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# As Gaeilge

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March 2024
Dublin City Council to hold first ever meeting entirely in Irish, with live interpreting
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An Cailín Ciúin: 'It shows an Irish language film can speak to people - it seems foolish to think it couldn't'
The EU's top court has considered its first ever case in the Irish language. It's about labels on dog medicine
Extract: Manchán Magan on the the controversy around the Irish word leprechaun
'Go raibh maith agat': New Alliance MP makes first remarks to the House of Commons in Irish
The Irish For: Cabbage in bed and fruit in a sock - a few lost rituals to help find a suitor
The Irish For: How a fada can make all the difference
The Irish For: Are Irish names really that difficult to pronounce?
The Irish For: Cockwombles and the decline of British insults
The Irish For: A Bloomsday Breakfast with extra Subh Milis on Father’s Day 2019
The Irish For: Is Ireland more progressive now because we didn’t have baby boomers?
The Irish For: Don’t Be Such A Gorilla-Whale-Daughter-In-Law
The Irish For: Let's settle the 'crack' versus 'craic' debate by looking at the evidence
The Irish For: Hiberno English is a feature not a bug
The Irish For: Did the Irish language influence the names of Gollum and the orcs in the Lord of the Rings?
The Irish For: How Beyoncé is helping to get fadas in formation
The Irish For: Why do we remember things from TV and what does that mean for learning languages?
The Irish For: We are sometimes called Gaeilge Nazis which feels like a bit of a curse
The Irish For: In 1990 Germany got Athaontú (reunification) and Milli Vanilli were exposed for lip-syncing
The Irish For: The Irish language version of Wikipedia is going strong
The Irish For: The word Tory comes from the Irish word tóraí meaning a bandit or outlaw
Opinion: What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
The Irish For: Some older words don't exist in English - clochscríbhinn means an inscription on stone
The Irish For: While Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages - Ireland's Brehon laws were relatively enlightened
The Irish For: What does old Irish tell us about life in ancient Ireland?
The Irish For: Gender, LGBT and transitioning
The Irish For: How many colours can you remember?
The Irish For: Brexit and the rise of Hiberno-English
The Irish For: Forget the January blues - let's talk about birds
The Irish For... All the most important Christmas words (including Fairytale of New York as Gaeilge)
The Irish For: The word deatach, meaning smoke, also refers to the family huddled together around the fire
The Irish For: All the characters you know - good, bad or total craic vortex
The Irish For: As the nights are closing in - curl up by the fire and learn some winter words
The Irish For...The role of dogs in legends, proverbs and the Brehon laws
The Irish For... Seal snot: The literal translations of sea creatures are brilliant
The Irish For... Why do feelings run so high around the letter V?
23 ways to say 'potato' as Gaeilge
Snapchat have introduced these deadly Irish language filters for every county in Ireland
7 dangerously similar sounding words as Gaeilge
13 essential phrases you need as Gaeilge to get through 2017