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Learning "your" language - where does your passion lie?

Anne O'Duffy. Used with permission.

Just this morning, we heard a story on MN 90 about Archbishop John Ireland, and how he helped the Irish prosper in America - specifically Minnesota.  

If that story resonated with your Irish heritage, you might want to check out Gaeltacht Duluth.  Gaeltacht is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region, and once a week, a local pub becomes just that.

Challenge yourself by translating this site into Gaeilge!

Information about the history of the Irish language is here, and this link talks about the language revival movement in Ireland, since 2018 marks it's 125th anniversary. 

Irish Duluth's study group Facebook page is here, and you can contact John McLoughlin directly at IrishDuluth@gmail.com.

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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