Rethinking the meaning of revival of the Irish language
Irish has been instrumentalised for centuries in many ways beyond domain of cultural nationalism
Gaeltacht artists: ‘It’s career suicide to move here'
It is a great challenge to get by as an artist in the Gaeltacht. So why is it that so many cannot bring themselves to leave?
Letter from writers expresses concern about Skellig Michael filming
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In praise of Biddy Jenkinson, by Caitlín Nic Íomhair
The Irish language poet is famously private, but her work is anything but witholding, full of love and laughter, amazement and hope
Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
Taking literature in Irish out of the Gaelic ghetto
Bob Marley agus Bob Dylan as Gaeilge? Liam Carson, director of the IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival, which starts this Thursday, explains how it seeks to place the Irish language and its literature at the heart of public life within a modern, energetic and multicultural framework
Léan Cullinan on learning to love rewriting
This week, to mark the end of our How to Write a Book series, we have a daily Q&A with a debut author
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