Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...

The Irish language is having a moment, but some online forms don't allow fadas Between Kneecap, CMAT's dual-language single Euro-Country and Jessie Buckley's closing words when accepting her Oscar, it ...

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WHAT'S in a name? A great deal if it's in Irish and requires a fada. Yesterday it was revealed that the Department of Social and Family Affairs has been going to extreme lengths to remove the fada ...

(CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of gibberish. That’s because while the Irish ...

Sir, – As a fellow fada warrior, I was delighted to see Séamas O’Reilly drawing attention to the issues we face in spelling our own names correctly on online systems (My name is Séamas O’Reilly – or ...

Sir - I find the Irish Independent's continuous denial of the existence of the fada when spelling Irish words staggering. Common omissions are on the words 'Gardaí' and 'Síochána'. Minus the two fadas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Irish language is having a moment, but some online forms don't allow fadas [Getty Images] Between Kneecap, CMAT's ...