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According to Ford, the University of Notre Dame just received “an enormous grant” to start an Irish language-based program, while schools such as UCLA and the Catholic University of America have resident Celticists but no official programs...
Celtic 107, “Early Irish History” and Celtic 132, “Introduction to Modern Irish,” each have nine undergraduates enrolled this semester, while Celtic 114, “Early Irish Historical Tales,” has 13 students...
...department also offers Core courses that Ford says are consistently popular. When it was last offered in the spring of 2002, 173 students enrolled in Literature and Arts C-20, “The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga...
Bettina Kimpton, a graduate student in the department who helps teach “Introduction to Modern Irish,” says many but not all students are attracted to the courses by familial ties to Celtic countries...
...Many have Irish heritage, but also they come because they want to learn a completely new language,” she says, describing her students as “highly motivated...