New Gaeltacht… a new incentive!

While the setting up of a new gaeltacht is not entirely current news, it is something important to me and an issue I feel worthy of that all-important first blog!

In October, The Irish Independent reported that a group of gaeilgeoirí are planning to set up a gaeltacht area in the Meath/Cavan area. Over 300 people have expressed an interest. This is exactly what the Irish language needs if it is going to flourish in the twenty-first century. While some are cynical to such a move, this is the very way in which the Rathcarn Gaeltacht was established in the 1930s. There is an apparent need for more places in which Irish can be used without being stared at or people just not having a clue about what’s being said. I have logged onto the website baile and am watching this space!