Every Thursday, I give God. I agonized over writing that sentence, the first in the college essay about studying Irish that I was convinced would determine my future. I was applying early decision to ...
A short beginner's guide to simple words and greetings you can use around February 1 when Irish communities celebrate St.
In the Mardyke arena, sixth-class students from Scoil Padre Pio, a national school in Churchfield, Cork City, are locked in a battle of dodgeball. “Anseo, anseo, anseo,” one student calls as they ...
My mother achieved real competence in Irish, and then gradually lost it. Her exertions were motivated by unrequited love, her ambitions, and even her politics. After she died, I found all these great ...
(Seo alt ónár bhfoireann nua Gaeltachta. Is féidir an bunleagan as Gaeilge a léamh anseo.) SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE a positive outlook when it comes to learning the Irish language and want to improve ...
Noah Higgs hated learning Irish in school. He hated the way it was taught, overly formal and disconnected from ordinary people’s lives. Most of all he hated the effect the lessons had on his fellow ...
They say everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day. And while hoisting a Guinness and wearing a bit o' green are respectable ways to celebrate March 17, you may want to indulge your inner Hibernian by ...