Popularity is soaring across Northern Ireland, but dual-language sign policies agitate division as unionists accuse nationalists of cultural erosion ...

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 ...

There’s a saying in Irish: “Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam.” A country without a language is a country without a soul. For the Irish, the fight for their language — for their soul — was a bloody one.

Irish is one of the 12 most at-risk languages in Europe and is in danger of vanishing over the next 100 years, according to a 2021 study. Language learning platform Busuu ranked the Irish language as ...

The debate about whether the Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) language is dead or alive still remains a hot topic in Ireland. We look at the many reasons why Gaeilge is more than just alive as a language.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Celtic languages spoken today – namely Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton – all descend from Celtic ...

Irish is Ireland's first official language and there are parts of Ireland, called Gaeltacht areas, where Irish - also called Gaelic - is the official language of the community. But despite that, a ...

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 ...