Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Not now

# CUPLA FOCAL

This year

2023

Quiz: Do you know the names of these things as Gaeilge?

Lá Mór na Gaeilge a bhí ann inniú.

76.2k

Apr 30th 2023, 9:00 PM

Last year

2022

Two-thirds support more Irish in daily life as young people increasingly link language and identity

New polling indicates a desire for Irish to be used more in this country.

Over half of people speak some Irish but are not confident enough to try TG4 or RnaG.

Two-thirds of 18-24 year-olds feel the language is 'important' or 'very important' to identity compared to just over half of 55-64 year olds.

The highest language fluency at 27% was people aged 18-24, dropping to 20% among 35-44 year-olds.

17.2k

Mar 16th 2022, 6:30 AM