An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge, the new monolingual Irish dictionary, "has the potential to transform the teaching and learning of ...

We've covered Irish songs, Irish blessings, Irish beer, and Irish traditions, but the Irish exit is one tradition that you may not know. That's because the Irish exit is anything but. In common ...

When Birte Kaufmann first encountered Irish Travellers, she was on a trip with friends in the Irish countryside and saw a girl and her little brother running toward a roadside camp. The caravans and ...

Anyone can choose any name that they want for their child, but they should always ensure they can at least pronounce it correctly. When it comes to picking out names for a baby, the options really are ...

You can pick any name you fancy for your child – but it's a good idea to be able to pronounce it. However, one mum has faced backlash on social media after she named her son in an attempt to "embrace ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A Reddit post sparked a heated discussion after a stranger corrected an American mother's pronunciation of her daughter's Irish name. The post, written by Redditor u/punkfence, has gone viral to the ...

18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Updated: 18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Social media users have erupted into a heated online debate on a name a popular dictionary identified as the "hardest" to pronounce.

Merriam-Webster has managed to provoke Irish speakers on social media, after asking users about the pronunciation of a name. The dictionary publisher took to social media to ask those on X 'what word ...

The Merriam-Webster account on X, known for snappier and snarkier posts than are usually associated with dictionary publishers, recently managed to provoke some ire from the Irish by answering its own ...

Signs reading “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” were “commonplace in London in the 1950s”, according to Patrick W Hurley, who arrived in the English capital from Waterford in 1955. “The common form of ...