‘It’s in the blood’: The millennial All-Ireland winner keeping currach racing’s flame alive – The Irish Times
The currach glides out, passing serenely by the high pier of Ros Muc, and into open Atlantic water.…
The 50 best Irish-language books of the century so far – The Irish Times
The absence of any Irish-language titles from last year’s survey in The Irish Times of what Irish critics,…
What’s our national language really? Not Irish
IN AUTHOR PAUL Howard’s hugely enjoyable new novel A Nation Once Again, which is part-satire and part-blueprint for…
Rural strategy to improve everyday lives of people by 2031 – The Irish Times
A significant expansion of transport services such as Local Link and achieving high-speed digital connectively throughout the State…
Colm O’Regan: ‘I’m tipping away at sorting my parents’ stuff into artefacts and rubbish’ – The Irish Times
Colm O’Regan is sorry he doesn’t have a garden shed for “tipping away” at stuff. The comedian and…
Aperitíf on TG4: This First Dates as Gaeilge show is cheap, cheerful and quietly disarming – The Irish Times
While other broadcasters lurch about in a state of perma-crisis, TG4 cheerfully chugs along churning out Irish-language variations…
CMAT brought the Irish language to the SNL UK stage in her debut as musical guest
Saturday Night Live UK / YouTube CMAT FEATURED AS the musical guest on the first episode of the…
‘It makes them more resilient’: Life in Ireland’s only Irish-language primary boarding school – The Irish Times
School’s out for the 40 or so 11- to 12-year-old boarders at Scoil na Leanaí in Co Waterford’s…
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: ‘Dad is at my brother’s grave most days and keeps the candle on it lit’ – The Irish Times
I am a senator, former sports broadcaster and now a children’s author. I grew up in Kilkenny and…
New spoken-word album from late writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan to be released in October
A NEW SPOKEN-WORD album from the late writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan is set to be released in…
The bodhrán has to fight for respect in Irish music
Darach Ó Séaghdha Author and linguist In Calling 353, a new series for The Journal, bestselling Motherfoclóir author…
The musician who is refusing to let a landmark derelict building ‘die’ on Inis Meáin – The Irish Times
Óstan Inis Meáin, a former hotel on the middle island of the three Aran Islands, has a ghostly…