... language that accrued to Gaelic after the Celtic tongue of Ireland was recognised as an official European Union language in 2007. Evans ... and on the language’s status as well. Gaelic in Ireland was made official in 2007 and many benefits have resulted from this ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 26 2014 - 8:48am - 0 comments
... Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Ireland (Irish: Contae Aontroma, Éire) near the small village of Dunseverick ... from Tara ended here. Tara was the seat of the Kings of Ireland in County Meath. The site was originally founded by Sobairce one of the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 5 2021 - 10:47pm
... living in the British occupied north-east of the island of Ireland. Sinn Féin, the Irish republican political party dedicated to the reunification of Ireland and an end to British jurisdiction in the north of Ireland will be ...
Mair Williams - Apr 19 2017 - 1:24am
... Kneale's blog The Celebration of Ireland’s International bestselling historical crime mystery series The ... Fidelma Series is taking place at Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, from Friday, September 12, to Sunday, September 14, 2014. There are ...
Alastair Kneale - May 19 2014 - 9:30pm - 0 comments
... of us who fret about the future of the Celtic tongue in Ireland have good reason to do so. Dublin bureaucrats victimize the language ... consistently prove right the words of Seán Ó Cuirreáin, Ireland's First Language Commissioner. Uttered shortly after his resignation ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 11 2016 - 4:36am - 0 comments
... five years. This is the highest rate of increase in Northern Ireland. A stunning increase of 500% in enrollment at the Cookstown’s Gaelic ... reported on the advance of Gaelic Medium education in Ireland’s province of Ulster. At that time it was announced that a new ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 18 2015 - 8:32pm - 0 comments
... A new research report into the attitudes of the residents of Ireland towards the Gaelic tongue has disclosed a stunning level of support for ... settings. Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill, President of Conradh na Gaeilge, has been quoted in press reports as follows: “This latest round ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 14 2016 - 11:45pm - 0 comments
... Oileáin) is a small village in County Down in the north of Ireland. It was the location on 18 June 1994 where members of a loyalist ... and was crowded with people watching the Republic of Ireland team playing Italy in the 1994 FIFA World Cup being held in the USA. ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 9 2016 - 5:30pm - 0 comments
... Dyers write: "The earliest known evidence in Ireland of woven material dates from about 1600 B.C., as pottery from that ... although we know that spinning was certainly practised in Ireland in Neolithic times. Fragments of woven fabric and weaving tools have ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 1 2020 - 8:34pm
... background (he was born at Carrickfergus in the North of Ireland) he embraced nationalism and joined the Gaelic League. He joined the ... Department of External affairs and in 1929 was appointed Ireland's permanent representative at the League of Nations and the following ...
Bernard Moffatt - Jan 28 2020 - 3:23pm