Lady Gregory and Coole Park

Lady Augusta Gregory was one of the leaders of the Irish Revival. It is chronicled that a trip to Inisheer, one of the the Aran Islands across Galway Bay was the catalyst for her passion for reviving the Irish language. She organized Irish lessons at the school at Coole, visited the Gort workhouse for more stories and became a prolific writer.

travel, thin placesJeanne CraneSeptember 9, 2019travel in Ireland, Gaelic languages, Irish REvival, Lady Gregory, Coole Park

Gaelic Speakers

On a trip to Ireland a few years ago, I heard an American woman in a bathroom at Dublin airport asking, “what language do these people speak anyway?” Her friend’s reply was “English, I think.”

The language question in Celtic lands is a complicated mix of culture, history, politics, and linguistics.

Celtic Wisdom, Celtic SpiritJeanne CraneAugust 26, 2019Gaelic languages