The Irish language, as the oldest vernacular literature in Northern and Western Europe, has produced a disproportionately large amount of world-renowned literary texts: “Táin Bó Cúailnge,” “The Wooing ...

Exciting debuts from Naoise Dolan, Megan Nolan and Nicole Flattery suggested a new direction in Irish literature. Now, where will they take it? By Imogen West-Knights In recent years, Irish novelists, ...

Minister of State Thomas Byrne TD has announced an investment of over €1.5m for Irish language publishing and dictionary projects. An additional investment of over €1.5 million for Irish language ...

One of Ireland’s most successful 400m runners, of late best-known for his educated and empathetic post-race interviews with athletes on RTÉ, reveals the real story of what it’s like to compete at the ...

THERE is an irony not lost on me as I sit down to write this piece. I am writing an article about the Irish language, Gaeilge, in English, for an English language newspaper. Perhaps that irony ...

The death has occurred in Dublin of the writer Seán Mac Mathúna, aged 89. A native of Co Kerry, he was among a small number of writers who won awards and recognition for works in both Irish and ...

A first-ever fully Irish dictionary has been launched in a ‘historic moment’ for the language. The launch means that anyone looking for the definition of an Irish word will now be able to do so ...

Europe’s linguistic diversity is increasingly reflected in online spaces, where regional and minority language speakers and their communities leverage digital tools and media to preserve, promote, and ...