Ollscoil Uladh i gComhar le Cumann Cultúrtha Mhic Reachtain a bhunaigh Éigse Loch Lao in 2010 chun léann agus litríocht na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh agus a bhuanú i gcathair Bhéal Feirste trí imeachtaí léannta agus sóisialta a thionscnamh ar bhonn bliantúil. Is as an dán sean-Ghaeilge a cumadh os cionn Loch Lao a baisteadh an Éigse. I measc na dtéamaí a clúdaíodh ar na mallaibh tá:
- An Ghaeilge sa chóras scolaíochta
- Na meáin Ghaeilge
- Litríocht Oirialla
- Stair agus Oidhreacht Chlann Mhic Grianna
- Drámaíocht na Gaeilge
- An Reachtaíocht Teanga
Éigse Loch Lao was founded in 2010 by the University of Ulster and Cumann Cultúrtha Mhic Reachtain with the aim of celebrating and advancing Irish-language scholarship and literature in the city of Belfast through an annual series of events both scholarly/literary and social. The name Éigse Loch Lao (‘Literary assembly of Belfast Lough’) invokes the words of a ninth-century Irish poem composed from a vantage point over Loch Lao/ Belfast Lough. Some of the themes covered recently are:
- Irish Language in the school system
- Irish Language media
- Literature of Oriel
- The history and heritage of the Mac Grianna Family
- Drama in Irish
- Language legislation