Explore the contrasting stories of Ireland’s Eye, a striking Irish island, and its namesake in Canada, once a thriving ...

Members of Gaeltacht community groups ... the county council by activist Donncha Ó hÉallaithe on behalf of the Connemara housing group Bánú. In the letter, the group seek a meeting with ...

BÁNÚ was established in November 2023 with the aim of raising the pressing issue of the housing crisis in the Connemara Gaeltacht area. Irish language activist and BÁNÚ spokesperson Donncha Ó ...

"I was on the bus home from Galway city, heading to Carna in the Connemara Gaeltacht, where I now live. The landscape was in various shades of grey and green, the land and the sea almost folding ...

The Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, has announced the significant expansion of Connemara National Park, in County Galway.

The real and growing crisis in Gaeltacht communities in Cork and nationwide was highlighted recently in Seanad Éireann by Senator Nicole Ryan. The Cork senator expressed her fears over a number ...

In the 1950/1960s, hundreds of family members from the Connemara Gaeltacht had to emigrate to England and US to seek employment. Most did not have a word of English. A lady working in the buffet ...

Did you know that the little yellow fella you drag in Google Maps Street View is called Pegman? It's not the most practical tip, but you'll find the ones below useful. You can change many Google ...

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When the TG4 presenter Caitríona Ní Chualáin details the challenges of securing a home in the Connemara Gaeltacht – her planning applications have been rejected – one might expect Ó ...