Labhair Gaeilge AN CHÉAD. Ná hathraigh go Bearla ach mura dtuigeann an duine eile tú. Speak Irish FIRST. Only switch to Bearla if the other person can not understand you.

We have a saying in Cymraeg “Heb iaith, Heb galon” Without a language,without a heart….That’s why our National anthem ends with the line ‘O bydded ir hen iaith barhau’ Oh be it that the old language remains’ That’s why we all have a duty to learn and preserve what is our past, so we can ensure it’s also part of our future.👍

I know it's disgraceful that si many Irish descended Americans turn it simply into a plastic St Patty's days celebration, but I don't think a lot of Irish realize how hurtful it is to us as Irish Americans to say we have no connection absolutely to Ireland when our grandfather's and great grandfather's fucking supported them Financially during the troubles. My grandfather, William Manning was a boxer in Boston who would send a lot of his winnings to the cause in Ireland. Am I not deserving of at least claiming Irish heritage?

Unfortunately Irish is not the case with Hebrew. On the contrary, Irish is the paradigm of what "linguicide" means today, as it has gone from being a minority language at the beginning of the 20th century in Ireland to being a language in danger of extinction in its own land. And there are languages that are impossible to revive and much less promote among their "supposed" own speakers due to historical, economic and social reasons.

You'd be hard pushed to find a filthier hospital. Have been visiting a relative over last two weeks. Dirty wards, tissues strewn all over the floor, privacy curtains around the beds falling off, loads of nurses around with nurse assistants galore. All totally oblivious to the mess. Not the most professional people in the world, so they should be paid accordingly.

Add a prayer 😢

S'la'nta. Yes it's so important to keep our historical language. As we leave home. People can't converse in our native tounge.we become lost to know who are we . As a beautiful race of people now so many cultures.go to Eire & we who have gone to live in other places for work.a part of us longs for our native home & language .

OF COURSE IT IS! Jesus fucking wept what kind of question is that? All languages are important. You give up your language and you'll end up like we Australian's, no language (not even good English) no culture, just a land of bogan fucking animal bullies and cowards.

I can speak my native tongue and English and don't live in my country while sadly Irish can't speak their language. Schools should of gave us more of a reason to learn Irish because we all have it in school yet nobody knows it because it seemed like a waste of time.

The láerd roach ni gael!

Believe in Jesus Christ, trust in Him for your eternal salvation and repent of your sins!

Maybe a bit unfair - welcome rebuttal. But Belfast is now by far more an Irish city than pretentious Galway. Is there one pub in Galway where Irish is first language - for sure NO. Belfast - Maddens Pub, English a minority language.

I think in schools forget the grammar and books when there young and just have fun conversations id love to speak it but only have what we learned in school and when I visit the aran islands would love to have been able to ask a question in a shop or order lunch in irish but I couldnt😢

good job Matt

Americans of European descent cannot speak the immigrant language after the second generation. Italians, Polish, whatever. So that man was wrong. Also, many Irish immigrants to America had been forbidden to speak Irish when they came over. I’m very glad the Irish are reclaiming their language.

What do you guys think of Irish Americans (and Ulster Scots in America) learning how to speak Irish? Should I, as technically a Scot, but descended from them when they lived in Ireland ahd immigrated here to Appalachia, learn Irish or Scottish Gaelic?

Language and culture are entertwined. You destroy the culture, you destroy the language. Stop the forced, mass-immigration and free Europe! Let us decide how we shape our future. Peace

The more Gàidhlig I get, the more of this I can understand. So strange, it's like I can "string" the grammar together even though the pronunciation and words (some nouns are definitely different between our two languages) are hard to follow. I'll keep coming back. Would love to visit some day, much love from Scotland!

After 13 years living in Ireland all over, but mainly in Sligo, I can say that the only way a small language to survive iS to make It oficial and english the second language as in the resto of Scandinavian countries. Don't panic Irish, the foreign companies Will not flee away from Ireland elsewhere, they Will stay because tour great infraestructure set Up for companies. I am native Basque speaker and I am back living in the Basque. Here we speak a lote more Basque than Irish in Ireland, and I can say 100 per cent sure that It iS hard for minor languages survive against new comerse, internet and Spanish and English. The only solution iS to make official and English second language. I believe the same for the Basque in Spain. I want to speak Basque in my daily life and not Spanish and I trynit Big time everyday. I lived two summers in Inish Mor, and what a beauty to see the locals speaking fluent Irish and English. Ireland needs a massive political change addressing this issue. Be proud from where you come from. I am heading back to Sligo for a week Next month and I can say that I owe a lot to Ireland as a human being, sometimes more than to my own country...

It's great to hear Irish. Hope Irish could thrive

Irish sounds like what English sounds like to someone who doesn't speak English

Irish people know that rome and the cathlic church perverted christianity. Because cristianity emerged from Ireland long before anything else. Temple of Iesa. Everyone needs to read Conor MacDari

❤❤❤❤🇩🇪🌹We love Ireland

And they just found all these fluent speakers randomly on the street (sarcasm)

American here, my ancestors were both Scottish and Irish and im proud of my that, they left their homes to flee famine and tyranny under Rule Brittannia to start a new life in a country that barely treated them better. Im learning Gaeilge now to keep the language alive and understand the history and culture I lost.

As a non-Irish person that's a very tricky question. Unless the Irish people have colonized other lands that we know nothing about other than unofficially America maybe they will colonize in places in the future probably they may know something that the rest of the world does not know especially the Americans as of yet if it is destined to be, time will tell from my observation thus far it's basically bilingual by 50-50 they speak English and Irish at the same time, so basically they have two languages they speak officially at this moment. In the long run they will have to decide whether they're going to continue speaking English or get rid of the English language and start speaking Irish only? Time will tell. If and when America does fall they still going to have to deal with the English speaking world that Great Britain has colonized centuries ago. so they still have to have to speak English regardless unless they decide to go out and conquer and colonize other lands by what means they could have at that point in time? only time will tell, since Ireland is a small country and they have no other colonies that we know of the Irish languages is still going to be kind of difficult to maintain. Unless they decide to go out and colonize other lands if and when they decide to do that, only time will tell. that's going to be the only way for them to maintain that language for sure.

We kazakh people have the same problem with our native language but nowadays kazakh language is becoming more popular and restoring it place in its native country. I wish all languages whose nations suffered colonization become popular and needed.

I csn gt over how strong the Estonian girls Irish accent is, so sweet!

Souds like swedish

Brian & Kart are gonna have beautiful babies!

The Estonian one at 3:40 sounds more Irish than her fella

The bloke at 0:53 thinking " bleedin foreigners"

Seems like Irish gonna be extinct in the next generation by looking at this video. It's mainly the older generation who have a greater command in the language. The youth are just having the accent.

Brian at 2:04: *speaks English* Also Brian at 2:04: "and that's why I think Irish is important"

I got Irish in my leaving cert but you would never know it. I had terrible Teachers in Dublin but looking back I think there were many conflicts in the School between Teachers and Nuns on how to teach. One Nun who gave us Irish and Religious Lessons left us with a traumatic experience. When a school is like this it is terrible for the students. We had a brilliant Math Teacher who picked us up and helped us enjoy learning again. I can't understand why they did not teach the richness of the language. In English lessons we learned Shakespeare, Poe and Wordsworth. We spoke English at home. My Grandmother who lived with us never spoke a word of Irish. It is wonderful to see and hear Irish being spoken , it is real and people are having fun. I have books but because I can't find a good course to follow I think I will set up my own course. School Irish, like many other language subjects should never exist or all most never, we should turn back to the streets and don't ask me to learn about housekeeping in the Irish or any other language, I hate it. Have fun and here is a link I hope you will enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV7Yc36krJyJbZI

Dá mbeimis níos suaimhní ag labhairt na gaeilge...?

shame it is taught so badly in Ireland

As thankful as I am for the life I've had in the US, I'll always carry a tiny bit of resentment that my grandmother didn't want her children (like my mother) to learn Irish because they might get teased for it in American schools, thus cutting me off from that side of my ancestry/culture. I know she had her own anxieties being born and raised during the civil war/Irish Free State era, not to mention the sacrifices that come with emigration. But growing up every kid from a Mexican family in my school spoke Spanish, every kid from a Polish family spoke Polish, every kid from an Italian family could at least understand spoken Italian. And here's me claiming to be from an Irish family but all I learned from my family is pog mo thoin and dun do bheal. I hope I can find the time to really learn it some day, maybe spend some time living out there for some immersion. Hearing Irish, even not understanding a word, there's a sort of nostalgic yearning kind of ring to it. I'd really like to experience the world with Irish ears some day.

also clearly irish is important. duolingo purports that more people are learning irish gaeilge than native speakers. that's either some horrible denigrating propaganda. or it's a testament to the irish spirit/ could be both, a kick by the english, but the last laugh of the irish, the old country, always.

i'm not irish, i have scottish blood in me and hearing gaelic has made my heart pulse when I was looking through gaelic and celtic languages to see what resonated in my being, but seeing the culture revival, the passion in these people really made me wanna cry with grief and joy and anger all at the same time, I know how much the irish have struggled coz of the bastard english, and it's one of the main reasons I cannae call myself english. i say brittish I LOVE the sound of the language gaeilge though, and I find it fascinating yall say "we HAVE gaeilge"

Protect this beautiful language le do thoil ! Is Gréagach mé ag iarraidh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim. 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇪

Arohatia te reo ❤

Yes it is important, keep it alive!

I'm an American and that the guy that said the Irish didn't keep their language when they went to America, unlike other immigrant groups, made me think a lot. The Great Famine Irish immigration wave was the first mass immigration wave in American history and it freaked people out, not just because of the sheer numbers but because the Irish were Catholics. America had always been a land of many peoples...you had Englishmen, Scots--Irish, Dutch, Germans, French (Huguenots), Scandinavians, etc. all living together in relative harmony because they were all Protestant. Anti-Catholicism in early America was very real. So when loads of Irish showed up on the East Coast on account of the Great Famine, people freaked out not because they were Irish, but because they were Catholics. The fact that many of them spoke Irish wasn't as much of a concern as the fact that they were Catholics...the Irish in America clung more closely to their religion than their language and the Irish language then died out in America.

Keep it alive ❤

For the Irish people, I believe it is.

Of course Irish is important!! Whoever saya the contrary is on the imperialistic side of history. Every language is an invaluable cultural asset which embedds the heritage of century and millenial-old civilizations

I think this is so important for Irish in the diaspora to know as well. I come from a family where a good 90+% of my ancestors and forebears came from Ireland and Scotland. My Scottish ancestors surely lost Scottish Gaelic long before they emigrated, but I know that my grandmother talked about the elders in her family still having some Irish. As Celtic folk in the diaspora, I think we should also make an effort to learn our ancestral tongues and speak them in our houses, in America or Australia or wherever. Cultural resilience is important for us as well, otherwise we become people without roots. As for me, I am trying to intensely learn Irish and I plan to pass along whatever I learn to my children.

My father was a fluent Gaelic-Irish speaker. To my eternal regret I don't.

as person from that has immigrant lineage from the west of Ireland (Mayo) it is a shame to say that the language was lost when my ancestors arrived in Australia though it would be lovely to see a future where the first language of Ireland is Gealic and the country start reclaiming the heritage that colonisation tried to steal from the Irish people (and everywhere else for that matter 🤔)