GaelPort.com Language Interest Website - Champions in Promoting The Irish Tongue

The website "Gaelport.com" is a good source of information and news on the progress being made to reclaim the Irish tongue from the damage done by the past and present enemies of Gaelic, the Offical Language of Ireland.  From the vicious persecution of Gaelic inflicted on Ireland by the English aristocracy to the misguided action of the Irish government in 1974 to nullify the requirement that civil servants be required to be fluent in Irish, the language of our Celtic heritage has suffered. 

Gaelport can be hailed as a champion for the rights of Irish speakers and champions for the restoration of the language as the medium of commerce and culture in Ireland.

Gaelport currently lists an article on statements made by the Language Commissioner of Ireland, Sean O'  Curreain, on the progress being made to comply with the Official Languages Act of 2003 and on compliance with the Irish government's 2006 Policy Statement on the Irish Language.  The 2006 Policy Satement pledges that by 2026 there will be 250,000 Irish speakers whose first language will be that of our ancestors.

The website of the Irish government Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking areas of Ireland) defines the objectives of the "Twenty Year Strategy for the Irish Language"as follows:

Objectives

The specific objectives of the Strategy are to:
• increase the number of people who speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system from 83,000 to 250,000;
• increase by 25% the number of people who speak Irish on a daily basis in the Gaeltacht; and
• increase the number of people who use State services through Irish and who can access television, radio and print media through the language.

http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/20YearStrategyfortheIrishLanguage/

http://www.gaelport.com/news