These native Irish speakers share how Ireland's ancient language and their homeland of Co Donegal have impacted their identity. Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet & editor), Aoife Ní Ghloinn (Director of ...
Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap have been making waves, not just as musicians, but as language activists who rap in both English and their native Irish. In Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, Irish is a ...
The question of national identity in Ireland is one which has a long and complicated history. Beginning in the 12th century, with the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, the English colonial ...
Article 8 of our Constitution states that: “The Irish language as the national language is the first official language.” And ...
Thousands from across the island and beyond came together in Belfast for Oireachtas na Samhna, Ireland's oldest Irish ...
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Imelda May on reconnecting with the Irish language: ‘It’s time to get rid of the shame that comes with it, because it’s not our shame’
Imelda May discusses her new RTÉ series Amhráin na nGael, which sees the artist travel the country, trying her hand at sean nós singing and strengthening her connection with the Irish language. Why ...
Language and the role it plays in shaping identity was a driving theme for writer-director Rich Peppiatt when he embarked on making Kneecap, Ireland’s official submission for the International Feature ...
Rapping in their native Irish language, the trio create their own genre of Irish punk rap, melding the Irish and English language with electrifying energy. Their writing and performance reimagine what ...
Irish president-elect Catherine Connolly travelled to Belfast on Wednesday to attend the opening of Oireachtas na Samhna 2025.
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