Rachel J. Cooper, the author of "Our National Anthem," is spearheading the Learn Our Anthem initiative which is encouraging people to learn the lyrics to Ireland's national anthem "Amhrán na bhFiann" ...

The free language-learning phone app Duolingo has reached an incredible one million Irish language learners around the world! It is just over a year since the Irish language course was released in ...

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day, but let's be honest: some people are more Irish than others. Take Dr. Mark Harman, for instance. Fluent in five languages, the Irish native says he has a ...

COLONIE – Their eyes were smiling to match the laughter as the students dove into their lesson of Irish Gaelic while a faint skirl of bagpipes sounded another class down the hall. What began as two ...

Charles-Rose Greenhart (31) and their partner Raine Greenhart (29) moved from Seattle in the US to Dublin in April and are enrolled in an intensive Irish-language course. Charles-Rose was adopted by ...

March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. Have you ever wanted to learn how to speak Irish Gaelic? Don’t worry lads and lassies, the Kansas City Irish Center has you covered. Here are some basic phrases you can ...

A more ambitious plan is needed to improve the way Irish is taught in schools, Conradh na Gaeilge has said. Irish should be taught through the "skilled-based" Common European Framework for Reference ...

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.

“For any language to survive, it has to be culturally present.” That’s how Colm Bairéad, whose devastating first feature, “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin), is the first Irish-language production to ...

Researchers in Dublin have produced a report showing the benefits of a plurilingual approach in teaching Irish in primary schools, particularly children whose first language is not Irish or English.

Poets from across the island of Ireland have gathered in west Belfast for an Irish language poetry slam competition. The event was initially set up nine years ago in response to the "big need" for a ...