Irish Central

Irish language to be spoken during King Charles III's coronation

The Irish language will be used in the coronation of Kings Charles III on Saturday, according to reports. For the first time ever, traditional languages spoken in each of the four countries that make ...
Irish Central

Irish language spoken for first time at British Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster

Claire Hanna, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), marked St. Patrick's Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge by speaking in the Irish language while addressing British ...

‘When you lose a language, you lose a world’ – Links between Irish and Native American languages to be explored in Belfast

Dr John P. Hopkins from St Martin’s University in Washington is to speak at this year’s Féile an Phobail ...
Independent.ie

The New Gaeilgeoirs: Forecasts of the Irish language’s demise are greatly exaggerated

The Irish language is booming. It’s also dying. So what exactly is going on? In the 2016 Census more than 1.7 million people claimed to speak Irish. There are more than 400 gaelscoils and all-Irish ...

Stephanie Chase: Irish language shame is in the past – I’ll wear my fáinne airgid with pride

I am proud to have made the choice to learn Irish and be part of a community that is ever growing ...
Independent.ie

Dublin to get 'flagship' Irish language hub to encourage people to speak 'a cúpla focal'

The Dead Zoo (aka The Natural History Museum) and Star Wars Island (aka Skellig Michael) are both to benefit from the Government's 10-year €1.2bn culture plan. Yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, ...