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 ...
An all-island study on attitudes towards the Irish language has recorded strong support for the language with a majority of participants in both jurisdictions saying Irish-medium education should be ...
The Irish language is having its moment — from the first-of-its-kind dictionary aimed at ending the need to understand Irish words through the lens of English, to a new president devoted to the use of ...
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 ...
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, ...
A pop‑up Gaeltacht in County Leitrim is quickly becoming a thriving hub for people eager to speak and reconnect with the ...
A study of polyglots found the brain's language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in -- and much more weakly to the speaker's native language. A new ...
When Yuji Beleza strolls through the streets of Vienna, he doesn’t just see crowds. He sees a challenge — and an opportunity to connect. In spontaneous street interviews, the Japanese-Irish polyglot ...