UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore UCD Scoil na Gaeilge, an Léinn Cheiltigh agus an Bhéaloidis

European Research Council Project

Associate Professor Ríona Nic Congáil

 The European Research Council has awarded a substantial grant (to the value of €1,272,260) to Dr Ríona Nic Congáil for her interdisciplinary research project entitled "Youth Engagement in European Language Preservation, 1900-2020". This is a five year project which aims to investigate how young people have engaged - or not engaged - in language preservation in the case of European minority and regional languages from the year 1900 onwards. This project will focus on Irish, Welsh and Catalan and will comprise of a four person research team. The project will be based in the UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore.  

For more information, please visit: https://yeelpucd.wordpress.com/ 

Article: http://research.ie/what-we-do/loveirishresearch/blog/irish-research-council-alumna-riona-nic-congail-secures-european-research-council-starting-grant/