An Icelandic archaeologist believes that Gaelic-speaking settlers from Ireland and Scotland had a profound impact on Iceland's language, landscape, and literature. Thorvaldur Fridriksson's new book ...

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(CNN) — Gaelic-speaking communities in Scotland are in crisis and the language could die out within 10 years, according to a new study. A team of experts from the University of the Highlands and ...

Taxis in Lewis and Harris will have signs encouraging speakers of the language to "use it or lose it".

A new approach to supporting Gaelic is to focus on creating jobs and strengthening economic growth in areas where the language is traditionally spoken. An action group called Tog - which means "to ...

It’s been 125 years since the formation of the Conradh na Gaeilge, the revival of Irish Gaelic, and to celebrate, Irish Fest organizers are making the language a special focus at the festival. Irish ...

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

“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 ...

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Researchers at a Welsh university have begun work on the first comprehensive dictionary of the ancient Celtic languages spoken in Ireland and Britain. The three-year project, led by Dr Simon Rodway at ...

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