Despite 40 per cent of the Irish population claiming they can speak as Gaeilge to varying degrees, it is seldom heard in ...

Founded in 1999 as a result of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, Foras na Gaeilge is a cross-border body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland. Around a ...

A failure by the executive to appoint commissioners for the Irish language and Ulster-Scots has been criticised by a United Nations (UN) committee. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural ...

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The Stormont executive is facing a third legal action in a decade over its failure to bring forward an Irish language strategy. News of the fresh court action came as Irish language advocacy group ...

Sinn Féin Chair of the Communities Committee Colm Gildernew has called out the DUP's refusal to engage with Conradh na ...

Organised by Conradh na Gaeilge, the festival was initially established as a week-long event, but due to the demand, has now become a 17-day affair, running from 1-17 March every year, culminating ...

Conradh na Gaeilge, the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community, has welcomed the news that the British Government is set to repeal a centuries-old law that forbids the use of Irish in ...

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Douglas Hyde, following his late 1892 lecture on the need to de-anglicise the Irish nation and race, founded Conradh na Gaeilge/The Gaelic League in conjunction with Eoin MacNeill in 1893.

Sruth na hÉirne, the Enniskillen-based, Irish language group recently hosted three events as part of their annual Seachtain ...

Douglas Hyde, following his late 1892 lecture on the need to de-anglicise the Irish nation and race, founded Conradh na Gaeilge/The Gaelic League in conjunction with Eoin MacNeill in 1893.