CURRENT ISSUE:  OCTOBER 2023

Speak Irish: The Blind Man’s Vision

By Bob Carney I’ve been relistening to a series of lectures by Professor Marc C. Conner from Washington and Lee University, collectively titled “The Irish Identity, Independence, History and Literature.” […]

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories – Copy

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories Cailín an RinceBy Emalee Eakin Dia daoibh! Is mise Emalee agus táim i Rang Gaeilge 4 ag Pitt. My journey le Gaeilge starts with my family. […]

Speak Irish: : Irish and Scots Gaelic

The month of June kicks off festival season here in northern Ohio. We try to attend as many as possible, one of our favorites is The Ohio Scottish Games and […]

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories By Marie Young Éasca Péasca: Student StoriesBy Madeline Leatherbarrow My journey as an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh began with my interest in psychology. […]

Speak Irish: The Dark Goddess

In one of the most famous, “Tain Bó Cuailnge” or the Cattle Raid of Cooley, she appears as a heifer at one point, but also leads an army of fifty-thousand, comprised of warriors from all four provincces of Ireland. When the battle cath (cah) cath a chur, (cah ah chur) to wage a battle (cath a bhriseadh ar orm means to defeat an enemy in battle), starts to go against her, she grabs a sword 

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories: An Irish Minor

Easca Peasca: Student Stories: An Irish MinorBy Kayleigh Phillips Dia dhuit! Is mise Kayleigh. Táim sa rang Gaeilge 4 ag Pitt le mórán daoine iontacha! If, three years ago, someone told […]

Speak Irish: The Wolf-Men of Ireland

Speak Irish: The Wolf-Men of Ireland and The Irish Wolfhoundby Bob Carney Ireland of old was inhabited by a large and fierce breed of wolf, as was much of Europe. Anyone with […]