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  1. "The 18-24 age cohort had the highest cohort among daily speakers in both jurisdictions, with Northern Ireland reporting more daily speakers at 14 per cent against 11 per cent in the Republic."
    - Éanna Ó Caollaí, The Irish Times

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage

  2. Irish Dictionaries Charted: The Lingering Question of "Atheist"

    Find out the Irish word for 'atheist'. Dictionaries show 'aindiachaí' and 'athéist' are used. Learn which is common.

    #IrishLanguage, #Dictionary, #Atheist, #Aindiachaí, #Athéist

    newsletter.tf/irish-dictionary

  3. The Irish word 'Ancaire' (anchor in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'akkeri'. There's a few of these nautical terms! ⚓️

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: ancaire ⚓️

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture #foghlaimgaeilge

  4. The Irish word 'Ancaire' (anchor in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'akkeri'. There's a few of these nautical terms! ⚓️

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: ancaire ⚓️

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture #foghlaimgaeilge

  5. The Irish word 'Ancaire' (anchor in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'akkeri'. There's a few of these nautical terms! ⚓️

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: ancaire ⚓️

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture #foghlaimgaeilge

  6. The Irish word 'Ancaire' (anchor in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'akkeri'. There's a few of these nautical terms! ⚓️

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: ancaire ⚓️

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture #foghlaimgaeilge

  7. Our beautiful Irish language is more consistent than English because it has borrowed less from other languages than English - which is like a magpie!

    Irish has been influenced by other languages, including Latin, Old Norse, Norman French, and English.

    The Irish word 'Bád' (boat in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'Bátr'.

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: bád. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge ach bhí tionchair inti ó theangacha eile.

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture

  8. Our beautiful Irish language is more consistent than English because it has borrowed less from other languages than English - which is like a magpie!

    Irish has been influenced by other languages, including Latin, Old Norse, Norman French, and English.

    The Irish word 'Bád' (boat in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'Bátr'.

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: bád. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge ach bhí tionchair inti ó theangacha eile.

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture

  9. Our beautiful Irish language is more consistent than English because it has borrowed less from other languages than English - which is like a magpie!

    Irish has been influenced by other languages, including Latin, Old Norse, Norman French, and English.

    The Irish word 'Bád' (boat in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'Bátr'.

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: bád. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge ach bhí tionchair inti ó theangacha eile.

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture

  10. Our beautiful Irish language is more consistent than English because it has borrowed less from other languages than English - which is like a magpie!

    Irish has been influenced by other languages, including Latin, Old Norse, Norman French, and English.

    The Irish word 'Bád' (boat in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'Bátr'.

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: bád. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge ach bhí tionchair inti ó theangacha eile.

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture

  11. Our beautiful Irish language is more consistent than English because it has borrowed less from other languages than English - which is like a magpie!

    Irish has been influenced by other languages, including Latin, Old Norse, Norman French, and English.

    The Irish word 'Bád' (boat in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'Bátr'.

    Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: bád. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge ach bhí tionchair inti ó theangacha eile.

    #gaeilge #Irishlanguage #irish #irishculture

  12. europesays.com/uk/940124/ Department for Communities officials warned £6m would be ‘wasted’ if additional funding wasn’t allocated for Placenames Project #DepartmentForCommunities #DepartmentOfFinance #IrishLanguage #NorthernIreland #Politics #Queen’sUniversity #Stormont #UK #UnitedKingdom

  13. @thomas_michl

    I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

    While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

  14. @thomas_michl

    I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

    While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

  15. @thomas_michl

    I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

    While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

  16. @thomas_michl

    I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

    While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

  17. @thomas_michl

    I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

    While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

    #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

  18. Gaeilge at The Oscars:
    2026
    Jessie Buckley 🏆
    "Go raibh míle, míle maith agat. Slán."

    Richie Baneham 🏆 🏆 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agat." (⁊ i 2023!)

    2024
    Cillian Murphy 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agaibh."

    2023
    An Cailín Ciúin 👏 Ainmnithe.

    💚 #gaeilge #100DaysofGaeilge #Irish #Irishlanguage #seachtainnagaeilge

  19. Gaeilge at The Oscars:
    2026
    Jessie Buckley 🏆
    "Go raibh míle, míle maith agat. Slán."

    Richie Baneham 🏆 🏆 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agat." (⁊ i 2023!)

    2024
    Cillian Murphy 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agaibh."

    2023
    An Cailín Ciúin 👏 Ainmnithe.

    💚 #gaeilge #100DaysofGaeilge #Irish #Irishlanguage #seachtainnagaeilge

  20. Gaeilge at The Oscars:
    2026
    Jessie Buckley 🏆
    "Go raibh míle, míle maith agat. Slán."

    Richie Baneham 🏆 🏆 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agat." (⁊ i 2023!)

    2024
    Cillian Murphy 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agaibh."

    2023
    An Cailín Ciúin 👏 Ainmnithe.

    💚 #gaeilge #100DaysofGaeilge #Irish #Irishlanguage #seachtainnagaeilge

  21. Gaeilge at The Oscars:
    2026
    Jessie Buckley 🏆
    "Go raibh míle, míle maith agat. Slán."

    Richie Baneham 🏆 🏆 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agat." (⁊ i 2023!)

    2024
    Cillian Murphy 🏆
    "Go raibh míle maith agaibh."

    2023
    An Cailín Ciúin 👏 Ainmnithe.

    💚 #gaeilge #100DaysofGaeilge #Irish #Irishlanguage #seachtainnagaeilge

  22. Focail Gaelach as Sean-Fhraincise ó dhúchas: Seomra.
    Irish words originally from Old French: 'Seomra'.
    Say 'seomra' in a thick French accent!

    Seomra 🇮🇪
    Chambre 🇫🇷
    Camera 🇮🇹
    They go back to the Latin, 'Cambra', & Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 'καμάρα'.

    ❤️#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage

  23. Focail Gaelach as Sean-Fhraincise ó dhúchas: Seomra.
    Irish words originally from Old French: 'Seomra'.
    Say 'seomra' in a thick French accent!

    Seomra 🇮🇪
    Chambre 🇫🇷
    Camera 🇮🇹
    They go back to the Latin, 'Cambra', & Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 'καμάρα'.

    ❤️#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage

  24. Focail Gaelach as Sean-Fhraincise ó dhúchas: Seomra.
    Irish words originally from Old French: 'Seomra'.
    Say 'seomra' in a thick French accent!

    Seomra 🇮🇪
    Chambre 🇫🇷
    Camera 🇮🇹
    They go back to the Latin, 'Cambra', & Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 'καμάρα'.

    ❤️#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage

  25. Focail Gaelach as Sean-Fhraincise ó dhúchas: Seomra.
    Irish words originally from Old French: 'Seomra'.
    Say 'seomra' in a thick French accent!

    Seomra 🇮🇪
    Chambre 🇫🇷
    Camera 🇮🇹
    They go back to the Latin, 'Cambra', & Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 'καμάρα'.

    ❤️#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage