Delighted to see Scottish #Gaelic discussed in nature! The article discusses the risks of machine translated text for lesser-used language communities and @meta's impressive new language model. Very honoured to be interviewed by them! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Raidió na Life Stáisiún Raidió na Bliana 2024 Fhéile na Meán Celiteach Celtic Media Festival! Wúp wúp!!! Diolch Caerdydd! Nach muidinne atá mórtasach! 😊

I’m building a website where people can practice languages* through role-playing dialogs with an AI chatbot**. Like chatting to a native speaker but from the safety of your own armchair. Do you want to test-drive it? PM me for an invite code. nativedialogs.com

Deis iontach a chairde:

Minister Thomas Byrne attended the first meeting of the new Placenames Committee in Dublin today. The role of the Placenames Committee is to advise the Minister on the declaration of Irish versions of Irish placenames under the Official Languages Act. bit.ly/3XTKtXb

B'fhiú bualadh isteach chugainn. Tá rudaí deasa againn!

Another thought-provoking talk from Ireland Brian Ó Raghallaigh Abdulelah Dublin City University ICOS #Helsinki Looking at Irish and Pseudo-Irish naming of public bodies and private companies. Lots of interesting trends and ramifications. Dovetailing with the excellent keynote by Helen Kelly-Holmes University Of Limerick

Kneecap: raucous Irish-language comedy reveals lingering effects of the Troubles in west Belfast. Piece by Aoife Ní Laoire, PhD student Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU), for The Conversation. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4dVMmaK

Ag súil go mór le logainmneacha Marino a phlé le muintir Marino Dé hAoine ag a 6pm - Looking forward to discussing the placenames of Marino with the people of Marino this Friday at 6pm. Logainm.ie Dublin City University

Tá taifeadtaí fuaime na hIarmhí ó Logainm anois ar fáil i dTaisclann an DRI - The Westmeath sound recordings from Logainm are now available in the DRI repository @dcu Logainm.ie @dri_ireland dri.ie/news/irish-lan…

Cuardach tráthúil na maidine agus muid ag tástáil an chorpais nua Corpas_ie 🌧️☔️

Damo singing ‘The Apple of My Eye’ to Gaelscoil Bharra kids in Cabra with “Fáilte Damo” on the wall is the best thing you’ll see today 🥹❤️

The National Corpus of Irish was launched last Friday at DCU's Cregan Library. It features 100 million words of contemporary Irish, drawn from both written and spoken materials, including TG4, Ros na Rún, social media, and more. Gaois Corpas_ie Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU)

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Dea-scéal é seo. Tráthúil go leor, sheol muid na huirlisí seo an tseachtain chun cuidiú le cúrsaí faoin Oidhreacht Chultúir Dholáimhsithe a mhúineadh: eduheart.eu

Feachtas ar bun againn in Aontas Mac Léinn Choláiste na Tríonóide 🌈🇵🇸 brú ar a chur ar Trinity College Dublin cúrsaí acadúla nach mbaineann leis an nGaeilge féin a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge agus oiliúint sa teanga a chur ar fáil d’oibrithe státseirbhíse na todhchaí. Ní bhainfear an sprioc earcaíochta 20% amach murach seo.

Delighted to announce our new website hiddenheritages.ai/en. The Decoding Hidden Heritages project brings together over 5,500 folktales from manuscript and printed sources. It really is a treasure trove of stories in Gàidhlig, Irish and English. Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU)

Is mór againn bhur dtacaíocht!

What a lovely occasion this was to mark the end of our 16 year collaboration with colleagues in the EU Institutions.

Ba mhór an onóir dom labhairt ag Daonscoil na Mumhan arís i mbliana. An-áthas orm fás agus forbairt na Daonscoile a fheiceáil agus mé ag caint faoi fhás agus forbairt Logainm.ie.