“For any language to survive, it has to be culturally present.” That’s how Colm Bairéad, whose devastating first feature, “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin), is the first Irish-language production to ...

What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers are determined to speak and maintain their native tongue, and the thousands of ...

Even the new British ambassador is embracing the cúpla focal. Introducing herself after presenting her Letters of Credence to President Michael D Higgins last week Kara Owens opened her short video on ...

Laochra Mac Iomaire has been attending the event for a number of years [BBC] What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers ...

The Irish language commissioner has urged anyone who encounters animosity for speaking their native tongue to report the incident to the PSNI. Pól Deeds was speaking after new research revealed that ...

Despite being the Republic of Ireland’s first official language, Irish (Gaeilge) lives unevenly in daily life outside classrooms. The map above, based on the 2022 Census, shows how in many areas fewer ...

If living outside of Ireland you might think twice, but there are usually some books in major libraries on learning Irish. With over 200 short and powerful lessons, Speak Irish Now will teach you the ...

Paul Mescal's viral interview on the BAFTA Awards red carpet has been called a landmark moment for Irish speakers. The Oscar nominee, 27, captured social media's attention after speaking to the Irish ...

Irish is one of the 12 most at-risk languages in Europe and is in danger of vanishing over the next 100 years, according to a 2021 study. Language learning platform Busuu ranked the Irish language as ...

DUBLIN — Like Henry Higgins, the phonetician from George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” Marius Cotescu and Georgi Tinchev recently demonstrated how their student was trying to overcome pronunciation ...