The history of the Irish Franciscans in continental Europe has been the subject of much scholarly investigation, which has focused mainly on the renowned Louvain college. Although the Irish ...

Renowned for its promotion of the Irish language and our culture, Danescastle National School held a series of events throughout Seachtain na Gaeilge this month. Running from March 1-17, Seachtain na ...

Galway City Council is conducting its monthly meeting through Irish this afternoon. It is the first time in the history of the local authority that the entire agenda will be dealt with as Gaeilge.

There was great excitement at the Claregalway Hotel last week when 155 children from five Irish language primary schools in ...

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM An Irish language poetry book – which features works by 155 Galway pupils – has been launched in Claregalway. The second edition of Féile Filíochta ...

In the spirit of Seachtain Na Gaeilge, the Dáil recently had a bilingual ... “We need our students to know not only about the beauty of the poetry and stories we have in Irish. They also need to be ...

THE streets of Naas were hopping again this year on St Patrick’s day for the Féile Sráide organised by Cill Dara le Gaeilge ...

Carmen Bugan’s books include a memoir, Burying the Typewriter: Childhood under the eye of the secret police (Picador) as well as several collections of poetry, including Lilies from America ...

The poem Ionmhain taise a-tá i nDoire on Brian Óg's limbs, in the 17th-century manuscript known as the Book of the O’Conor Don We may surmise that Conchobhar Ruadh was in the right (if not ...

Foras na Gaeilge is jointly funded by the Stormont Executive and Irish Government, with the former providing 25% of the budget and the latter the remaining 75%. The current arrangements require ...