Irish Central

Native Irish speakers share the secret behind learning the language

These native Irish speakers share how Ireland's ancient language and their homeland of Co Donegal have impacted their identity. Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet & editor), Aoife Ní Ghloinn (Director of ...
Yahoo

The Native Irish Language Is Endangered — but You Can Still Hear It at This Small Café Near Galway

A view of the countryside in Connemara, Ireland; a road sign in English and Gaeilge in Connemara, Ireland. Owner and chef Diarmuid Ó Mathúna, who is from Watergrasshill (Cnocán na Biolraí), in County ...
Irish Central

Experience the Irish language revival firsthand in Ireland

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...
Los Angeles Times

The Irish language once provoked ‘strong resistance.’ Now it has a place at the Oscars

“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 ...