Among the facts Michael picks up is that Gaelic has no single word for Yes or No and that the landscape of the Highlands can ...

Irish is Ireland's first official language and there are parts of Ireland, called Gaeltacht areas, where Irish - also called Gaelic - is the official language of the community. But despite that, a ...

‘CEARTA: A National Protest for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht' will take place on Saturday, September 20 in Dublin. Conradh na Gaeilge, the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community, ...

Seanscéal agus meirg air, meaning “stale news”, or, more literally, “an old story with rust on it”. This figure of speech aptly describes the annual spilling of ink over the status of the Irish ...

Protestors outside the High Court in Belfast in February 2017 calling for an Irish Language Act. Niall Carson/PA Wire One of the central sticking points of the talks is the Irish language – also known ...

The number of students taking up Irish courses at a popular university has surged by 227 per cent as interest in the language gets a massive boost. Enrollment at Irish courses at Queen’s University ...

The proposed designation of the entire Highland Council region as an Area of Linguistic Significance (ALS) for Gaelic demonstrates the ...