Rugadh é ar 10 Bealtaine 1884
Cúil Aodh
Ferdiad? Was he down the pub with Fintan and Fiachra for the rugby? And what does ‘ní tír gan teanga’ mean anyway? Irish revolutionary Pádraig Pearse wrote that a country without a language is a country without a soul, that there is no country without a language, and his words have been quoted endlessly by […]
“Remembering their courage”.
Historic First
“Absolute gem”
Patron saint
Is Teanga Ghaelach í Manainnis a labhraítear in Oileán Mhanann. Tugtar Gaeilge Mhanann, Gaelg agus Gaelick uirthi chomh maith. Ba ionann í agus Gaeilge na hÉireann agus Gaeilge na hAlban araon le linn aimsir na Meán-Ghaeilge. Cé nach ionann iad anois tá an trí theanga sin fós an-ghar go deo lena chéile. Is é an […]
Beidh cnuasach Fhinte na hÉireann dar teideal: ‘Éire Ghaelach 600 – 1700 A.D. , Tiarnas, Naoimh agus Léann’ i gcomhpháirtíocht le Buanchomhairle Thaoisigh Éireann, á sheoladh i gClub Éireannach, Club Fhaichne Stiabhna, Baile Átha Cliath, Dé hAoine beag seo, ag tosú trí Zúmáil ag 18:15. Is é an cnuasach ná toradh deiridh ar chomórtas aiste […]
When I was small, one of the most exciting events of the year was going to the Fleadh Cheoil with my dad, Séamus. Thousands of people thronged the streets in Buncrana or Listowel or Kilkenny during those golden, halcyon days of traditional music, and most of them seemed to know him. It would take an […]
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