Moving to French-speaking Montreal brought me back to the Irish language – The Irish Times

The Psychology of the ‘Heritage Pivot’: Why Foreign Languages Unlock Ancestral Roots For many, the journey toward self-discovery doesn’t happen at home, but in the distance. Patrick McKenna’s experience—moving from Belfast to Montreal and finding that fluency in French provided the psychological bridge to reclaim the Irish language—highlights a growing phenomenon known as the “Heritage … Read more