Moving to French-speaking Montreal brought me back to the Irish language
I no longer experience the shame of not being able to back up my claim to Irishness with a cúpla focal
Gaeilge
‘Ceangal’ agus focail ghaolmhara
Is iomaí bealach leis an fhocal ceangal a úsáid nach rithfeadh leat ar an chéad amharc
Oscar: saol déthoiseach
Baineann saothair liteartha Wilde níos mó le seomraí suite galánta Shasana ná le saol na hÉireann, cé gur Gael bródúil ba ea é.
In pictures: Hundreds gather to revive Bealtaine fire festival at Hill of Uisneach
Sacred site associated with pre-Christian gods and medieval kingly rituals
Parents who want Irish-language education for their children ‘are being failed by State’
Alan Esslemont, the author and former TG4 ard-stiúrthóir (director general), on agreeability, childhood memory and death being ‘an awfully big adventure’
Compulsory Irish in a united Ireland? Unionists won’t like that
Calls to strengthen the language to correct the wrongs of colonialism may seem like a parody to them
Tuilleadh faoi dhathanna na Gaeilge agus a n-úsáid
An tseachtain seo, caitear súil ar na húsáidí éagsúla a bhaineann leis na dathanna bán, geal agus gorm sa Ghaeilge
Was Peig Sayers a true fatalist?
A reader argues that the Blasket storyteller’s life shows resilience rather than helplessness
The 1926 census returns in Irish: A rare window into language and identity
A look back at the 1926 census reveals a nation caught between two scripts
Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap speaks of mother’s death by suicide: ‘We have to alleviate that extra burden of shame’
Activist Aoife Ní Riain died in 2020 and son Naoise Ó Cairealláin has dedicated new song to her
Kneecap ar pholaitíocht, brú agus sícideileacha: “Ar ndóigh, teastaíonn teiripe uainn ... ar feadh na mblianta fada”
Agallamh le Kneecap: Anuraidh, bhí an ceol, an chonspóid agus an chraic fite fuaite i saol an ghrúpa agus i mbliana tá albam nua uathu ar na bacáin
Stailc agus stailceanna
Éiríonn le stailceanna, ní éiríonn le stailceanna eile, ach maireann na hiarmhairtí
Poesía Irlandesa Argentina Ón Rinn
Tá ceangail stairiúla idir Éire agus an Airgintín, is léiriú breá air sin Scéal Ó Carolina (Éabhlóid)
Inside the only girls’ boarding school taught entirely through Irish
Sylvia Thompson speaks to students and teachers at Coláiste Íde in Co Kerry
Síomha Ní Ruairc: ‘It’s satisfying to see that I’ve physically made an extra Gaeilgeoir’
The How to Gael host on finding her tribe in the Irish language sector, and her new TG4 quizshow Slé Anois go Cúramach
My name is Séamas O’Reilly – or at least I thought it was until recently
The fight for my fada: Booking a flight, a train or a leisure centre appointment becomes a tedious grind when my ‘non-standard character’ is rejected
An File Siúlach Gairmiúil
Caitheann an t-údar súil ar shaol agus ar shaothar an fhile cháiliúil agus ar na ceisteanna móra a bhaineann leis go fóill
Magh, Teach - Amach is Isteach
Focal ar fhocal: An tseachtain seo tugann Dónall P Ó Baoill spléachadh ar mheascán foclóireachta
Bilingual Brendan Behan and the bards of Glasnevin
As the celebrated Dublin writer’s anniversary falls within Seachtain na Gaeilge, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire salutes his work in the Irish language
Subtitles would bring TG4 to the next level
Irish-language station has been knocking it out of the park
Faoisc, freagra agus beannachtaí na féile
Deirtear gur ‘Cothraige’ an chéad ainm a tugadh ar Naomh Pádraig in Éirinn mar nach raibh aon fhuaim [P] i nGaeilge ag an am…
Pádraig, grá na nGael?
Is in Agallamh na Seanórach atá formhór na scéalta agus na ndánta atá againn mar gheall ar Fhionn agus na Fianna.
How to stay cool, calm and collected for your Leaving Cert language oral
With language orals, there is a lot of information to remember before you even greet the examiner
Fearmhíniú (mansplaining), báinín (flat white) and other Irish words for modern life
As technology and culture evolve, the Irish language continues to generate new vocabulary
Dúchas agus dathanna
Focal ar Fhocal: Tá ‘dearg’ agus ‘dubh’ i measc na ndathanna a úsáidtear le treise a chur in iúl sa Ghaeilge
‘Growing up I thought Ireland was boring. When I moved to the US that changed’
Molly Nic Céile creates Irish language videos for her Gaeilge i mo Chroí channels and teaches at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
Focail a bhíonn ina gcónaí leo féin
Ní minic a chloistear feorthainn, totán ná riglí ar na saolta seo…
Multilingual families: ‘Many still feel pressure to leave parts of themselves at the door’
More than 70 languages are spoken in Ireland and the Mother Tongues festival is helping pass them on to the next generation
Just the right word – as Gaeilge
In praise of President Catherine Connolly’s preference for our native tongue
Protest urging new Dublin city Gaelcholáiste draws 100 young pupils
Gaelscoil principal very concerned as there is ‘no master plan, timeline and virtual images’ for development of building
Focail anonn is anall
Sampla beag den dóigh ar tháinig focail agus frásaí Gaeilge isteach i mBéarla na hÉireann
Campaigners warn Irish language action plan may fail to meet public service targets
Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026-2028 is the first of two implementation plans to be implemented by 2030.
Irish language to have equal status with English during Irish EU presidency
Government says critical information will be published simultaneously in Irish and English where feasible
Ó Dhroim Inbhir go hIndreabhán
An tseachtain seo braitheann Dónall P. Ó Baoill ar an mhír ‘inbhear’, atá le fáil in go leor logainmneacha sa tír
Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla: ‘When I was young the trend was to shut Gaeilge, nationalism and patriotism down’
The musician on growing up a Gaeilgeoir in ‘enemy territory’, deliberately couching his English in a Dublin vernacular, and his anti-arrogant approach to playing music
Seán Mac Mathúna, award-winning writer in Irish and English, dies aged 89
Writer’s play The Winter Thief, set in Kerry in during the War of Independence, won the Bank of Ireland Award
Children with dyslexia ‘denied’ chance to learn Irish due to lack of support in schools
Wexford parent says there is a sense of the Irish language ‘not being all that important, so you can opt out’
‘Huge demand’ for Irish language classes as adult learners return to school decades on
Conradh na Gaeilge scheduling extra classes as expressions of interest rise more than five-fold between summer and January terms
Kneecap release new single about terrorism case against Mo Chara
The track is a collaboration with British producer Sub Focus, and comes ahead of the hip-hop trio’s upcoming Ireland and UK tour
Writer Eithne Shortall: ‘We put Irish at the heart of family life, one bedtime story at a time’
Three years ago we decided to start speaking Irish to our young children – a steep learning curve for all involved – with leabhair Ghaeilge as a key feature
Ring of untruth – Frank McNally on how the Irish language gave ‘phoney’ to English
A link with telephones was also suspected
Scéalta ár n-ainmneacha agus sloinnte
Is beag nach scéal bleachtaireachta an turas a chaithfeas duine a dhéanamh le theacht ar an fhírinne.
Hector Ó hEochagáin: ‘I’m a hippie. That’s why we live in Galway. It attracts bohemians’
Hector Ó hEochagáin, the presenter and author, on his love of the Irish language, life in the parish and a novel way to stop thumb-sucking
Chan mar a shíltear a bhítear
Tá ‘fíoch’, ‘diamhair’ agus ‘díon’ i measc na bhfocal atá á gcíoradh an tseachtain seo
‘We were viewed as the weirdos’: Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up in an Irish-speaking family
Fiddle player, sean nós singer and presenter Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up speaking Irish in Dublin, her hit podcast How to Gael, and her new show about Irish womanhood
Súgaí súgaí agus sciob sceab
Tá fuaimfhocail nó Onamataipé na Gaeilge faoi chaibidil an tseachtain seo
An bard agus an bladar
Cuireann daoine óga agus daoine atá óg ina meon nár thachtaigh an saol fós iad spéis thar meán sa rud nach bhfuil ar eolas
My son plans to drop higher-level Irish for the Leaving Cert. Is this a good idea?
Many students mistakenly believe they can score more CAO points by dropping ‘difficult’ subjects
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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