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 …
Tag: Irish
Discussion about Ireland, the Irish language, its history, people and culture.
Lá an Dreoilín – Wren Day
Lá an Dreoilín (Wren Day) occurs on St. Stephen’s Day. Irish linguists speculate that "dreoilín" derives from two combined words, "draoi" and "…
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."
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 i…
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 …
A Brief History of the Irish Language
Ireland is surrounded by sea, so let's take a look at 'focail na farraige', words describing marine life, sea travel, the waves, the weather and even …
Super-Colonized Irish Syndrome
The entire populace of Ireland may be heirs to what is known as ‘Super Colonised Irish Syndrome’.
The Bardic Schools and Auraicept na n-Éces
The Bardic Schools were highly developed secular institutions that existed in Ireland in the High Middle Ages.