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 Irish language, or Gaeilge, is one of Europe’s oldest living languages, tracing back more than 1,500 years. Part of the Celtic family, it developed alongside early Irish societies and was ...

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, ...

Strengthening Irish is portrayed not as a nationalist victory but as correcting the wrongs of colonialism and partition. Nic ...

‘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, ...

The Irish language gained full official and working status in the European Union on Saturday, culminating a derogation arrangement that has been in place since 2007, the government of Ireland ...

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 ...

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 ...