Irish Central

Native Irish speakers share the secret behind learning the language

These native Irish speakers share how Ireland's ancient language and their homeland of Co Donegal have impacted their identity. Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet & editor), Aoife Ní Ghloinn (Director of ...
Independent.ie

Protests held at Irish pub which 'told Gaeilgeoir to stop speaking native language'

Irish language advocacy organisations staged protests over the weekend outside an Irish pub where a former employee Cormac Ó Bruic was reportedly told not to speak Irish while at work. Gael-Taca and ...
Yahoo

The Native Irish Language Is Endangered — but You Can Still Hear It at This Small Café Near Galway

A view of the countryside in Connemara, Ireland; a road sign in English and Gaeilge in Connemara, Ireland. Owner and chef Diarmuid Ó Mathúna, who is from Watergrasshill (Cnocán na Biolraí), in County ...
Science Daily

For people who speak many languages, there's something special about their native tongue

A study of polyglots found the brain's language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in -- and much more weakly to the speaker's native language. A new ...
CNN

The polyglot next door: How one man found global fame by speaking dozens of languages

When Yuji Beleza strolls through the streets of Vienna, he doesn’t just see crowds. He sees a challenge — and an opportunity to connect. In spontaneous street interviews, the Japanese-Irish polyglot ...
Medical Xpress

For people who speak many languages, there's something special about their native tongue

A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the brains of these polyglots—people who speak five or ...