Several thousand people have taken part in a national protest today, calling for greater funding and equality for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht.
CEARTA was the first major national march of its kind for the language in over a decade.
Thousands of participants travelled to Dublin on buses, from around the country, to gather for the march at lunchtime on Parnell Square.
Among them were Irish language groups, Gaeltacht groups, students, teachers, artists, musicians, parents and children.
Another major contingent was BÁNÚ, a pressure group calling for more housing in the Gaeltacht.
Adhna Ní Bhraonáin, the founder of BÁNÚ, said: "I was raised in the heart of the Conamara Gaeltacht, where Irish was the only language we spoke - at home, in school, in sport, in music, in every part of life.
"That richness is now under threat. Young people are being driven out because they cannot find homes in their own communities.
"Without homes, there can be no communities - and without Gaeltacht communities, the language cannot survive," said Ms Ní Bhraonáin.
Many of the attendees today travelled from north of the border. An Dream Dearg is the language rights group in Northern Ireland. One of its founders, Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin - who is also currently the President of Conradh na Gaeilge - drew attention to the need for greater progress on long-promised language rights in the North.
"Although we have the Language and Identity Act in the North for the last couple of years, the rights are slowly trickling down," said Mr Mac Giolla Bhéin.
Attention was also drawn to the increasing number of school students - one in every 20 secondary pupils - who are receiving exemptions from studying the language; and to the need for a greater provision of Irish-medium education to satisfy demand.
In a statement today, Minister for the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary said that he is currently working on securing greater funder for the language in Budget 2026. He also added that funding has increased in the last five years.
"Yes funding has increased," agreed Conradh na Gaeilge General Secretary Julian de Spáinn, "but it is easy to be talking about increases when you are coming from such a low base to begin with".
"Approximately 0.1% of State expenditure goes towards the language and the Gaeltacht. That is just not good enough.
"So when Minister Calleary is talking about securing more funding, I hope it is realised that nothing short of a radical increase is warranted," added Mr De Spáinn.
