Member Profile: Mara Del Valle
Needless to say, language serves as a time capsule, preserving the history and heritage of a people—making it all the more important to keep it aliv…
Category: Articles
Ailt ó Chomhphobal na Gaeilge / Articles from the online Irish community…
Bus, Timpeallán and Beyond: Five Months Learning Irish
Cody Lewis always enjoyed learning languages, so when the opportunity arose to discover Irish, he thought 'Why not?' And so it began...
Peil Mheiriceánach – Irish Phrases for the NFL Season
Let's take a look at Irish vocabulary and phrases that we can use when cheering on our favourite NFL teams this football season!
Kneecapped into Learning Irish
I was born in Ardoyne in Belfast – in the North- and grew up there through the 1960’s’ and 70’s. There was always a little bit of Irish in ou…
Brian Friel: Language, Colonization and Translations
Sometimes referred to as the “Irish Chekhov,” Brian Friel is considered by many to be one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, in both I…
The Festival of Lúnasa
Lughnasadh, meaning the ‘Assembly of Lugh’ signifies the beginning of the harvest season and gives its name to the Irish word for August, ‘Lúna…
Cló Gaelach: What is the Old Irish Script?
Cló Gaelach is believed to have been developed from the Latin alphabet and initially designed in the 16th century. Its first authentic version emerge…
From Sharks to ‘An Scrúdú’: My Journey Learning Irish
I have no natural talent for languages. I took four years of high school Latin and a few semesters of introductory Italian, yet I can’t speak or rea…