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" ...

Irish President Michael D. Higgins has honored the work of volunteers who developed the Irish language learning course on popular language learning app Duolingo. Their efforts have opened the language ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers in Dublin have produced a report showing the benefits of a plurilingual approach in teaching Irish in primary ...

“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 ...

Jim Flanagan, right, a native of Ballyvourney in the West Cork Gaeltacht, Ireland, leads an Irish language workshop in a classroom at Butte Central High School Friday morning during the An Ri Ra ...

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 ...

They call Ireland the Emerald Isle, but the first time I saw it, it looked blue. My plane, a massive 787 that carried me and a few hundred others on a brain-numbing 9 hour marathon from Dallas to ...