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Gaeilge
“Ní áirím mar éacht aon chinneadh a rinne daoine eile fúm: duaiseanna, díol leabhar, sin rudaí nach bhfuil cumhacht agam féin orthu ag deireadh an lae.”
Is úrscéalaí í Naoise Dolan, údar Exciting Times (2020) agus The Happy Couple (2023).
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Gaois ghonta
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Moving to French-speaking Montreal brought me back to the Irish language
I no longer experience the shame of not being able to back up my claim to Irishness with a cúpla focal
‘Ceangal’ agus focail ghaolmhara
Is iomaí bealach leis an fhocal ceangal a úsáid nach rithfeadh leat ar an chéad amharc
Oscar: saol déthoiseach
Baineann saothair liteartha Wilde níos mó le seomraí suite galánta Shasana ná le saol na hÉireann, cé gur Gael bródúil ba ea é.
In pictures: Hundreds gather to revive Bealtaine fire festival at Hill of Uisneach
Sacred site associated with pre-Christian gods and medieval kingly rituals
Parents who want Irish-language education for their children ‘are being failed by State’
Alan Esslemont, the author and former TG4 ard-stiúrthóir (director general), on agreeability, childhood memory and death being ‘an awfully big adventure’
Compulsory Irish in a united Ireland? Unionists won’t like that
Calls to strengthen the language to correct the wrongs of colonialism may seem like a parody to them
Tuilleadh faoi dhathanna na Gaeilge agus a n-úsáid
An tseachtain seo, caitear súil ar na húsáidí éagsúla a bhaineann leis na dathanna bán, geal agus gorm sa Ghaeilge
Was Peig Sayers a true fatalist?
A reader argues that the Blasket storyteller’s life shows resilience rather than helplessness
The 1926 census returns in Irish: A rare window into language and identity
A look back at the 1926 census reveals a nation caught between two scripts
Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap speaks of mother’s death by suicide: ‘We have to alleviate that extra burden of shame’
Activist Aoife Ní Riain died in 2020 and son Naoise Ó Cairealláin has dedicated new song to her
Kneecap ar pholaitíocht, brú agus sícideileacha: “Ar ndóigh, teastaíonn teiripe uainn ... ar feadh na mblianta fada”
Agallamh le Kneecap: Anuraidh, bhí an ceol, an chonspóid agus an chraic fite fuaite i saol an ghrúpa agus i mbliana tá albam nua uathu ar na bacáin
Stailc agus stailceanna
Éiríonn le stailceanna, ní éiríonn le stailceanna eile, ach maireann na hiarmhairtí
Poesía Irlandesa Argentina Ón Rinn
Tá ceangail stairiúla idir Éire agus an Airgintín, is léiriú breá air sin Scéal Ó Carolina (Éabhlóid)
Inside the only girls’ boarding school taught entirely through Irish
Sylvia Thompson speaks to students and teachers at Coláiste Íde in Co Kerry
Síomha Ní Ruairc: ‘It’s satisfying to see that I’ve physically made an extra Gaeilgeoir’
The How to Gael host on finding her tribe in the Irish language sector, and her new TG4 quizshow Slé Anois go Cúramach
My name is Séamas O’Reilly – or at least I thought it was until recently
The fight for my fada: Booking a flight, a train or a leisure centre appointment becomes a tedious grind when my ‘non-standard character’ is rejected
An File Siúlach Gairmiúil
Caitheann an t-údar súil ar shaol agus ar shaothar an fhile cháiliúil agus ar na ceisteanna móra a bhaineann leis go fóill
Magh, Teach - Amach is Isteach
Focal ar fhocal: An tseachtain seo tugann Dónall P Ó Baoill spléachadh ar mheascán foclóireachta
Bilingual Brendan Behan and the bards of Glasnevin
As the celebrated Dublin writer’s anniversary falls within Seachtain na Gaeilge, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire salutes his work in the Irish language
Subtitles would bring TG4 to the next level
Irish-language station has been knocking it out of the park
Faoisc, freagra agus beannachtaí na féile
Deirtear gur ‘Cothraige’ an chéad ainm a tugadh ar Naomh Pádraig in Éirinn mar nach raibh aon fhuaim [P] i nGaeilge ag an am…
Pádraig, grá na nGael?
Is in Agallamh na Seanórach atá formhór na scéalta agus na ndánta atá againn mar gheall ar Fhionn agus na Fianna.
How to stay cool, calm and collected for your Leaving Cert language oral
With language orals, there is a lot of information to remember before you even greet the examiner
Fearmhíniú (mansplaining), báinín (flat white) and other Irish words for modern life
As technology and culture evolve, the Irish language continues to generate new vocabulary
Dúchas agus dathanna
Focal ar Fhocal: Tá ‘dearg’ agus ‘dubh’ i measc na ndathanna a úsáidtear le treise a chur in iúl sa Ghaeilge
‘Growing up I thought Ireland was boring. When I moved to the US that changed’
Molly Nic Céile creates Irish language videos for her Gaeilge i mo Chroí channels and teaches at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
Focail a bhíonn ina gcónaí leo féin
Ní minic a chloistear feorthainn, totán ná riglí ar na saolta seo…
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