Irish Central

Irish language lessons and where to find them

While Irish is a compulsory part of the school curriculum for primary and secondary school students in Ireland, other countries have no options for formal schooling or lessons in the Irish language ...
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 ...

‘I’m learning Irish. I need to get comfortable with not being any good for a long time’

That struck a chord. The next stage of learning Irish is probably getting comfortable with the prospect of not being any good ...
Independent.ie

‘It’s a privilege to be present for someone learning their first word in Irish’ – teachers bringing their native language across the world

Irish language teachers across the world have scores of students in their classes, some of whom are expats or have Irish roots while others have never encountered Irish culture before. “You never know ...
RTÉ Ireland

Will you have a cúpla focal? Fans offered a chance to learn Irish the Father Ted way

Expressions like "careful now" and "down with that sort of thing" have long passed into common parlance and now Tedfest, the ...
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 ...
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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 ...