THERE was a great Offaly presence at the National Schools swimming competitions with the Irish Minor Schools Championships taking place in the National Aquatic .
THERE was a great Offaly presence at the National Schools swimming competitions at the weekend with the Irish Minor Schools Championships taking place in the Na.
The Irish language has roots stretching back at least 5,000 years and shares words with Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of India. Almost all of us can speak a little Irish and often do. Words like “galore” and “brogue,” for example, or “smithereens” have all passed directly from Irish into English, often with little change