest post by Megas Begadonos of the website, Unchaining the Titan, reinterpreting for a modern audience the Medieval Irish figure of Crom Cruach,Continue Reading
Unionism’s Continued Culture War Between Settler And Native In Ireland
Back in 2013 the political theorist and author, Daniel Butt, identified three characteristics which are found in most descriptions of historical colonialism:Continue Reading
The Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 Promises Non-Action On Irish Medium Education
The minority government of Fine Gael and whoever happens to be knocking around the Dáil bar at the time has launchedContinue Reading
Beating The English Language Into The Irish, Quite Literally
Following on from reports that an Irish-speaking employee was forced from his job at a business in Cork because of management demands thatContinue Reading
Sinn Féin Acquiesces To The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
Last May, during the elections for the regional assembly at Stormont, Arlene Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) vowed to destroy the growth and development ofContinue Reading
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