Kneecap and other artists using the Irish language in their work have been credited with the huge interest in Irish culture and learning Irish in particular. David Mc Cullagh spoke to academics and ...

The boom in interest in Irish culture is helping to fuel the rise in demand for Irish language classes, with a rapidly growing global network of students hungry for more opportunities to speak the ...

(Seo alt ónár bhfoireann nua Gaeltachta. Is féidir an bunleagan as Gaeilge a léamh anseo.) SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE a positive outlook when it comes to learning the Irish language and want to improve ...

DCU Sealbhú's consultation with students, parents, and teachers is timely given the upsurge of interest in Gaeilge evident in popular culture From interactions as gaeilge between Siobhán McSweeney and ...

“Can I say: I drink gin and tonics and eat chocolates?” says retiree Pauline McHale when her class is asked to explain, as Gaeilge, what a typical work day entails. She was one of seven adults ranging ...

When Joe Carroll’s son, Eoghan, was diagnosed with dyslexia, one of the first things he was told after the assessment was that he could get an exemption from Irish. His “visceral reaction” was to ...

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Jess Casey discovers how activities such as dodgeball in UCC’s Barr na gCnoc initiative give children a natural entry into the Irish language Pupils of Scoil Padre Pio in Churchfield ag imirt ...

In the Mardyke arena, sixth-class students from Scoil Padre Pio, a national school in Churchfield, Cork City, are locked in a battle of dodgeball. “Anseo, anseo, anseo,” one student calls as they ...