Gael Taca works with schools, businesses and communities to promote the Irish Language and to strengthen it in Cork, making Cathair Chorcaí the main Irish speaking city in Munster. The language has gone from strength to strength in Cork in the last number of years. Gael-Taca provide information regarding Irish language events, classes, pre-schools, primary schools, conversational classes and any other Irish Language events.

Conradh na Gaeilge is the main voluntary community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad, and its main aim is to reinstate the Irish language as the common tongue of Ireland. Since its foundation on 31 July 1893 members of the Conradh have been actively promoting Irish in every aspect of life in Ireland, from legal and educational affairs to the development of new media and services through Irish. The Conradh encourages the people of Ireland, it gives us a fresh new understanding of our precious heritage and it also gives us a respect for our Irish culture. The Conradh has 200 branches and the members of these branches work hard to promote the use of Irish within their own communities and are at the forefront of various campaigns to ensure the rights of Irish speakers are upheld and strengthened.

The rights behind the language of irish.

Údarás na Gaeltachta, the Gaeltacht Authority, is the regional government agency with responsibility for the economic, social and language/cultural development of the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas of Ireland. An tÚdarás pursues its core language preservation and development objectives through job and wealth creation and a wide range of community, arts, language and cultural initiatives.

A recent strategic Údarás na Gaeltachta initiative is the development and promotion of cultural tourism. The Authority's objective is to brand and promote the Gaeltacht areas as very different holiday destinations because of the Irish language, spoken as a community language, and because of the distinctive culture and ethos of the Gaeltacht, reflected in its music, song and dance in areas naturally endowed with some of Ireland's finest scenery. The tourism initiative is being pursued through the effective use and promotion of the brand name GaelSaoire, Holidays in the Gaeltacht.

Every year Glór na nGael award more than €150,000 worth of prizes to committees from around the country. This is done through the means of a public competition where partnership of local groups and the promotion of the Irish language are the main focus.

Seachtain na Gaeilge is a non-profit organisation, which promotes the use of Irish language and culture both at home and abroad within a two-week festival held in March every year, and this year took place between the 2nd - 17th March 2009. The festival has built up incredible momentum in recent years, becoming the largest celebration of our native language and culture held in Ireland every year and sweeping other countries up in the whirlwind along the way. With events ranging from simple conversational evenings to street céilís; speed dating to wine tasting it gives everyone a chance to experiment with Irish whether fluent from youth or only dipping their toe in for the first time. Organisations, local councils, schools, libraries, music, sporting & cultural bodies all register their Seachtain na Gaeilge events with us.

Colmcille was set up in 1997 with funding from the Governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland with a remit to 'create a vibrant interactive community spanning Ireland and Scotland'.
We aim to do this is two ways:
1. Giving grant funding to projects that meet our strategic aims and
2. Organising our own projects that raise awareness of the shared heritage of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Colmcille's Goals
Promoting the use of the Gaelic languages -Irish and Scottish Gaelic-in and between Ireland and Scotland

Raising awareness of the shared Gaelic heritage -language and culture- of Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland

Gaillimh le Gaeilge works in association with Galway City Council, Galway Chamber and other groups to develop Galway’s unique Irish image and promote Galway city as a bilingual city in order to gain official bilingual status for the city.