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# Seachtain na Gaeilge

Last month
March 2024
Poll: How often do you speak Irish?
15 Mar
19.1k
77
All time
The Irish For: The rise of Rían - the latest baby names in Ireland
Darach Ó Séaghdha
3 Mar 2022
53.2k
9
Opinion: Raising your children through Irish is the best way to learn the language yourself
Caoimhín De Barra
2 Mar 2022
16.4k
43
Opinion: We should build a 'Gaelollscoil' in the Gaeltacht as a means of reviving the Irish language
Caoimhín De Barra
9 Mar 2021
21.3k
58
Poll: How often do you speak Irish?
6 Mar 2021
50.7k
175
As Gaeilge: Dubhghlas de hÍde's epic trip to America to woo the US President
Cuan Ó Seireadáin
18 Mar 2020
11.5k
10
The Irish For: 'Hope & History Rhyme' - the background to a much-quoted line
Darach Ó Séaghdha
8 Mar 2020
51.3k
1
Opinion: Many would like compulsory Gaeilge taken off the Leaving Cert, but it's a slippery slope
Caoimhín De Barra
6 Mar 2020
27.7k
281
How tech could help students learn Irish more easily in school
10 Mar 2019
9.8k
9
These are the gaeilgeoirí you should be following on Insta this Seachtain na Gaeilge
8 Mar 2019
15.2k
1
Opinion: 'You often hear that the Irish language is badly taught in our schools but that is not true'
Caoimhín De Barra
1 Mar 2019
43.1k
128
From fidget spinner to spooning: Over 3,000 new Irish words are created every year
19 Mar 2018
17.5k
32
7 dangerously similar sounding words as Gaeilge
18 Mar 2017
10.5k
5
Column: 'We speak Irish, but we’re pretty normal. We’re not Nazis. We’re not leprechauns'
Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh
5 Mar 2017
5.5k
66
'Irish belongs to you, so why not try and use it more'
Cuan Ó Seireadáin
15 Mar 2015
558
125
Watch these Hollywood stars try (and fail) to speak Irish
10 Mar 2015
5.2k
1
7 Irish words that don't exist in English
6 Mar 2015
81.2k
9
11 songs that will take you right back to your days in the Gaeltacht
2 Jun 2014
49.9k
37
VIDEO: Schoolkids make The Hunger Games - Catching Fire as Gaeilge
23 Mar 2014
10.1k
5
'A disaster and an insult': Government slammed for having no Irish-speaking minister
13 Mar 2014
17.2k
132
Here's a handy guide to swearing as Gaeilge
10 Mar 2014
21.4k
4
Teenagers to tell politicians what they think about same-sex marriage… as Gaeilge
4 Mar 2014
6.2k
39
Column: Gaeilge is a part of our culture – how it's taught matters
Aodhán Ó Deá
19 Mar 2013
1.9k
194
VIDEO: Sixth class pupils in Mayo perform Mama Mia as Gaeilge
15 Mar 2013
8.0k
36
Retro As Gaeilge Crisps of the Day
6 Mar 2013
16.0k
68
Taoiseach says Croke Park proposals do not target frontline workers
6 Mar 2013
8.7k
70