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

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 ...

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

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

Students in Dublin hold up an Irish language badge that they designed to encourage young people to speak Irish, the national languageAndy Rain / EPA After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish ...

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.

Pól Deeds said "every word spoken against the Irish language" could be seen as "another blow struck in the cause of Irish unification" Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any ...

Thanks to a recent resurgence of interest in the Irish language, more people than ever are learning the language of their ancestors. The Irish language was nearly extinguished under British ...

National University of Ireland communicates exemption data to the Central Applications Office, which will add it to an ...