Irish Central

How learning the Irish language changed my view of my identity

Every Thursday, I give God. I agonized over writing that sentence, the first in the college essay about studying Irish that I was convinced would determine my future. I was applying early decision to ...
Irish Central

Irish government to fund US and Canadian students learning Irish in Ireland

The Irish language in American universities has been given a boost with a hefty increase in funding from the Irish government, and opportunities for Irish language learning in Ireland. Irish language ...
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‘It’s Irish at your fingertips’: How TikTok is inspiring a surge in popularity for learning and teaching Gaeilge

Teachers and students are taking to TikTok to promote the Irish language to hundreds of thousands of people online in a newly emerging digital trend. The hashtag ‘irishlanguage’ has been used on ...
The Conversation

For Gaelic to survive in Scotland, it’s not enough to learn it – more people need to use it in their daily lives

Launched to coincide with St Andrew’s Day this year on November 30, language app Duolingo’s Gaelic course attracted an impressive 103,000 active learners in its first two weeks – outstripping the ...
WBEZ

Chicagoans on learning the Irish language

Language shapes our understanding of the world, our sense of selves and connects us to our culture. But the UN estimates that at least half of all languages spoken around the world will be extinct or ...