English words of Gaelic origin:
Focail i mBéarla atá Gaelach ó dhúcas:
Glen - from Gleann
Lough - from Loch
The manglicised placename Glendalough contains these two words borrowed into English from Gaelic.
Why not just call it Gleann Dá Loch?
❤️ #Gaeilge #100DaysOfGaeilge
Generation Gaeilge: New Research Reveals Powerful Surge in Irish Among Young Adults
"...a striking 68% of adults nationally say they want to improve their Irish...with 73% of those under 35 expressing a clear desire to strengthen their language skills."
gaelchultur.com/en/blog/genera….
It hadn't become vegetarian yet at that point.
English words of Irish language origin:
Focail i mBéarla atá Gaelach ó dhúcas:
Brogue, a style of shoe.
Borrowed into English from the Irish word bróg (shoe/boot), from Old Irish bróc, which originated in Old Norse brók.
❤️ #Gaeilge #100daysofGaeilge #SeachtainnaGaeilge
That's great. Every word is important 👏
...that was in fact once forbidden, proscribed, and that in fact was saved”. 3/3
❤️ #Gaeilge #speirghorm
... it through the prism of the Irish language. For example, it is of such significance, that you could have a film made – Arracht, is the one I’m thinking of, or An Cailín Ciúin,–and that it could go internationally, go around the world,and people will see that this is happening in a language...2/3
Michael D. Higgins:
“If I were to look for hope now, it would be in the Irish language, for example, among the new generation who are speaking about it. They’re actually in a time of no repression…They are able to take the complex new stuff that’s happening around them,& threy're able to see...1/3
#100DaysOfGaeilge
Tá an-sceitiminí orm mar bhí scannán déanta ag páiste de mo chuid agus cairde sa phictiúrlann inniu. Tá siad sa bhabhta ceannais den Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2026 i gceann coicíse.
Agus bhuaileamar le T-Rexasaurus ann freisin! 🥳
❤️ #Gaeilge
"TWO Irish-language films will be released in cinemas nationwide from next week, an Irish-language version of SpongeBob the Movie: Where Are You SquarePants? and the Gaeltacht noir film, Báite." 🍿
https://www.thejournal.ie/dha-scannan-nua-as-gaeilge-ag-teacht-sna-sala-ar-kneecap-2-6965230-Feb2026/
Ó Cualann ó Ghleann Crí, Contae Chill Mhantáin.
Great Sugar Loaf from Glencree, County Wicklow.
#100DaysOfGaeilge
Chríochnaigh mé aiste tar éis mí ag obair uirthi. Seolta chuig foilsitheoir a bhí ag lorg aighneachtaí ⁊ ag cuir le chéile duanaire faoin bPortach.
Finished an essay today after a month's work/sent to a publisher seeking submissions for an anthology on The Bog.
#100DaysOfGaeilge #Gaeilge
Oidhreacht shaibhir na hÉireann...
Ireland's Rich Heritage...
Loch Craobh/Lough Crew
Sliabh na Caillí/Slieve na Calliagh (Mountain of the Cailleach)
5,000-5,500 bliain d'aois le ealaíon meigiliteach.
5,000-5,500 years old with Megalithic art.
❤️ #Gaeilge #100DaysOfGaeilge
Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: Bád ó bátr
Irish words of Norse origin: Bád (boat) from bátr
❤️ #Gaeilge #100daysofGaeilge #foghlaimGaeilge
Oidhreacht shaibhir na hÉireann...
Ireland's Rich Heritage...
Loch Craobh/Lough Crew
Sliabh na Caillí/Slieve na Calliagh (Mountain of the Cailleach)
5,000-5,500 bliain d'aois le ealaíon meigiliteach.
5,000-5,500 years old with Megalithic art.
❤️ #Gaeilge #100DaysOfGaeilge
Go deas tú a fheicáil anseo, a Shiobháin!
Irish language workshop through English on 12th March at 19:00 in Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara.
Irish language workshop through Polish on 12th March at 19:00 in Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara.
Irish language workshop through Spanish on 12th March at 19:00 in Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara.
Japanese language workshop through Irish on 12th March at 19:00 in Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara.
Gaeilge - teanga do chách.
Irish - a language for all.
#CillDaraLeGaeilge #CillDara #Gaeilge
Bígí linn!
Inné, chuaigh mé go dtí Loch Té i gCill Mhantáin. Bhí sé fuair agus gaofar ach bhí sé go hálainn ag an am céanna!
Bhí an cosán faoi uisce ar Dhioghais ach, go luath, beidh sé ar fáil dúinn agus beidh an aimsir níos fearr!
#100daysofGaeilge
“I am here looking at what I want for the future of the Irish language and the Conradh and every morning I get up and I am working for the Irish language, everything we do for the Irish language is anti-colonial and decolonial work.”
Good Friday generation of Irish...
share.google/Nkut1ORzKxvz...
“I am here looking at what I want for the future of the Irish language and the Conradh and every morning I get up and I am working for the Irish language, everything we do for the Irish language is anti-colonial and decolonial work.”
Good Friday generation of Irish...
share.google/Nkut1ORzKxvz...
Mothaíonn sé go bhfuil an geimhreadh linn go deo, ach tá rudaí ag athrú! Tá bachlóga ag teacht ar na craobhacha.
It feels like winter is with us forever, but things are changing! Buds are coming on the branches.
#100daysofGaeilge
Mothaíonn sé go bhfuil an geimhreadh linn go deo, ach tá rudaí ag athrú! Tá bachlóga ag teacht ar na craobhacha.
It feels like winter is with us forever, but things are changing! Buds are coming on the branches.
#100daysofGaeilge
#100DaysOfGaeilge
Stór Focal nua domsa le déanaí:
New vocabulary for me lately:
trealamh/fearas - equipment
eisimirce - emigration
ar iasacht - borrow
Gaeilge Mhanainn - Manx Gaelic
clár píolótach - pilot episode
cosúlachtaí - similarities
❤️ #Gaeilge
#100DaysOfGaeilge
Stór Focal nua domsa le déanaí:
New vocabulary for me lately:
trealamh/fearas - equipment
eisimirce - emigration
ar iasacht - borrow
Gaeilge Mhanainn - Manx Gaelic
clár píolótach - pilot episode
cosúlachtaí - similarities
❤️ #Gaeilge
"Good Health" in all the Gaelic languages:
Sláinte Mhaith! 🇮🇪 Gaeilge/Gàidhlig na h-Eireann/Yernish
Slàinte Mhath!🏴 Gaeilge na hAlban/Gàidhlig/Albinish
Slaynt Vie! 🇮🇲 Gaeilge Mhanainn/Gàidhlig Eilean Mhanainn/Gaelg
#100DaysOfGaeilge #CelticLanguages #GaelicLanguages #Irish
"Good Health" in all the Gaelic languages:
Sláinte Mhaith! 🇮🇪 Gaeilge/Gàidhlig na h-Eireann/Yernish
Slàinte Mhath!🏴 Gaeilge na hAlban/Gàidhlig/Albinish
Slaynt Vie! 🇮🇲 Gaeilge Mhanainn/Gàidhlig Eilean Mhanainn/Gaelg
#100DaysOfGaeilge #CelticLanguages #GaelicLanguages #Irish
"You can't please all of the people all of the time". Uaireanta bíonn an fhírinne searbh. Níl le déanamh ach an fhírinne a scríobh. Tá suim ann in iriseoireacht i nGaeilge, agus bíonn sé suimiúil agus cabhrach d'fhoghlaimeoirí freisin.
Here's a traditional pub in Cardiff. Irish speakers will easily recognise the similarity between Welsh & Irish here.
'Y Mochyn Du' 🏴
'An Mhuc Dhubh' 🇮🇪
'The Black Pig' 🏴
Cosúlachtaí idir Gaeilge ⁊ Breatnais.
Cyffelybrwydd rhwng Gwyddeleg a Chymraeg (Sorry if that's wrong!).
