Concubhair discusses Gaeltacht 2.0 in his Irish Times piece today. He writes:
“AN ADDITIONAL area of growth for the Irish-speaking community has been the online Gaeltacht which is different type of “other worldly” Gaeltacht. “Gaeltacht ár linne, Gaeltacht ar líne/The Gaeltacht of our time is the Gaeltacht Online” is the motto of this new movement and its growth is rapid as increasingly Irish speakers connect with each other using platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere. All this Irish language activity online goes under the term “Gaeltacht 2.0”.
“This St Patrick’s Day will be the second ever #lnag – netspeak for Lá na Gaeilge – and Irish speakers at all levels of ability are being encouraged to use their Irish on the web on that day. All we’re being asked to do is to include “#lnag” in the text of our communication to ensure it’s transmitted, tweeted and re-tweeted throughout the web.”
[ed note please put #lnag10 this year]
