Clare Island off the coast of County Mayo may become a new testing ground for the reintroduction of the Irish language. The 20-year Strategy to increase the number of speakers of the Irish Language from 87,000 to 250,000 proposed by the Gaeltacht Affairs needs a more proactive strategy according to Fine Gael’s shadow spokesman Frank Feighan.
Since it is situated between the gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas of Achill Island and Connemara, Feighan said that the Island is very suitable for their pilot project on reintroducing the Irish language. Island resident Doctor Peter Gill agrees with this sentiment, saying that 'under the surface of the visible culture is the invisible one… shown recently with the resurgence of traditional music and dancing and singing on the island.'
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