“Irish is my be all and end all. It is who I am, it’s what I am, it’s what I do and I couldn’t imagine my life without it.”
That’s what TV presenter Laura Pakenham (23) aka ‘Barbie na Gaeilge’ says about living her life in Irish, a language she didn’t grow up with, but one that felt right from the moment it sprung to life for her – on a trip to the Gaeltacht as a teenager.
