https://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/secondary-students/irish/an-cultur-gaelach... - 0 views
This article is on the decline of the Irish language and the efforts that were made to revive it and how effective they were.
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It's easier to get people to stop speaking a language than to take it up again. Just as... - 2 views
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alileikis16 on 17 Mar 16The Irish language, like its people, has suffered. Listen to the Story. It has been used and abused by many: British colonialists, by the Catholic Church, and by Irish revolutionaries. The first two discouraged its use, associating it with poverty and primitive wildness.
The Language Shift - 0 views
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This article describes the situation of the language shift in Ireland from Irish Gaelic to English. It discusses the dilemma poets and writers face when choosing to write in the native tongue of the land or English.
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/our-first-language-now-languishes-somewhere-between-s... - 0 views
This article talks about how the Irish language is being used and understood by fewer and fewer people. It also talks about what the government is doing to fix the problem.
How falconry changed language - 0 views
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Interesting article exploring how idiomatic phrases like "under my thumb", "fed up," and "hoodwinked" have their origins in falconry.
The World in Words live: From Ainu to Zaza | The World from PRX - 0 views
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This article talks about a few different endangered languages (Ainu, Shinnecock, Mustang, Irish, Hawaiian, and Zaza.) and what they are doing to revitalize them. They all share the different strategies that are working for them.
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