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
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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
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
The Sunday Independent Has An Article On Irish History – Which Favours The Irish!
Something truly strange must have happened in the offices of the Sunday Anglo Independent over the last few days. Why?Continue Reading
The Future Is Irish
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
Discrimination Dressed As Reasonableness… Isn’t It Always?
An article in the Irish Times decries the alleged “preferential” treatment given to Irish-speaking children in the education system because some studentsContinue Reading
Contrasting Attitudes – Ireland And Wales
Earlier I talked about the hostility of many in the Irish civil service to the Irish language, and in particular the wilful misinterpretations orContinue Reading
A Little Less Ireland, A Little More Éire
A few days ago I pointed to the criticisms made of Ireland by many experts in the field of international tourism due to the country’s failure to build uponContinue Reading
Lá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh!
Its the first of February and the first day of Spring in the Irish calendar so happy Lá Fhéile Bríde to you all. Or as someContinue Reading
The Real World Value Of Ireland’s Indigenous Language And Culture
Numerous experts in the area of language tourism have pointed to the failure of the Irish state to promote andContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are Equals Rights – So Fight Back!
Over the last several months I have regularly highlighted the alarm felt by many in Ireland and beyond over the Fine Gael-LabourContinue Reading
A Second-Class Education For Second-Class Pupils
The recent announcements by the FG-Lab coalition government that is to “re-adjust” teacher-to-pupil numbers in classrooms acroos the country has drawn a groundswell of condemnation, notContinue Reading
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