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 ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Lamenting language loss: Where would national identity be today if Irish was still spoken in Ireland?

Rosemary Caine rehearses with the Young @ Heart Chorus in 2022. “By the time I was in secondary school in the part of Ireland known as The Pale,” writes Caine, “any residue of the language was gone, ...
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, ...

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 ...