Surprise Results For New Irish Language Survey In The North
The northern regional Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has published a new study, ‘Public Attitudes towards the IrishContinue Reading
Tag: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Scotland Moves Forward – While Ireland Goes Into Reverse
In Ireland a significant number of government departments and other public bodies, along with many public officials, have spent muchContinue Reading
The Banality Of Discrimination
The most notable thing about discrimination, whether towards a race or an ethnicity, is the utter, petty banality of it all. In IrelandContinue Reading
People Not Pots?
For all you hardcore historian-types out there an interesting article from Discover Magazine on the “pots-not-people” paradigm that dominated archaeological studies from the 1970s onward but nowContinue Reading
Words Of Wisdom
Just a quick post to note and recommend the wonderful, informative and always entertaining Irish Blog at Transparent Language. Its idiosyncratic nature is its joy.Continue Reading
Estonia – Defending What Anglo-Ireland Won’t
I’ve drawn attention to the Baltic nations of Eastern Europe before and how they have successfully mounted a defence of their respective languages and culturesContinue Reading
A Pluralist Ireland? Does That Include The 1.7 Million Irish-Speakers?
A new report on the administration of primary schools in Ireland and the teaching of religious studies has been published by the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism inContinue Reading
If It’s Good Enough For The Welsh, Why Is It Not Good Enough For The Irish?
In Ireland, after eight centuries of foreign colonial rule and despite nearly a century of independence, some of the populationContinue Reading
The Empire Strike Back!
The results from the 2011 Census of Ireland published last week revealed continued growth in the Irish-speaking communities of the nation and theContinue Reading
Census 2011 And An Inconvenient Truth – Irish-Speaking Citizens On The Rise
The latest, much publicised release of data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) from the 2011 Census of Ireland providesContinue Reading
Les Irlandais Autochtones
The Irish-based French blog Couleurs irlandaises has another look at the Irish language in contemporary Ireland, including a mention of your’s truly, un blogueur militant LeContinue Reading
Póg Mo Thóin Ghaelach!
What has gotten into the journalist, author and poet Pól Ó Muirí? He seems to have found (or perhaps I should say refound) hisContinue Reading
“An Hobad” – The First Publication In Irish Of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
J.R.R. Tolkien’s great work of children’s fantasy literature, The Hobbit, is to be published in the Irish language for the first time. From the IrishContinue Reading
More Irish Than The Irish?
Following on from my post looking at the growing popularity of the Irish language in the United States and Canada, the BBCContinue Reading
Smells Like No-Irish Spirit
I have frequently pointed to the complete and utter bullshit that passes for a genuine commitment to equality between Irish and EnglishContinue Reading
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
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
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
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