The Irish Language Foundation, Inc. (ILF) is a tax exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the preservation, learning and use of the Irish language.

Before the Famine, Irish was the native tongue of over 6 million people. If you have ancestors who emigrated from Ireland in the 19th century, Irish was most likely their mother tongue. Since that time the number of native speakers has been dramatically reduced through famine, emigration, and coercive socio-economic and political forces.

There are an estimated 100,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland today. Lack of economic opportunity has forced generation after generation of Irish speakers to move to English speaking regions of Ireland or to emigrate overseas. The ILF needs your help to preserve this priceless cultural treasure by fostering economic opportunity in the Irish speaking regions of Ireland and by increasing the use of Irish elsewhere. The ILF will achieve these goals through support of economic development schemes in Ireland and promoting the learning and use of Irish in Ireland, in the United States, and around the world.

Irish has been spoken in Ireland for over five thousand years, your donation to the ILF can help ensure that it endures an other five thousand! Thank you for your generous support.