From a young age, she participated in Irish music and dance and always wished her grandfather, an Irish immigrant and native speaker, passed down the language. But that Irish Gaelic language, Shields ...

Music, social media and Brexit are speculated to be behind the rapid rise of Irish to become the UK’s “second-fastest growing language”, it has ben claimed. Irish has grown 155% in five ...

Màiri MacInnes, Chair of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, said: "Gaelic use within communities is at the heart of the National Gaelic Language Plan 2023-28 and is a key focus for Bòrd na Gàidhlig. "We are very happy ...

A number of Scottish idioms and phrases feature prominently in a British Council list that sheds light on the evolution of ...

Writing this novel sparked my own interest in other languages. I have always been fascinated by Irish Gaelic, a dying language that many are trying to keep alive. During COVID-19, I tried to teach ...

Virgin Mary statues, crucifixes and prayers before meetings have all been thrown out and replaced by big Gaelic language signs everywhere. This Lent the Gaelic lobby are imposing on us their shock ...

However, English is not the only dialect heard in the UK. Celtic languages remain, including Welsh and Scottish Gaelic, which are still spoken primarily in the north west of both countries.

On the subject of scholarly advances, one of the many innovative aspects of Stewart’s grand narrative is his focus on James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848), an Anglo-Welsh ethnologist who emerges as one ...