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In 2008 during the presidency of Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, Conradh na Gaeilge adopted a new constitution reverting to its pre 1915 non-political stance restating its aim as that of an Irish-speaking Ireland "Is í aidhm na hEagraíochta an Ghaeilge a athréimniú mar ghnáththeanga na hÉireann" ("It is the aim of the Organisation to reinstate ...
Conradh na Gaeilge (English: the Gaelic League) was set up in 1893 and had its origins in Charles Owen O'Conor's Gaelic Union, itself a derivative of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. Similar Highland Gaelic groups existed, such as An Comunn Gàidhealach.
Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) also have offices in the Gaeltacht Quarter. The Gaeltacht Quarter features highly in the proliferation of events that take part in west Belfast and the surrounding districts every year; Féile an Phobail, Féile na Carraige, Belfast TradFest, Sean-Nós na Fearsaide, Féile na gCloigíní Gorma, Liú ...
Conradh na Gaeilge and other Irish-language bodies attempted a revival, circa 1965, of the Fáinne, which, for a short time at least, became successful: An Fáinne Nua ('The New Fáinne') was marketed with the slogan Is duitse an Fáinne Nua! – meaning "The New Fáinne is for you!." It came in three varieties:
Joyce Country highlighted in green, and Connemara highlighted in red. Joyce Country (Irish: Dúiche Sheoighe) is a cultural region in counties Galway and Mayo in Ireland.It is sometimes called Partry, after the former tribal territory of the Partraige, which it largely matches. [1]
The Gaelic revival (Irish: Athbheochan na Gaeilge) was the late-nineteenth-century national revival of interest in the Irish language (also known as Gaelic) [1] and Irish Gaelic culture (including folklore, mythology, sports, music, arts, etc.). Irish had diminished as a spoken tongue, remaining the main daily language only in isolated rural ...
An Claidheamh Soluis (Irish: [ənˠ ˌklˠiːw ˈsˠɔlˠəʃ]) was an Irish nationalist newspaper published in the early 20th century by Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League). It was named for the "Sword of Light" (in modern spelling Claíomh Solais) of Gaelic myth.
Baile Ghib (anglicised as Gibbstown or Gibstown) [1] is a small village and Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in County Meath, Ireland.It is about 70km northwest of Dublin.. The Baile Ghib Gaeltacht was founded in 1937 when 52 families were settled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission, followed by a further 9 families in 1939 who settled in Clongill.