Thousands of miles from the glitz of Sunday's Oscars, the first Irish language film to earn a nomination is sparking renewed interest in a native tongue spoken by so few it is considered endangered by the United Nations cultural agency.
"When you have a language that is becoming part of the cultural landscape, that really helps. I think it's certainly leading to a slight shift in mindset and hopefully one that will be lasting."
But Irish is thriving in the arts. It is now difficult to find an Irish language director such is the demand, said Cúán Mac Conghail, whose award winning films "Arracht" and "Róise & Frank" received funding through the same government-backed initiative as "An Cailín Ciúin". A clip of Oscar-nominated Irish actor Paul Mescal dusting off his own rusty Irish on the red carpet at the British Academy Film Awards went viral last month and was viewed over 1 million times."I think it's a way of seeing the language isn't just something academic or something historical in a museum. That's what I love about it," said Louisa Ni Eideain, a tech sector worker and fluent Irish speaker who was one of four performers at a trendy central Dublin pub.
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