Irish in Hilltown in 1890

"R.L. Praeger—a nephew of Patterson—writes of Hilltown in 1937: ‘Half a century ago, when I first knew it, it was a “backward” place—one might still hear Irish spoken by the old people, who were full of old tales.’ And again in 1941: ‘When I first knew Hilltown, fifty years ago, you could still hear Irish spoken if you knew where to find it.’[i]"

Ciarán Duibhín

[i] R.L. Praeger, The Way That I Went (Dublin and London, 1937), p 127; id., A Populous Solitude (Dublin, 1941), p 63.

Focail? - Words?

Má tá facal nó dhó agad fhéin de Ghaedhilg Uibh Eathach nó Mhúrna, ní bíodh aon leisc oraibh cur in iúl don bhlag seo.

If you have any Co. Down Irish words, let me know!

Scoil Úr - A new school

Beidh scoil úr lánGhaeilge sna Beannaí Boirche i mbliana. Scéal iontach don athbheochan na Gaeilge i nDeisceart an Dúin.

Tuilleamh eolas ar ball.