Máire Ní Churraoin grew up in an Irish-speaking region in Ireland, surrounded entirely by friends, family and neighbors who predominantly speak Irish Now, the creator and musician is hoping to pass on ...

Claire Hanna, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), marked St. Patrick's Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge by speaking in the Irish language while addressing British ...

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 ...

BELFAST — In a colorful modular building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sat in front of seven squirmy 4-year-olds and did something that some people here in the capital of Northern Ireland — ...

It’s the oldest language in Western Europe, but it’s not taught in many schools outside its native country. It’s misunderstood and often called by the wrong name. It’s Irish, and for the first time it ...

The largest provider of Irish language courses, Gaelchultúr, has released a free audio phrasebook to help anyone use authentic Irish phrases confidently at St. Patrick’s Day celebrations worldwide.

Students in Dublin hold up an Irish language badge that they designed to encourage young people to speak Irish, the national languageAndy Rain / EPA After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish ...

DUBLIN — Like Henry Higgins, the phonetician from George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” Marius Cotescu and Georgi Tinchev recently demonstrated how their student was trying to overcome pronunciation ...

Máire Ní Churraoin and her niece. Máire Ní Churraoin is proud to be from an Irish-speaking region in Ireland — and she's hoping to pass on that passion to the next generation. The creator, who has ...

Laochra Mac Iomaire has been attending the event for a number of years [BBC] What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers ...