Anyone For Some Apartheid? Anglo-Irish Style!
Yesterday’s Irish Independent featured a letter pleading for support from readers for a new campaign to remove obligatory Irish language teachingContinue Reading
Tag: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
English Ireland. A Nation Without A Soul?
Wonderful article in the Irish Times by Lucille Redmond on language and identity. “According to linguist Mark Abley, a language dies everyContinue Reading
Language Rights Are Civil Rights
Seán Ó Cuirreáin, An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Irish Language Commissioner, is the person tasked with ensuring that our publicContinue Reading
Irish Language Publishing – A Success Story
If one wants to hear “good news” stories about the Irish language, or something positive about Irish speakers, it isContinue Reading
DotAlba
I talked some time ago about the campaign in Scotland to register a new internet domain name for the GaelicContinue Reading
Fáilte!
The Irish Times carries an article on an issue that I, and many others, have been shouting from the rooftops for manyContinue Reading
Galway – The Bilingual Capital Of Ireland
A new campaign to secure official bilingual status for Galway City, with all the benefits in tourism and commerce thatContinue Reading
Irish Language Television – Innovative, Dynamic, Irish…
Irish language television seems to be providing the most dynamic programming in Ireland these days, with the output from independentContinue Reading
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
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
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
TG4 Launches Scéal, The Short Film Scheme
News from the IFTN that TG4 has launched a new short film scheme: ‘Scéal is a development scheme that offersContinue Reading
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