Scott De Buitléir

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  • Ireland’s Language Divide Needs a Solution. Fast.

    Ireland’s Language Divide Needs a Solution. Fast.

    Since the start of the Irish language movement, the most successful campaigns were not those initiated by the State, but by the community.

  • Preparing for (re)Launch

    Preparing for (re)Launch

    Updates on Yesterdates, ebook availability of The Irish Outlander, poetry in Irish, and my next major work, Forgiving Jake.

  • Poetry Reading at Edinburgh Gaelic Festival

    Poetry Reading at Edinburgh Gaelic Festival

    I’ll be reading poetry at the Edinburgh Gaelic Festival on November 10 with Marcas Mac an Tuairneir.

  • Let the ‘Irish Is Dead’ Argument Die Instead

    Let the ‘Irish Is Dead’ Argument Die Instead

    “It is not in the interests of our community for Irish (which our ancestors shunned as they would rocky crags) to be spoken widely and freely.” So wrote Richard Stanyhurt, a Dublin-born alchemist and Latin translator, in 1587. Four hundred and thirty years later, such opinions are still being voiced against the language, and despite…

  • Reviving Nottingham’s Irish Connection

    Reviving Nottingham’s Irish Connection

    A new Irish-speaking event in Nottingham raises questions about the city’s once-active emigrant community.

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