Irish Language in America

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[@horazcing]

Is Meiriceánach mé ach tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilige. Tá teanga álainn é agus tá mo sinsear na hÉireannch. Tá mo Gaeilge briste ach táim ag iarracht. Is maith liom mé féin a fheiceáil ag dul i bhfeabhas. :)

[@neonxskiidz3048]

Christ they are better than me, and I've been thrown through da Irish school system

[@wulfocrow5549]

@latxa are you kidding?

[@cheesegirl8624]

@@wulfocrow5549 what do "africans" have to do with this

[@seanolaocha940]

@@wulfocrow5549 Plenty of immigrants of African origin have learnt Irish which is more that can be said for most native-born Irish people.

[@katanah3195]

@@seanolaocha940 The reason there's a larger percentage of immigrants in Ireland speaking Irish than actual Irish people speaking it, is most likely the result of the viewpoint of "if you move to another country, you should learn that country's native language".

[@seanolaocha940]

@Lalealyn Your personal experience isn't really relevant, there are lot's of Irish-Americans who can speak Irish. I'm sure some have "BRUTAL" pronunciation, but then so do lots of Irish people.

[@maxtonofloinn4041]

Go raibh maith agat as an físeán seo. Táim ag déanamh an iarracht chun í a spreagadh timpeall mo choláiste.

[@evelynconroy4821]

Max Ó Fhloinn

[@Ab-nw9sr]

conas atá tú anois?

[@genevievenimhuiris5495]

Choláiste Tríoniode

[@fradrake11]

The Irish language in the north of Ireland has never been stronger. I love to hear is spoken.

[@brenainnmacthomais]

Is Éireannach mé, agus tá Gaeilge Uladh agam. As Dún na nGáll (Gaoth Dobhair) ó dhúchas mé, ach tá mé i mo chónaí i Na Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá anois.

[@danabowring]

is gael-mheiriceánaigh mé, is tá cúpla focail as Gaeilge agam. I really want to learn Connacht Irish, specifically what's spoken on Inis Mór since that's what was spoken in my family until the 1980's.

[@thomasmccauley414]

Anois in teacht an earraigh laibhroin muid na Gaelga. In my family my grandparents came from Gaelic areas of Ireland. I had a cousin Aine nee Ceannain who was a part of the Gaelic league. She wrote in Irish various books on Antoine Raffteri, the bard of Mayo. On my grandfather's side, he came from a remote area where Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh came together. His family knew the father of Sean MacDiamada, from kilticlogher, Leitrim. The MacDiarmsdas had the Irish as did many in Glan-gevlin, Cavan.

[@Oliver-wm1xi]

Can anyone give a source for what the woman says at 2:48 about the origins of the "tá... agam" syntax? It's a fascinating idea that such grammar could actually reflect culture, however I'm not too sure about it given that semitic languages like Arabic and Hebrew follow the same syntax.

[@brenainnmacthomais]

She was basically talking about how we don’t have verbs for “to have” and “to own.” To have something is to say that the something is at is. To own something is to say that the something is with us. It comes from when our ancestors were so poor that we didn’t have the need for such words as “having” and “owning.” Our ancestors shared belongings with each other.

[@Oliver-wm1xi]

@@brenainnmacthomais Yes, thank you, I understood that. My question, if you actually read my comment, was if anyone could give a source for it. Because it’s relevance to Ireland could be debased by the fact that it appears in other languages throughout the world. So I’m naturally sceptical.

[@chaoskittenxo]

Its not quite accurate when the lady said that if you fail Irish in high school (secondary school is what we call it) that you fail everything. That indeed used to be the case but changed quite a while back (decades ago), it doesn't stop you passing the Leaving Cert exams as they are a collection of tests in different subjects. It only causes an issue if you need Irish as a specification (matriculation requirements) for the university course you could be applying for. But that's not every course either. Plenty of courses don't require passing Irish to gain entry. 'Passing the Leaving Cert' is actually more about achieving the required number of points to enter a particular course. You can also be granted an exemption from learning the language under certain circumstances and this would be considered in the applications- I know plenty of people who were exempt from Irish but attended courses afterwards that had a pass as a requirement (of course you definitely need to have it for Primary school teaching or studying Modern Irish itself, but sometimes people learn it later to do those things- foreign born teachers for example. Just thought I'd clarify for those outside Ireland.

[@MattGarZero]

I like that show on 4 about the reporters.

[@cm8692]

Bhruigh mé ar an físean seo mar shíl mé gur físean faoin stádas na Gaeilge i Méiriceá é, ach tá sibh ag caint faoin stádas na Gaeilge in Éirinn....

[@oisinryan150]

Sin fíor ach ba fhíseán suimiúil é ar aon nós i mo bháiriúl

[@daithionuallain5902]

Tá mé go haláinn 📸📸📸👍

[@KingEire]

If we thought Irish to where we learn to speak it first the whole country would speak it. In school 8 years before we started having conversations. Reading shit I didn't understand learning how to pronounce it. Shocking way to do it.

[@danabowring]

maith sibh ))

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

Tá trí chanúint éagsúil sa teanga.

[@vibrantgemasmr6760]

0:54 no comment 😊

[@andrewlankford9634]

Plenty of people of Irish ancestry stateside (try to name someone who isn't), but the "Irish culture" is artificial for the most part and there is no significant adoption of the language.

[@danabowring]

Absolutely. It's a shame - I wish recognition and adoption of the culture, language, and history were as widespread as those shitty St. Padraig's Day "celebrations." I'm proud to live in a city here where there's a hurling team *and* an Irish cultural center/college, where I'll be taking Gaeilge lessons this Spring (I'm in St. Paul, Minnesota.) I imagine that one of the greatest barriers for Irish diaspora here in the States is a lack of exposure and opportunity.

[@eileentravers1542]

Go raibh maith agat Allison. Tóg go bog é.

[@daithionuallain5902]

Eileen Travers thank you Alison take it easy 😇

[@johnfairbairn9912]

Mom and Nana came from galway they didn't speak it at all. Couple things from nana nothing I would say I picked up

[@filthyweebscum1163]

90% sure the fella in the thumbnail was a teacher in my primary school at some point

[@LinhTran-zw7jm]

Hahaha

[@tomdunne255]

Fairly sure he was in one of the Coláiste Lurgan music videos as a lead singer

[@filthyweebscum1163]

@@tomdunne255 oh yeah defo but before that I’m pretty sure

[@harry9392]

There is no Irish in nova Scotia but just Gaelic as it covers both Scottish and Irish as stated in the Canadian census.

[@johnfairbairn9912]

I thought I was the only irish kid when I went to Springfield..... I'm from boston I don't see anything Irish there

[@xrexszawarudo9157]

Im irish

[@mindmesh7566]

The Pogues mahn!!! The Pooooogggues!!!!!…What??

[@jordanpowell2242]

It’s ironic I’m from Ireland but moved before I could attend school so i never learned Irish

[@jodiecorr123]

Nea Walker same. I moved to Australia when I was 7.

[@westbrit1020]

Frankly you most likely dodged a bullet

[@nakyer]

*west brit* Mind your manners. Irish is a great language and it shouldn't die.

[@westbrit1020]

In fact I agree , but the Language has been weaponised by Nationalists here and people of my age are a bit traumatized by the way it was imposed . This is ironic as Welsh within Unionist Wales has survived much better in the last 100 years than Irish in Independent Ireland , maybe it is not me who needs to contemplate manners?

[@ItsCronk]

It's never too late to start learning.

[@OCiarmhaic]

23:23 Nach bhfuil sé, "I dtír na dall, is é an rí an duine le shúil amháin"...?

[@oisinryan150]

Sin é cad a chuala mé riamh freisin ach b'fhéidir go bhfuil an slí seo ceart ar aon nós? Níl a fhios agam chun a bheith macánta leatsa

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

Nowadays in Ireland the Irish language or Gaelige is very strong. 70% of the Irish language can speak Irish and 60% are actually fluent. Most that are fluent are from the counties Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Waterford, Meath, Dublin, and the North. And of course we have the Gaelscoileanna Gaelige is the first language of Ireland and English is second. Is aoibhinn liom mo teanga agus is fuath liom Béarla. Tá sé samhnasach

[@ReverenXero]

Dia dhaoibh, Beagáinín A study conducted by the Royal British Navy found that Irish Gaelic is actually the root of Latin (as well as French). The Gaelic language ir probably as old as Sumerian/Akadian/Coptic Egyptian (pre-dynastic)

[@ReverenXero]

Note: making a distinction between Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.

[@randyhiles3939]

You never hear th irish openion on peanuts

[@harry9392]

It was not the English who invaded Ireland it was the Norman's as the also invaded Enland Wales and Scotland . But Ireland refused to lay down.

[@filthyweebscum1163]

So the fact England oppressed us for the better part of a millennium and let us starve while taking our food during a famine doesn’t mean anything ye? Neither does banning our own language and culture? Kindly stop trying to defend England, Prod

[@xrexszawarudo9157]

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[@harry9392]

I dont have irish but I would love to learn. What bugs the hell out of me is that protestants spoke Irish and evicted by the English as well there are thousands or Presbyterian deaths due to the famine. Irish is for all not just the Republicans but unionist as well In bell fast there is 2 sundays out of 4 have Gaelic sermons in Presbyterian and Anglican church. Americans think us prods are trying to put the irish language out of ulster But it's not. In the 1800's it was protestant irish men in ulster who founded the Gaelic league . The orange order get money to help with the irish language . But no one knows about it Wel the should know . Irish Americans gave money to terrorists even from protestant irish Americans who without knowing were helping to kill there own people . Loads of irish went to the states because they were kicked out of ireland for fighting in ww2 .

[@LG-bs1rs]

@@brenainnmacthomais Thanks so Much!! This is an schoolyard of information!

[@microtree47]

The lady at the start is talking utter nonsense

[@mairedaly4548]

No she isn't. It's a spoken language which is why the spelling & use of the alphabet it is so awkward. This is what you don't learn in school, but you would in college. I went 'back' to learn it, and work trí gaeilge a fair bit.