The 19th century is commonly regarded as the century in which the Irish language suffered a calamitous collapse: a century in which it survived on the margins, largely irrelevant in politics, in law, in education. English (it is argued) was the vehicle of modernisation, Irish increasingly the language of the poor, the old, the ragged tellers of ancient stories. Continue reading
The celebration will include readings from the early Latin and Irish accounts of Carthage’s life, Continue reading
It includes the first public recitation from a Litany of the Saints, in an Irish language prayer-book, Continue reading
Is cuid lárnach de chultúr na nGael í traidisiún na hoilithreachta. Continue reading
Tugann leabhair ó chultúir eile léargas dúinn ar shaol daonna de chineál eile Continue reading
Hubert Butler’s essays have an elegiac quality: he mourns a class he thinks might have enriched the nation by building more robust debates around topics like religion and class… Continue reading
18th Century Irish Ballads – “The Best English-Irish Poetry before Yeats”?’ Continue reading
Is annamh a thoghfadh imircigh Éireannacha an Astráil de rogha ar an mBreatain nó na Stáit. Continue reading
The story of the Old Irish Walking app, like any good Irish story begins a few years back. Continue reading
In 19th century Ireland a balanced bilingualism ceased to be possible. Continue reading
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