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Is Kneecap inspiring people to take up Irish?

“After not speaking Irish for 10 years, Kneecap inspired me to take up the teanga…” So writ...

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12.59 20 Mar 2025


Is Kneecap inspiring people to take up Irish?


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12.59 20 Mar 2025


“After not speaking Irish for 10 years, Kneecap inspired me to take up the teanga…”

So writes journalist Ciara O’Loughlin in the Irish Mirror. What impact has the group had on use of the language?

Ciara joins Andrea to discuss, along with Chris McCaffrey, Irish Language Activist and Hazel De Nortuin, People Before Profit Councillor in Dublin.


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