Irish language - Gweedore people speaking Gaelic

A clip of people from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) speaking in Irish Gaelic about Comharchumann Forbartha Ghaoth Dobhair and their work.
Físeán ag cuir síos ar an obair atá ar siúil ag Comharchumann Forbartha Ghaoth Dobhair.

[@ZeroNightskye]

I'm 3/4 Irish and 1/4 Algonquin. The Algonquin language is nearly dead, and I only speak smatterings of it's close cousin, Ojibwe, as well as Michif and French. No language should ever have to die while it's people are still alive. I'm in the process of learning Irish Gaelic. I'm proud to be Irish, as well as a metis (mixed blood). Never EVER let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do.

[@happy17761492]

I am glad that the people of Ireland and Scotland are learning the old languages again. They should. Never lose it really. My ancestors didn't come from that side of Europe but from the Slovak nation. Just don't anyone lose their language no matter what it is and teach it to your children and the classes in your schools. Amen.

[@mesofius]

I'm Ukrainian and I'm the first generation in 70 years to actively speak Ukrainian in my family.

[@blankblank2370]

@@mesofius Good on you, friend. I hope you're doing okay during these troubled times. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@alcuin18]

It's awesome to see young Irish people appreciating their language. :)

[@michelecorless5752]

I miss my Dear old Donegl,As ylthebyoung CrowdvsaybIs ab !

[@andrewpill4602]

Never have I heard a more beautiful language spoken. My word, it's daunting written down but I am utterly entranced by its beauty (and enthusiasm) when spoken by the Gealteacht. Stunning and thank you.

[@arifprasetyo27]

I'm Indonesian and i'm struggle to learn Irish :) In love with this amazing language ♥

[@qualqui]

Aye, 'tis a beautiful language! Good to hear its widely spoken, used. The Irish are inspirational for my people over here, spanish was promoted here as the official language and while nahuatl is spoken only in rural villages, it too is seeing a revival in being taught and used, all for the sake of maintaining our culture and heritage.

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

+Joe Serrano You have a beautiful culture.

[@stoney7145]

+Joe Serrano Its not widely spoken unfortunately although its the first official language of ireland and is compulsory language and 50000 including a niece of mine are educated through it.Outside of schools and colleges it s not used much

[@qualqui]

stoney71 Back in 2010, the Mayor of Mexico City announced plans to teach nahuatl in public schools beginning in 2012, so by now public school curriculum includes nahuatl in the school studies. Xicmotla 'palhui nopampa N'damaxei, translated: Greetings to you from Querétaro(N'damaxei is the indigenous Náñu name, the náñu known to the nahua people as the otomitl)

[@stoney7145]

Joe Serrano Yes its good to hear that

[@qualqui]

Pat Aherne Part of the provincial interior of my country, not as cosmopolitan or gargantuan as Mexico City, Monterrey or Guadalajara, but we've grown considerably since the '50s when it was strictly an agricultural based economy with only 1 textile factory, that textile factory is no more.

[@SamuraiSx19]

absolutelly more beautiful than english for sure hundred times!! *O* gosh why Irish isn't so popular like english nowdays grr >

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

Were you aware that the Brits invaded Ireland and stole the land much in the same way they did to America and other places? Those who refused to give up their land and work as peasants for the "new Lords" (British settlers who illegally occupied their land) were either slaughtered or sold Into slavery. There's a group of Irish people who still live in Barbados today descended from the people sold Into the slave trade. There are records in the Southern u.s. of Irish slaves as well...

[@cigh7445]

It's beautiful when spoken by Gaeltacht natives (especially older ones) and people who learn with the proper phonetics. But most of the speakers in other parts of the country who learn in Gaelscoils etc, speak it exactly like English. Which is a shame

[@theallseeingmaster]

I knew one man who spoke the language; he was taught it in secret when he was a boy.

[@silverkitty2503]

why was he taught in secret? that makes no sense unless he is like over 100 yrs old?

[@theallseeingmaster]

@@silverkitty2503 It was forbidden by the British is what I was told. He would be about a hundred years old if he were alive.

[@jamesbutler6253]

@@theallseeingmaster He must be over 300 years old then. It hasn't been forbidden since the 1700s.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

@@jamesbutler6253 it was forbidden up until 1920

[@SilverOasisPublishing]

Can't understand it. Listen to it anyway. Fallen in love. Want to trade English for Gaelic.

[@evo3455]

Sterling Grant its not called 'Gaelic' its called Irish (Gaeilge) 'Gaelic' is an umberlla term for a group of different languages for example Manx Gaelic (Gaelg) and Scots Gaelic (Gadhlig) they are similar but not the same language

[@brianboru7684]

@@evo3455 It is called Gaelic in Donegal and Argyll Scottish Gaelic. It's Gaolainn in Munster Irish.

[@brianboru7684]

@@evo3455 Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic are part of the Gaelic language continuum. In some Irish dialects they say Tha not Tá like Scots.

[@ciarfah]

@@brianboru7684 it's just Gaeilge in "standard" Irish. I went to school in Munster and never once heard it referred to as Gaolainn until I started watching videos as Gaeilge on my own. Terrible to see how the government has gutted the language

[@fuhimeir]

It makes me happy to see a truly original European language being kept alive! It also makes me wish for that little bit of extra culture that you enjoy in places like these. Thanks from Australia!

[@TravelWright22]

irish people are cool

[@OsCassador]

Beautiful! My Celtic brothers and sisters are beautiful! Love from northern Portugal lusitani.

[@mattbod]

It is cool that they keep their language and culture going. It is like the growth of Welsh. You need to hang on to your roots. I am a big lover of all things Celtic. Am learning a little Welsh as i studied in the Welsh heartlands.

[@szalard]

so good to hear people speaking Gaelic. keep it alive and make it the first language of all Irish my friends! Hallo from a Hungarian!

[@Gobbygiblet]

My great grandfather was from the south of Ireland and I have no idea if he knew Gaelic or not, but I so wish I knew how to speak this ancient and beautiful language. Its a pity there are no Gaelic language classes in my part of the UK, otherwise I'd seriously consider learning it.

[@rodayodryve7998]

I am not Irish at all and from the states where there is a MAJOR Irish population, and if something speaks without a raspy voice on here, there is a slight sound of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch with a sweet accent (like candy) to the language, but I am no expert, at all. Keep the language going, it is your culture, a very rare one to hear, and never lose it. Everyone in Ireland should lean it and treat it as their own. XOXOX Chicago

[@klunny998]

Jason V. truth brother

[@cristiona22]

I'm Australian but would love to be able to speak Irish - I need to visit there one day soon.

[@capone70]

This is GREAT to see the new generation learning and reclaiming Gaelic/Irish; not just because it is part of Irish identity, but because the mere act of learning/speaking a 2nd language increases one's memory, analytics and communication skills. What I didn't understand was singing the "hokey pokey" which was an anti-catholic nursery rhyme from Scotland...so head-scratcher there.

[@wainber1]

+capone70 Ireland's Gaelic dialect is as much a part, of the EU country's identity, as the language of Taras Shevchenko is of Ukraine's.

[@capone70]

David W no idea what you are saying there

[@wainber1]

+capone70 Ukraine's state language (Ukrainian) is as much a part of the Slavic country's identity as Irish Gaelic is of Ireland's.

[@Tjmce]

@@wainber1 you mean language not dialect?

[@MWBlueNoodles]

Went here for my first and second gealtacht. It's awesome.

[@MsAngelofdeath95]

i really like what your doing over there in Ireland. I live in Australia but my grandparents are Irish and we speak gaeilge at home. :D it is a beautiful language, keep it alive!

[@Jezter49]

inspirational and awesome - in the USA, and amongst the Lakota people, we are trying our hardest to revitalize the Lakota language as well - I love the fact that the little ones are gettting fully immersed in the awesome Irish language!!

[@silvyrockstar]

it's a fascinating language. ...i really hope that young generation is going to continue to speak it:)

[@TheDaxbaby]

I love the Gaelic language. I wish I could speak it. but I'm not blessed with the gift to learn other languages, hell I have a hard enough time with American english. I do hope Ireland will teach this to there young and keep it going forever

[@IamDaReAlSeaN]

we're in the same boat so, I hope there's more like us and more support available for people who aspire to not just learn the language, but speak it too. The gaelgóirí don't need any more grants, incentives for second language speakers should be top priority. Go n-éirí an t-adh leat leis an teanga, mo chara.

[@REDACTED835]

Human languages and accents fascinate me in thier broad similarity as well as staunch differences.

[@Sportymike]

@CrazyNative4 The song at 6:40 is Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair by Altan.

[@amandaberesford]

@aoifeen8 The language family is Celtic. In linguistics, Irish, Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) and Manx are grouped as the Goidelic branch of the Celtic family of languages.

[@MultiSciGeek]

This is great! Preserving ancient language and culture. In my opinion Irish sounds cooler than English, but do the people speaking Irish have an accent?

[@Abshenonas]

What do you mean by them having an accent?

[@stoney7145]

+MultiSciGeek How do you mean accent when they speak irish or when they speak english.Most irish speakers are second language speakers and the native speakers that are left are bilingual so irish does not affect how they speak english the way a german speaking fluent english will always have an accent when speaking english from german because they have learned it as adults whereas as most irish speakers have learnt english in childhood.There is of course regional accents which occur in every language and because the irish language areas are far apart the irish speaking community has many accents

[@MultiSciGeek]

stoney71 Yes. Meaning if you only speak Irish if there are regional accents or because of preservation and revival there is less accents. The second, do people who speak Irish as a second language have an English kind of accent. Thank you for answering

[@stoney7145]

MultiSciGeek People who speak irish as a second language are affected by having spoken english.Its a bit complicated though because the english we speak in ireland is hiberno english and that is affected by irish since only 200 years ago we all spoke irish.To put it simply second language speakers when they speak irish their speech and grammar are effected by hiberno english.Nobody in ireland only speaks irish anymore,but they are a few elderly people who would have poor english,but you could count them on one hand Its very questionable that there has been much revival or preservation the language has just hung on.Dozens of dialects of irish have been lost and therefore there accents the dialect you hear on this video is donegal irish and other dialects that are left are connacht and munster.Donegal irish used to be called ulster irish after the province which its apart,but the other eight counties no longer have communities speaking irish.Standard irish.but in the traditional areas like donegal they teach the local dialect.Its longwinded but i hope thats a help

[@MultiSciGeek]

stoney71 Yes it is helpful. Basically Irish or English in Ireland are both ultimately affected by Irish and also English. Thank you so much.

[@bridgetoofar2]

Well, it's people like you who should take a trip to the Gaeltacht areas, where the traditional values and culture of this country still thrive. People in these areas are doing their best to keep the Irish language alive and to fend off the pressures of British cultures imposed upon them by their fellow Irish men and women.

[@ehagendijk]

Such a beautiful Language! It should be preserved!

[@CarlosHenriqueXavierEndo]

It's fun and a wonderful surprise, but whan I watched these videos and listened to the spoken gaelic it seemed to me very close and sound like a slavic language! And you mention precisely this. It looks very difficult but sound marvellous. I think that all indo-european languages sound so good.

[@amyleebogle3445]

Gweedore is like the best place to hear irish

[@bk1147]

All the Rosses

[@luisomarmanrique2588]

AWESOME I'M FAN OF CELTIC LANGUAGES THANKS TO INTERNET I CAN KNOW SOMETHING OF IRISH CONGRATULATIONS

[@Seamus616]

Old Irish spread from Ulster to West Scotland. A Gaelic community was even shared between Antrim and the coast of Alba (before the plantations...), so there is no doubt the dialects are similar.

[@ExplorerBrock]

@Kowdyful Yes she is speaking irish!! She is the presenter of the show! I dont know if you noticed the channel is called TG4 (its at the top right hand corner), the only mostly irish speaking channel on television in Ireland!!

[@dizzydreamaway]

I'm Canadian, and I imagine going to an Irish speaking school would be just like French immersion schools we have here. That would be so cool. I've seen Irish words written, and it looks so confusing! But it sounds lovely.

[@keaaudio1]

thanks for this video, brings back memories. I spent 2 weeks in Gaoth Dobhair in 1982 with a lovely family and I had a great time. Thanks again for everything. Greetings to everyone, especially John (does he still live there). slan

[@_noahrh]

I discovered only moments ago that my Great-great-great-great-great Grandfather came to America from Donegal, Ireland. That's the same place that Gweedore is in. I have to learn at least basic Irish! I don't want to see this beautiful language fade away.

[@bennettcullen]

What a beautiful language!

[@HannigramS]

man, I really want to learn Gaelic. both sides of my family are very irish --in fact, my maternal great-grandparents moved to california from ireland. here's a hilarious fun fact about me: my birthday is on March 17th (I'm serious!). I visited Ireland in 2005. I stayed for 12 days but it wasn't nearly enough. The trees were so richly green, the people were the kindest, most charming souls, and it was nice and chilly, the way I like my weather... Ireland feels like home to me.

[@THE3006SARAH]

evry nation must preserve its language,o therwise we'd lost great treasures of linguistic1

[@kurum2007]

The BBC languages website provides a short downloadable mp3 file based Irish Gaelic course called Giota Beag, free of charge. You can learn some basics from this. For more in depth study, Pimsleur offers an audio course which is quite expensive.

[@Niklo74]

It's really a fascinating language and it's great that's still spoken. Is there a good Gaelic/Irish course (book and CD with sound files) to learn the language?

[@paveegypsy]

Have hope - I did not get a chance to learn in school because I am from the travelling community and we always moved- but now I am learning and have picked up so so much and hope to be fluent..

[@MrMole962]

It's interesting to hear them talking because I've only ever heard it sung ;p mostly in that téir abhaile riú song :p

[@rabbitshirt]

I love the way people speak Irish over there. So natural.

[@Seamus616]

Ó mo mhairg.... The very show your watching demonstrates that Donegal and Kerry speakers can understand eachother. Look up some more TG4 videos, or listen to Raidió na Gaeltachta any day of the week and youll hear numerous conversations between speakers from both ceantair.

[@bridnihannin8793]

Love Ireland💚

[@3tangle3]

@LLUVSANJI dont forget different parts of Eire have different dialects and accents so choose course for your ancestors area/ or where you want to go etc

[@Fadaldo]

OH MY GOD! I am and Idahoian randomly watching it and then I saw the girl from Idaho and I was like 0_0

[@SickTwistedQueen]

Ahhh their music is so beautiful. I could tell they were playing "The Butterfly" at 2:32.

[@fivantvcs9055]

It seems to be that Donegal is the place where Gaelic is the more vivid, right?

[@wainber1]

A 2009 census of Belarus (Belstat) claimed that native speakers of Belarusian outnumbered those of Russian (the ex-Soviet republic's other official language) in all oblasts except Minsk. A video titled "Belarusians do not know Belarusian language, Беларусь (беларуская мова)", taken in the southwestern city of Brest (across the border from the Polish town of Terespol), showed just how bad the level of Belarusian spoken by any of the locals interviewed by Poland-based Belsat-TV was. After decades of Englishification and Russification, of Ireland and Belarus, by Britain and the Russian Empire (afterwards the USSR), respectively, Irish and Belarusian have a long way to go to no longer remain among Europe's endangered languages. Where can someone find Belarusian speakers? There are some Belarusian-speaking provinces of Poland, of which Belarus had once been part.

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

I would say so. I'm from this area.

[@mango2005]

The dialect there is Ulster Irish. It's a bit different from Connemara Irish

[@Jezter49]

I am 1/4th Irish as well as a proud Native American, thanks for the awesome words, and no - I am not the type to let anyone tell me what to do or what we should be doing

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Love Gaelic

[@user-fh1rz1uq6c]

Kayla Reid from Idaho at 4:25 - she sounds just like she's from Gweedore, amazing!

[@tainahollo]

costernocht, I agree! Kayla Reid's Irish sounds really nice; she does not have the typical "American" accent and pronunciation at all.

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

+Taina Hollo She has perfect Irish.

[@tainahollo]

It is great to hear that! I am just trying to learn Irish, and it sounded perfect to me, but of course I could not be sure.

[@Siosamh]

This first-generation Irish-American learned the basics of the Irish language at the Irish Arts Center in NYC. The teacher's name was Alexei Kondratiev. Irish enough, I think.

[@Indeed999]

I started learning Irish Gaelic yesterday. Blimey it's hard, but I'm going to keep at it.

[@Sportymike]

The first song playing is "Teir Abhaile Riú" by Clannad.

[@nunga000]

Good work. I am considering taking up irish language classes here in australia. the nearest place I can get them in melbourne about 4 hours away so one day when i move there i will be learning the language of my grandfather!

[@phucknuts.7065]

Im 40 and have only ever heard the same two irish sayings my entire life. Our day will come and clear the way.

[@MJK1965]

Sílim go bhfuil sé smaoineamh iontach go hiomlán chun an Ghaeilge a mhúineadh arís. Ní mór dúinn a bheith ar ár dteanga dhúchais labhartha inár dtír féin. :)

[@The_Gallowglass]

is ea

[@TheDaxbaby]

Thank you for the nice reply, I hate for people to send ungly stuff to me. God Bless and have a Merry Christmas.

[@xXmusiclife16Xx]

I am from Michigan, with no one to teach me this beautiful language, but someday I will go to Ireland and learn this. Or find myself a teacher :)

[@beledigrrl]

What a beautiful language! I hope that the revival is a continued success :)

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

Anyone know the song @ 2:14. It's beautiful.

[@Falscaidh]

+Pragmatic1 Ultramagnetic I think the name of the tune is 'The Butterfly'. Check out The Bothy Band version- fantastic.

[@bradleysinger5294]

+Pragmatic1 Ultramagnetic While it is the same tune as "The Butterfly", as Falscaidh pointed out, it's an old Gaeilge folk song called " 'S Óró 'Thaigh, a Ghrá ". The Celtic choir Navan does a good rendition.

[@maureenmckenna5220]

Wonderful that this effort is being made in Ireland. The reason that their language fell into disuse was completely due to the British rule which forbade the speaking or teaching of their native language. The British tried to kill the Irish off, physically and mentally. They could not speak their language, practice their religion, or celebrate their customs. Thank God it was all kept alive by a precious few.

[@Hellionvega]

I find the Irish language and Ireland fascinating...always wanted to go there. Also toward the end of this video i think it was Loch Erin Shore being sung in the background...could be wrong but loved it nontheless...God bless Ireland. Maybe someday I'd go there. Cheers

[@das1418]

I am Irish/German American, but more Irish! =] I really want to learn Gaelic and get back to my roots. I think it is very important for true Irish culture and language to be preserved because without it how do we identify ourselves as Irish? How well the traditions survive through the generations? Without preservation we lose the past and we lose our future. I am glad to see people taking an interest in their heritage. =)

[@Grundalizer]

fucking awesome, individual race and language and history and lore should never be erased.

[@UT5000]

According to wikipedia Irish is, which i know sometimes is wrong : is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a small minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of the population. There is no link yet established between Irish and other semitic languages as of yet, which is primarily Arabic but also, hebrew Aramaic and others.

[@klunny998]

Irish is beautiful

[@nekros729]

What a beautiful language.

[@imawildman]

Thank you for the info. I was getting my info from Irish Origins of Civilization Vol. 1&2 have you read it? I'm trying to work out how historically accurate it is hence the reason why i'm watching videos like this. I'm aware of the Sanskrit connection which i find fascinating. And yes i am also aware that Fianna are a 'mythical' band of warriors. The book purposes that the 'myths' aren't myths at all but actual historical records passed on down through the bards. The author of the book is Irish.

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

You can hear that the younger they are the less Gaelic and more Irish English their accents sound. Some of those very oldest speakers sounded like they were speaking with a near Scottish Gaelic twang, trilling their rs and velarising and palatalising their consonants. That leads me to suspect that closer to what non-Anglo-influenced Irish Gaelic accents sound like.

[@niamhuithuama4409]

The best way to learn the language is to go to irish conversation groups..plenty of them in cork...oh and the irish wasn't just banned it was punishable by death to speak our beautiful language and play Gaa...

[@cigh7445]

It was never punishable by death. If you can provide a legitimate source to prove me wrong please do.

[@SliC3oFicE]

@KindDerKanalisation Yes in some places, there is also french, gaelic, and some other languages, it just depends on where you are, if you to cape breton you'll find gaelic, go to a french community and you'll find french, near the reserves they have signs in the language that there ancestors spoke

[@ledzepandtapshoes]

What a beautiful language

[@MaIcoImZieI]

The language is called Irish Gaelic. The other Celtic languages are Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Breton. Unfortunately Manx isn't spoken anymore, although it is being revived in schools nowadays. I think about 500,000 people still speak Irish Gaelic. There are 65,000 people who still speak Scottish Gaelic. I don't know how much the other Celtic languages are still spoken.

[@pitsinokaki]

Lol, I write this under every video that has to do with the irish language, it's very beautiful.

[@delorme9]

This is awsome!!! I am in the US of French Canadian heritage I speak French this is great for the Irish to reclaim their heritage!! Erin Go Bragh!!!

[@heidski]

Very worthwhile and informative. More like this!

[@impasse0124]

I just randomly decided to search for people speaking Gaelic, Lietuviu, and German because I'm Irish, Lithuanian, and German and as pretty as they sound, I'm gonna stick to English. I only speak a small amount of Spanish and will probably never learn these ones but I do love hearing the languages of my ancestors :)

[@Niklo74]

Thank you very much.

[@merc340sr]

Nice video! Greetings from Canada.

[@IamDaReAlSeaN]

It's hard to find my find. I believe there is Rosetta Stone Irish, but that's hard to find. I tried to look for it myself but to no avail. There is however, a great book course called "Turas Teanga" which I used (I'm a second-language speaker, still not fluent but getting there) and it helped me loads. Also, go on tg4.ie, they have on-demand Irish language programmes. It's nice to see others interested in our language, if only we could get our more apathetic compatriots to do the same.

[@freedomsongbythewell.bythe1538]

My heart! how precious!

[@uchicha666]

I have a question. Is this language using by Picts in the movie "Centurion"? In fact pickt language is forlorn, so they could use this one. It sounds cool

[@TheDrunkenCelt]

Such an awesome language

[@Deader87]

It's so awesome that Ireland has it's native-language just like the French or germans & I am nearly half Irish myself

[@Sabia1609]

Tá Gaoth Dobhair Sios an bealach as me feinn!

[@SharkieDearr]

I'm of Irish hertiage, a fourth generation American Irish. I want to re-connect wiht my families roots. Finally do something good for my entire family. How would one go about learning the language?

[@glasswalker33]

When I mentioned a 'real' Irish accent, personally, I meant something that sounds more like a 'traditional' brogue that one attributes to an Irishman. At least from an American accent perspective that is. I can (normally) tell the difference between an English, Irish, and Scottish accent. That's what I meant, but by no means was I trying to demean anyone with the comment. Thanks for confirming that there are differing dialects in Ireland, much as in England, or Scotland.

[@bheadh]

@LLUVSANJI Ta me i mo chonai sa Stat Aontaithe chomh maith. Taim a ghra ar teanga fein. I am American Irish as well. I love our language. Reply and I'll get what you need to get started

[@britneyfanBelfast]

i want to live here so bad it looks beautiful, donegal is my fav county and i love the fact its all irish speaking makes me wanna live here more lol XD

[@Irishfianna]

i wish i could understand what your saying .. some day i will .. keep it up speaking the language ...

[@glasswalker33]

I was starting to think this was the case after listening again, and listening to other videos of natives speaking Gaelic. I guess in a way, it would be similar to a person from Germany speaking the Queen's English since that's how they were taught. So, to an American, they sound as if they have a British accent with German undertones. Most of them being students makes tons of sense. Wish I would have thought of that before posting.

[@MrOzzy214]

Greetings from an Australian of Turkish descent. Wow the true irish language is beautifully spoken - is it spoken by many in Ireland? is it the national language?

[@lookatmepleasesir]

@UT5000 its also spoken in a different dialect in scotland by highlanders, who are of (ancient) irish origin.

[@Roan7995]

If you're referring to the one that's playing before the one minute mark, I can give you some clues. It's by Clannad, and it's at least from the eighties or sooner. I had it in my favorites, but it got removed. :(