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79K views · 2.2K reactions | Most famously known as the Pirate Queen of Ireland, Grace O’Malley—or Granuaile, in Gaelic—fought fiercely for the protection of Irish culture and sovereignty, ultimately becoming a symbol of resistance against English colonization. | National Geographic TV | Facebook

Ireland recorded the Isle Of Man’s last native speakers of her Gaelic language Manx. The Manx language was dying out, with only a handful of elderly native speakers still alive in the late 1940s. A visit by DeValera, the Irish leader, resulted in recording equipment being bought and an Irish folklore collector sent to the Isle of Man with it in a recording van. He travelled to remote areas and recorded elderly people, probably born in the nineteenth century, whose mother tongue was Manx. Similar

24K views · 321 reactions | In this new Irish Language Broadcast Fund series, Jarlath Burns explores the untold story of the evolution of the Gaelic games in Ulster and the role the games played at the heart of community life. It is a story about people, passion and place, of parish and province, and a story of identity. Níos Mó ná Cluiche (More Than a Game) Sunday at 10.30pm on BBC Two NI. | Northern Ireland Screen | Facebook