In Belfast, even in Unionist neighborhoods, Gaeilge, the once-outlawed Irish language, is enjoying a remarkable resurgence with new schools and bilingual signs.

It’s the oldest language in Western Europe, but it’s not taught in many schools outside its native country. It’s misunderstood and often called by the wrong name. It’s Irish, and for the first time it ...

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 ...

Conradh na Gaeilge scheduling extra classes as expressions of interest rise more than five-fold between summer and January ...

Even in Unionist neighbourhoods of Northern Ireland, Gaeilge is enjoying a resurgence.

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 ...

Trigger warning: unforgivable ignorance lies ahead. TikTok is not the first place people go to discuss the finer points of colonialism we admit, but a series of videos of posters responding to the ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...