By Liz Trainor THE importance of cultural diversity is something the younger generation is awakening to, arts minister Michael McGimpsey said yesterday. The book Gaelic Identities, he said, would form part of the celebration of minority languages. The minister was speaking at his headquarters at the Interpoint in Belfast for the launch of the book which is published by the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University and Ultach Trust. We in the British Isles are fortunate to have inherited a number of languages.
Languages form an important part of our culture.
They are a basic means of communication which help us to understand each other and to appreciate each other's differences. The book's editors said the book aimed to compare two Gaelic experiences which were very different.