Gaelchultúr, based in Dublin, will offer Irish language classes online from the middle of May. Editor's Note: The following was written and submitted to IrishCentral by Maitiú Ó Coimín, the editor of ...

Ireland's official language is Irish, but only a small percentage of the population can speak it fluently and even fewer use it on a daily basis. So is the Irish language hard to learn? Gaeilge (Irish ...

“Can I say: I drink gin and tonics and eat chocolates?” says retiree Pauline McHale when her class is asked to explain, as Gaeilge, what a typical work day entails. She was one of seven adults ranging ...

There's been a significant surge in interest in learning the Irish language in Britain, according to those involved in teaching it. One of the largest online education providers in the UK, City Lit, ...

The responses showed that young people wanted to learn Irish and be able to speak the language, but that the current education system is not meeting their needs. Most parents have been guilt-tripped ...

After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old ...

What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers are determined to speak and maintain their native tongue, and the thousands of ...

From Kneecap and CMAT ag canadh as gaeilge, to 'An Cailín Ciúin' at the Oscars, and people spontaneously using the language every day, Irish has erupted — our education system is scrambling to catch u ...