... wants us to be happy. – Benjamin Franklin The Irish Public House maintains a ubiquitous presence on the American urban landscape. The Irish “Pub” stands as an island of Celtic identity, giving proof to the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 26 2014 - 6:49pm - 0 comments
... (linked below) and users can locate businesses by category, Irish Province and County. Utilizing the services provided by these businesses ... speaking workplaces which provide goods and services in Irish thus creating an economic demand for proficiency in Gaelic. Conradh ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 31 2017 - 9:26pm
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog A bronze replica of a statue of Irish writer and journalist Pádraic Ó Conaire (28 February 1882 – 6 October ... story, An t-Iascaire agus an File (‘The Fisherman and the Poet’), in An Claidheamh Soluis in 1901. In 1906, he won an Oireachtas award ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 24 2017 - 9:52pm
... on January 25, 1759. Throughout his life he was a practising poet and wrote many poems, lyrics and other pieces. Including those based on ... (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris). Recognised as the national poet of Scotland, Burns Day and Burns Night on 25th January is celebrated in ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 8 2020 - 12:55pm
... McIntyre's blog Darach Ó Séaghdha is an Irish writer, podcaster and Irish language activist. Interestingly his parents ... https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/darach-o-seaghdhas-complicated-history-with-gaeilge-457809.html ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 19 2019 - 7:51pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog The Irish television network RTE are reporting on criticism leveled agianst the ... for the Gaeltacht (Irish Speaking Areas of Ireland) Eamon O Cuiv, is cited in the RTE report " Mr. O Cuiv raised concerns about teaching ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 26 2013 - 6:55am - 0 comments
... The Dingle Peninsula (Corca Duibhne) will be the home of the Irish Language and Gaeltachta Development Centre. The Centre is sponsored by a partnership between the the Irish Government's "Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht" along with ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 14 2013 - 9:16pm - 0 comments
... press reports are citing the growing strength of the Irish tongue in Northern Ireland. In the latest example of the Gaelic ... part of the Celtic Homelands is the opening of a new Irish Centre in East Belfast. The headlines accompanying the articles on the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 12 2014 - 5:18am - 0 comments
... from History Wales) about the biopic on Welsh writer and poet ‘Hedd Wyn’ (Ellis Humphrey Evans) who was killed in WW1. He was ... contrasts the beauty of the Meirionnydd landscape of the poet's home with the horror of the trenches at Passchendaele where he died. ...
Mair Williams - Aug 1 2016 - 1:45pm - 0 comments
... Those that remained were preserved in the great works of Irish medieval literature. Tales that are steeped in the pre-Christian ... One such figure was Fionn mac Cumhaill, who is celebrated in Irish legend as a great warrior. The stories of Fionn and his followers the ... many of them narrated in the voice of Fionn's son, the poet Oisín. It is one of the four major cycles of pre-christian Irish ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Apr 5 2021 - 2:15pm - 0 comments