Who was Peig Sayers?
Máire Ní Dhálaigh, from the Office of Public Works's Blasket Centre, gave what is likely the most accurate and fair description of Peig Sayers: “…
Category: Articles
Ailt ó Chomhphobal na Gaeilge / Articles from the online Irish community…
Seamus Heaney and the Irish Language
Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s Noble Laureate, was a poet who saw himself positioned on the borderline between identities. His father was a cattle-dealer …
Inis Meáin: My First Irish Language Course in the Gaeltacht
I sometimes eavesdropped on their Irish conversations to see if I could understand them. Admittedly, residents speak Irish quickly on Inis Meáin, but…
The Irish Language and the Catholic Church: A Nuanced Consideration
While the Irish people fought for autonomy for centuries under British rule, the first concern of the Catholic Church, being a world religion, was to …
Learning Irish from Michigan, USA
It wasn’t until my doctoral studies that I had the opportunity to visit Ireland. Beginning with my visit to Dublin in 2009, I instantly felt at home…
Why I’m Learning Irish in Luxembourg
“You know that if you speak English, you don’t need to learn Irish to go to Ireland,” they say. Well, maybe learning a language is not about nec…
Gaelic vs. Irish: The History of Each Term
It’s a common experience: You might be telling someone that you’re learning Irish or describing an encounter with the language, and that person lo…
Learning Irish in the USA is a Dream Come True
Learning Irish is a dream that goes back over forty years from when I was a young boy in high school. Having the opportunity to learn it formally in t…
