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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:35:07 -0500

The power of Irish placenames is astounding! Our ‘logainmneacha’ show us the beauty of Irish all around us, and allow us to reconnect with the language.

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Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:34:54 -0500

The Process of Decolonization⁣

So how do we begin to repair the damage, how do we find ourselves again, after the trauma of colonization⁣? Here are the five stages in the process of decolonization…

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Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:30:21 -0500

An Gorta Mór and the Irish Language

“An Gorta Mór (also referred to as ‘The Great Hunger’ or ‘The Irish Famine’) had a disastrous effect on Ireland and on the Irish language.”

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Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:29:03 -0400

Decolonize Your Hearts!

“Our forebears knew the importance of their local environment and that we are ‘fite fuaite’ (interwoven) with the land.⁣ Language and land are inseparable, so changing our relationship to the land and all…

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Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:19:05 -0400

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and 'An Bata Scóir'

Current attitudes to the Irish language can be shown to clearly be the consequence of the success, and extreme brutality, of the English colonization project in Ireland…

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Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:47:56 -0400

Super-Colonized Irish Syndrome

The entire populace of Ireland may be heirs to what is known as ‘Super Colonised Irish Syndrome’.