Fwd: Links on Irish Language in Scout Report

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

This might interest readers of CELTIC-T list. It comes from the Scout
report  Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

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Interest in preserving endangered languages thrives on college campuses

Notre Dame program gives a fighting change to Irish language
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/11162035.htm
Keough Institute for Irish studies
http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/
The American Conference for Irish Studies
http://www.acisweb.com/
RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta [RealPlayer]
http://www.rte.ie/rnag/
Ethnologue, Languages of the World
http://www.ethnologue.com/
International Mother Language Day [pdf]
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19644&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html


Many groups around the globe are concerned with languages that seem to be
slowly fading out of existence, whether they be spoken in Africa or Europe.
Government efforts have helped out a number of languages during the past
several decades and the role of various institutions of higher education
should not be underestimated as well. One rather interesting program that
has been in the news recently is the Keough Institute for Irish Studies at
the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The Institute has been in
existence in 1993, and offers instruction in a wide variety of topics,
including the Irish language, Irish history, and Irish dance. The courses
offered by the Institute have grown increasingly popular over the past few
years, and as John P. Harrington (who serves as the president of the
American Conference for Irish Studies) noted recently, "They've done a good
job of creating Irish studies as a genuinely international subject area,
which is what it is." Summing up much of the feelings at the Institute,
language instructor Brian O Conchubhair remarked that "The death of the
Irish language has been foretold since the 1840s, but it's still hanging in
there."

The first link leads to a news story on the Irish studies program at the
University of Notre Dame from The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. The second link
will take visitors to the very informative homepage of the Keough Institute
for Irish Studies, where users may learn about their public lecture series,
their faculty, and other germane details. The third link leads to the
website for The American Conference for Irish Studies, which awards prizes
for distinguished publications in the field and also provides information
on the various Irish studies programs around the country. The fourth link
leads to the Irish-language radio station operated by RTE in Ireland. Here
visitors can listen to a wide range of programs, all of which are broadcast
in Irish. The fifth link takes users to the Ethnologue website, which is a
truly amazing online resource about the world's languages. The final link
leads to UNESCO's very fine International Mother Language Day, which
includes a variety of resources such as position papers, and the very
useful Atlas of World Languages in Danger of Disappearing. [KMG]

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