How To Gael: 'There’s no use learning Irish if you don’t care what happens to Ireland'

Guest editors of Weekend, How To Gael's Louise Cantillon and Doireann Ní Ghlacáin discuss friendship, Irish identity, live shows and why their latest series is tackling the question of a united Ireland

Louise Cantillon and Doireann Ní Ghlacáin of How to Gael. Picture: Nina Val @nvksocial

AN FRÉAMH (THE ROOT)

Doireann Ní Ghlacáin: It all started on a night out. We were sitting in 777 having what were very expensive spicy margaritas — delicious, but definitely expensive — and the three of us were just chatting. We were talking about Irishness, about language, about culture, and about the kinds of conversations we felt weren’t really happening in Irish media in the way we wanted them to.