The question of national identity in Ireland is one which has a long and complicated history. Beginning in the 12th century, with the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, the English colonial ...

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The earliest vernacular literatures of medieval Western Europe were produced in Britain and Ireland in Old English, Gaelic, and Brittonic languages. Our Anglophone world privileges Old English ...

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The number of people using Gaelic has increased across Scotland despite a decline in the language's heartland, according to the latest census data. Experts say the increase in Gaelic medium education ...

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When is your MSP a BPA? The answer is when they choose to have two names and titles – in both English and Gaelic. A trend is growing among SNP ministers for announcing themselves on correspondence ...

Road signs with place names in English and Gaelic do not raise the chances of drivers having an accident, a new report has concluded. Transport Scotland commissioned consultants TRL to review what ...

The 2011 Canadian census reported 7,195 speakers of “Gaelic languages” in Canada which includes not only Gaelic but Irish, Welsh and Breton as well. It is a miniscule percentage in a population close ...