Do you speak Irish? A growing number of people are picking up Ireland’s native language, both inside the country and here in ...

What do the words bingewatch, podcast, doomscrolling, prinks, and ghosting have in common? They are examples of words that have entered everyday speech in recent years – chances are you used at least ...

Thanks to a recent resurgence of interest in the Irish language, more people than ever are learning the language of their ancestors. The Irish language was nearly extinguished under British ...

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, ...

“For any language to survive, it has to be culturally present.” That’s how Colm Bairéad, whose devastating first feature, “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin), is the first Irish-language production to ...

The following article is republished as part of a collaboration with Wikimedia Community Ireland and was originally published on their website on July 28, 2025. On July 14, 2025, Wikimedia Community ...