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 ...

Irish language activist Linda Ervine and academic Colin Harvey are among the seven people Irish president Catherine Connolly ...

The fada, the small, skyward pointing accent placed on vowels, and the inability in recent years of some of Ireland's biggest ...

BELFAST — In a colorful modular building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sat in front of seven squirmy 4-year-olds and did something that some people here in the capital of Northern Ireland — ...

There has been a rise of almost 400% over the past 25 years in the number of pupils in Irish-language education. That is according to new figures released by the Department of Education (DE). But that ...

Claire Hanna, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), marked St. Patrick's Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge by speaking in the Irish language while addressing British ...

The Banshee, a Dorchester Avenue pub, comes alive with the authentic Irish language as speakers and learners chat and brush up on their skills in a once-per-month gathering.

While Michael D Higgins , Ireland's poet president, won the world's hearts and secured his second term President of Ireland, ...

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 ...

Máire Ní Churraoin and her niece. Máire Ní Churraoin is proud to be from an Irish-speaking region in Ireland — and she's hoping to pass on that passion to the next generation. The creator, who has ...