Irish Language in Belfast / Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste

A short video from Manchán Magan's "No Bearla" program, discussing the Irish language in Belfast. Manchán speaks to both sides of the community - From Fall's Road to Shankill Road.
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[@AnGhaeilge]

I had subtitles written up for this video, but when youtube upgraded its platform a lot of my subtitles were wiped unfortunately.

[@SweetSirenia]

@Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia Manchán Magan has a typical South Dublin accent.

[@danpotter6585]

God bless you for doing this video

[@HughGuthrieHolden]

This is great actually. I'm studying Irish on the DuoLingo app and already watched this episode with subtitles. It's helpful to watch this clip without subtitles to see what I have actually learned. I'm only able to pick out a few words, but I will come back to it later to see if I've made any progress.

[@FPSIreland2]

Sílim gur rud ríthabhachtach é le foglaimeoirí, d’éist me leis an céad nóimead an físeáin agus thuig mé b’fhéidir 40 faoin céad. Sé an-cabhrach i mo thuairim!!

[@AnGhaeilge]

Since recording this video - things have drastically changed in Belfast with respect to the unionist community and the Irish language. There is now a genuine growing interest in the language, spearheaded on by the likes of Linda Ervine. What a difference a few years makes.

[@apofis231]

I'm learning Irish and planning on moving to Ireland (my mother and father moved to america from there). How welcoming is it?

[@noodles1916]

***** Depends. Ireland is usually very welcoming. More than most countries I'd say. Dublin is different though.

[@bristoled93]

***** Everyone is welcoming execpt the SF/IRA republicans who have been known to abuse people of Irish decent from outside Ireland.

[@noodles1916]

bristoled93 eeeehhh no. I've worked for sinn fein in my younger years and there is none of that. The complete opposite in fact. Republicans are more welcoming than most. They are well aware of the Irish diaspora, and are a very excited bunch when it comes to irish pride. ***** Don't pay any heed to anyone not from Ireland about irish affairs.

[@bristoled93]

Ciarán Uí Néill Republicans are well known to hate anything British you know that island that has more people of Irish decent than any other island, saying things like "Brits out" and things like that.

[@smileyface702]

Can't believe he dared go to the shankill. Fair play to him and god love the first wee man he talked to there

[@AnGhaeilge]

The reward is in the journey of learning a language. Learning any language is a wonderful thing. Anyone who learns Irish is a part of the movement to keep it relevant and alive.

[@noneyabusiness6957]

Sean Ó Briain id love to learn Gaelic.

[@DeclinedMercy]

@@noneyabusiness6957 do it!

[@Anthrogynous]

your videos keep it alive. irish culture is not gonna die with you around.

[@thebaddestmofoinoz]

Things have changed drastically it seems since this program was broadcast. I'm given the impression that the state of the Irish language in Ireland, both N.I and the Republic is rapidly improving and is quite hopeful. And there are so many more avenues of learning available these days for those who are interested, Irish or not. I mean who would have thought a Chinese lad in Australia would be learning Irish, granted I am a bit of a weirdo. 😂

[@Wonderkid44]

Can you speak it now?

[@bread9853]

I'm Welsh and that was my first language but i have relatives that live in Ireland and they're teaching me to Irish language because i think it's sad how countries neglect their own heritage.

[@zampieritto]

Thanks to our English brothers

[@hollyhock9638]

I am an Irish kid in America and I am learning the language with my friends so we can talk to each other and confuse everyone around us. But also for cultural and heritage.

[@benedictcase4290]

Bruh keep the welsh language

[@justaretardwithinternetacc2859]

@@benedictcase4290 ydw cymraeg iaith gorau yn y fyd

[@Blackfyre741]

Hardly our own neglect when england made it illegal by pain of death for people to speak irish for hundreds of years.

[@Noctis326]

It’s like I can understand them, but can’t at the same time, it’s they are speaking backwards and and sideways at the same time

[@kevinsheahan9347]

kar galeg falen vargaray suaroshta waysid gadolhasa rusta su oolhe

[@joeyuzwa891]

i mean, irish IS verb-subject-object, as opposed to english’s subject-verb-object

[@hmq9052]

Gaelic is very similar in sound to ancient Arabic and ancient Hebrew. And that makes sense. Because migrants from the Levant travelled there in Irish prehistory. Which is why so many Irish have dark hair as opposed to the lighter hair of the Angles and Saxons and Vikings you have in England

[@hmq9052]

@@danamquinn1 We know it came from the middle east though. DNA tells us

[@brendadrumm9708]

I was married to a Kerry man for eleven yrs you had to

[@Spiritual-Connections]

Great seeing Irish live in Belfast, considering it wasn't too long ago that they could be arrested having the Irish tricolour up.

[@wainber1]

I welcome the revival of Irish, as it is as indigenous to Ireland island as Ukrainian is to Ukraine (despite the heavy use of English and Russian in Ireland and Ukraine, respectively).

[@Anthrogynous]

looks like you resent the IRA, maybe you can help us track some disappearances that happened a while ago XD Im with david, ticofaidh air la.

[@seanorourke9027]

@@Anthrogynous what are you on about he made no mention of the IRA nor his political view. Also what in gods name was that last sentence it’s tiocfaidh ár lá. If your not Irish which you quite clearly aren’t, stay out of Irish politics and please refrain from using phrases might offend people on here. Side-note: Holmes is a Protestant surname you might wanna change teams

[@HalleyDeVesternBand]

My grandfather emigrated to the US from Derry in the 1920's. His dialect was similar to those of the older gentlemen in this video. So good to hear it again after all these years. ❤

[@danielmcdaid2647]

Hay Hally, greetings from Derry, did you know your grandfather well? Could you tell me his surname? You never know, you might still have family here.

[@trollgegael]

do you know bobby mcdaid@@danielmcdaid2647

[@languageoffootball]

Awww that brought a tear to my eye. x

[@tainahollo]

Irish is such a beautiful language!

[@rudmanpaul2812]

Beautiful people too

[@adamclark1972uk]

I wouldn't say it's particularly beautiful. It's okay, but it's a bit ridiculous to say it's "such a beautiful language." Not all languages are particularly beautiful.

[@lughlongarm76]

Adam C Irish is such a beautiful language.

[@adamclark1972uk]

@@lughlongarm76 It's a pretty average sounding language. Not ugly but not particularly beautiful either.

[@lughlongarm76]

Adam C I think the sound of the r caol is absolutely gorgeous on the tongue of an Irish speaker. I think words like bláthanna (“flowers”) and ceolmhar (“musical”) are served perfectly well by the word “beautiful.” To be sure, there’s a subjectivity to this sort of thing, and I think Irish is particularly beautiful to the Anglophone ear, as it evokes that something-Celtic we all have a sense of but which remains a mystery, but I don’t think there’s anything more objective in your deeming it “average.”

[@watmam1]

I'm amazigh from North Africa, we have the same issues. What a lovely language you have.

[@danielmcdaid2647]

Studies have shown many Irish can trace their ancestors back to the Amazigh. The more I learn about your people, the more I was to travel to the Atlas mountains and hear your music and learn your traditions. I will bring my Bodhran drum, an instrument that I strongly believe originates from North Africa and your people.

[@watmam1]

@Rodimus Prime read again 👀

[@danielmcdaid2647]

@Rodimus Prime 👋

[@qv8281]

Rodimus Prime amazigh is an ethnicity

[@dinis8271]

I’m from Portugal and the average Portuguese person has about 35-58% of Amazigh DNA

[@glenndecker1645]

I don't know why. But I love to hear them speak. Seems like a beautiful language to me. I can't understand it , but I feel like I know what they are trying to say. I love it!

[@Thor-Orion]

There are people who speak English in parts of the world who I can’t understand for the life of me.

[@pourthebubbly]

I'm a third generation American with roots in Ireland, so when I decided to learn Irish every single person I told asked the same question: why? It's hard to give an explanation other than "why not?" Unfortunately, basically no one in the US has even heard the language spoken so it's proven to be difficult. The internet is my friend in that regard. Thanks for this video! It's interesting to see how the locals in Belfast regard Irish and the differences in the two communities.

[@LeagueUnionSevens]

Good on you for getting in touch with your heritage. Language is an inherently valuable part of culture, and learning it opens your awareness to the way your ancestors saw the world. Many people think language is just a tool used for communication, but that isn't true. As a speaker of multiple languages, each language is structured in a different way and contains intangible information that gets lost in translation.

[@killiancarter9091]

Well said. Why learn a "dying" language? I can give multiple reasons. But most people probably wouldn't see value in them.

[@hollyhock9638]

@@LeagueUnionSevens OMG same I am only half Irish and my mom who is more Irish than I myself am, who has pride in being Irish, asked me why I would bother learning it.

[@lifesabitch8099]

Well, you fluent yet ?

[@Thor-Orion]

@@killiancarter9091I’m learning an entirely dead language because I want to be able to read and speak in one of the languages some of my ancestors used. After that it’s on to Irish Gaelic.

[@JCardoso-j9l]

This beautiful language must never die. It's part of Ireland, it's Celtic inheritance. I'm learning Welsh which is completely different because I live near Cymru but if I went to live in Ireland I'd made an effort to speak Irish/Gaelic. And scholl should teach it and people should use it on a daily basis too.

[@AnGhaeilge]

It is spoken, but you could go a week without hearing it spoken in any major city. Some people go months without hearing it spoken. But around 150,000 people across the island use it on a regular basis. The number of speakers is only a small percent of the population, but it's gaining strength.

[@edwinvanderkooij8713]

Gaeilge sounds pleasent for us Dutch. Perfect language.

[@maroussia22]

I think for most foreigners the dutch language sounds like this🤣🤣

[@edwinvanderkooij8713]

@@maroussia22 that's true ! 😄👍

[@peteymax]

Is breá liom fuaim na teanga Ollainnis

[@DMG118]

4:20 His hair is dynamic and fantastic!

[@TheStiofanmac]

I don't understand why protestants in NI have neglected it, their ancestors from Scotland were gaelic speakers

[@cigh7445]

Some of them were alright. But most of them were from the 'Scots' speaking Scottish lowlands and borderlands.

[@mango2005]

Scots Gaelic has diverged somewhat from Irish though since 1600.

[@je4230]

I didn't know that. I thought protestant settlers were all English. So are most of people in NI ethnlcally Celts?

[@DeclinedMercy]

Celts are a cultural and linguistic group, not an ethnic group. But ethnically they are Gaels just like the Irish. And even in the lowlands, Scottish Gaelic and Old Irish were the main languages for a long time. The shift from Scottish Gaelic to Scots tipped in favor of Scots around 1300-1400ish

[@je4230]

@@DeclinedMercy Thank you for teaching me!

[@Turlifutz]

I can't speak a word of Gaelic but I can clearly hear the English accent of the presenter, he is speaking it like an English man speaks French

[@peteymax]

You sound very polite for a Southerner, 😅. They’re the politest people you could meet. But he knew that TG4 was from the South and that teilifís is television, which is awesome. A lovely British word that come from Greek. I think that man had a positivism in him.

[@samdoyle3945]

The shop worker when he asked for orange juice: "I haven't a baldy"

[@Chris.Magowan]

It's ridiculous that the Unionist at 5:23 doesn't have the self awareness to spot or comment on the 'political football' of a language which is used by the Red Hand Commandos on their murals and flags. 'Lámh Dearg Abú', the Red Hand of Ulster, the place names of Ulster ...etc all are Irish and are intrinsically linked to Ireland and Irish culture. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that these people are Irish and that by acknowledging this doesn't necessarily mean that they can't also be British. Acht na Gaeilge Anois!.

[@Anthrogynous]

you sound like an authoritarian on the side of the british so maybe you shouldnt comment negative things on irish peoples videos out of respect,

[@HellBoundWizard]

Thanks for the video. Unfortunately am still struggling with the Gaeilge. I was supposed to have married someone that spoke the language which was the original motivation. But am going to learn it even without her.

[@dtcrooner1]

Great video. Good insight into how the Northern Irish feel about the language.

[@MisterGlasgow]

A total pleasure to watch ...... the wee guy who mentioned the Mayo Boys “ rough as hell” :) ( better not put LoL ) .... they were all lovely

[@Plethorality]

This sounds so good. Natural. No idea what is being said, but it feels right. I wonder when it was last spoken in my family. It feels so good to hear it.

[@nicholasbutler153]

At 5:20 you can see "red hand" written in Irish on a loyalist paramilitary mural - "lámh dearg". It gives me hope that even amongst some people who are terribly mistaken, morally and politically, there is an appreciation of the language.

[@deanmoncaster]

"we've done well around the falls now let's try the Shankill"..... Rather you than me!!

[@konvaljen2]

My ancestors are Irish and I think you should embrace the language

[@kosh1969]

My mother is from Northern Ireland, Lisbon. I'm trying tlo learn Irish Gaelic, as I consider it my heritage!! Its a wonderful language which is both rich and ancient like the voices of all our brother and sister Celts.

[@origisalah]

Lisburn

[@Thor-Orion]

Do you know what the Corded Ware Culture was? Once upon a time Europe all the way into Western Asia and probably well beyond was part of a singular gene pool which suggests much further land travel routes than many modern academics want to acknowledge. But the Kurgan Mounds tell the story of how far the ancient Aryans traveled, they were a group called Sintashta, and they derived from Corded Ware, just like the Funnel Beaker did, and the Funnel Beaker culture is the culture that became what we know as Celts whereas the groups East of the Rhine became Germanics, but the truth of the matter is that these groups are actually part of one big family. My dream is for Europeans to wake up to the fact that the powers that be want us divided while they decimate all of our individual cultural heritages one by one. As the saying goes “Unite or Die.” We can protect each other and this better protect ourselves. Mutual respect and protection of the diverse tapestry of cultural heritages that are every Europeans birthrite, and indeed every individual from all the many tribes of man has a similar form of birthrite given to them by their own ancestors.

[@tomratican6345]

yer man at the end is hilarious

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

our language was being spoken for a thousand years before even the Romans got to Britain. We have an ancient language, and it's great to know so many people are learning it. it'll be fine.

[@AnGhaeilge]

I've updated the subtitles lads.. They are a chore to write out. I had already written them out in full but apparently they didn't save, so I've done it again. It's difficult for me to translate the Ulster dialect as my ear isn't trained to it. Should be all ok now :) Enjoy.

[@mfoster90]

warming to hear the young Man support the language. I remembered my Grandparents telling me about the Hedge Schools. I love Ireland I love our History and I love our Culture. We are the strongest people in the World. There are more Irish in the World than any other Culture. Our day will Come as promised ☘️

[@JourdinBella1]

Thank you for helping me understand and not being rude towards my ignorance. I really appreciate that

[@setioryski5961]

I think ireland should learn from javanese in indonesia, javanese can speak indonesian language, but they more comfortable speak java if they meet their own fellow.

[@gracey2727]

It was illegal to speak Irish for years. That's why it's not widely spoken. Also it is a very difficult language to learn for native English speakers.

[@seancampbell6292]

@@gracey2727 irish hasn't been illegal to speak since the 1400s, it's been the dominant language in ireland up to the 18th century.

[@brainerdboy1177]

Started thinking about that Stiff Little Fingers song, "Alternative Ulster". Yeah, they said Manx Gaelic was dead and buried, but it's not. Alive and well and being spoken and written. Same with Ulster Irish. Would love to see more monoglot Irish communities like they used to have on the Blaskets. Go raibh maith agat as seo a roinnt. Níl Béarla go deimhin!

[@DrunkXlee2]

Maybe the government will put more effort in reintroducing the language. I am actually really happy when I hear ppl like you who still care about preserving culture. I'm actually not Irish, but I've always absolutely loved culture and it really saddens me how the native language is dying in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. But as long as there are ppl like you maybe it will a comback.

[@Morgan-kn6xb]

The last guy on the Shankill Road is a legend.

[@sonotho5561]

my mother is from belfast. it's great to see irish being spoken there. 💚

[@Thor-Orion]

3:17 he doesn’t speak it but he respects it and the country enough to defend it and feel like everyone should be able to speak and understand it to some extent. Good lad.

[@Thor-Orion]

5:20 typical occupier perspective; on stolen land in a country that shouldn’t exist denigrating the language spoken on that land for 2,000 years crying about how he doesn’t want to fund the education of the children of the people that managed to survive the mass genocide his ancestors inflicted upon the population of the land he stole. I have far more Germanic genetics than I do Irish. I have a fair bit of Celtic, but no more than 25% while the rest is all Germanic. His position is indefensible, I have a lot of pride in all of my ancestors and I want all of us to get along to ensure the future of each individual culture that makes up the European tapestry, truly I want nothing more. But this is an impossibility with perspectives like this continuing to permeate society.

[@Thor-Orion]

6:20 was that guy speaking English?!

[@1After100]

Thought this would be boring and silly but it was quite fascinating and insightful. Nice job!

[@natedelaunay]

The guy at the end is such a northern irish old man I love it

[@Tecate73]

Hello from Texas. This was an excellent piece. Very interesting.

[@ciaranmolloy9586]

That area is where my ma grew up, and she only speaks a few words of irish, she is now really sad she didn't learn more and is trying to make us (me and my brothers) learn as much as we can

[@nakyer]

At least the stares weren't the same as the one caused by Des Bishop when he was first learning Gaeilge. He was looking for a certain type of chocolate bar, walked into a shop and asked a 60 year old woman if she was a Kit Kat. Talk of it spread. For the rest of the year he lived in the Gaeltacht (slowly learning Irish), he was known as the Kit Kat man.

[@dunneincrewgear]

"The Irish language just changed the 'British' word 'television' into the Irish 'telefis'!' Lol!!!

[@rossaveal100]

The English language word 'television' derives from Greek and Latin; so also does the Irish word for this broadcasting technology, and the French word etc. English is seldom used a root that other languages copy from when devising terms for new technology. It's silly to think that it is.

[@aaronlduff]

@MrNorthernSol all of that has, of course, no bearing on the legitimacy, usefulness or any metric of a language anyway!

[@PyckledNyk]

“Do you speak any Irish?” “I have zero Irish.” “What do you think of Irish?” “I love them.” This is why I love the Irish lol

[@CrazzedKor]

What a legend that we shankill man is god love him

[@latharna67]

I think, if we just started to, at least, say some words in Irish, that would be a good start. I know a little myself, so I teach my nephew,(who is 4) some sayings ... slán go fóill, sláinte mhaith, oíche mhaith, gabh mo leithscéal, tá brón orm and others: he now knows these of by heart. can't force it on anyone. easy does it. so slán agus beannacht.

[@lukemccann]

From Belfast. This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen 😄. West and East, every one of them mortified 😂. Some comments, some craic lol

[@6396Harry]

All these Americans saying they have Irish roots... You are American, not Irish.

[@michaelguinn3048]

James Burton Thanks for letting me know, I had no idea!

[@6396Harry]

Thanks

[@TheFoggyHollows]

I am by no means Irisb, I am American, but I was raised for a bit by my grandfather from Galway who spoke a lot of Irish and I am currently learning more. You are very correct about people taking on that title as if they're actually some sort of legit Irish. In short... Irish influence? Yes. Irish? No.

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

+James Burton Irish is an ethnicity in addition to being a nationality. My sister was born in England but she's still Irish.

[@nakyer]

+James Burton Those of us with Irish ancestry have just that. Irish ancestry. It's in our blood. It's in our DNA. With your silly words you can by no means take from us our Irish blood or our Irish DNA. We ARE of Irish ancestry. Live with it. We do, and happily. Grow up, AMADAN.

[@519djw6]

As the Protestants in Ulster/Northern Ireland are of Scottish descent, I'm wondering why they have no interest in *Scottish Gaelic* either.

[@roryocallan1916]

Probably because they were not Highlanders but Lowlanders (as well as Northern English) and had no Gaelic heritage.

[@ah795u]

Rory O'Callan all of Scotland apart from the Lothians spoke Gaelic at one point. It just stopped being the language of prestige. Gaelic was spoken in Glasgow till the 1600s and Galloway till the 1700s

[@patriccassidy9527]

They have more interest in Ulster-Scots, which they claim to be a language.

[@MikeyJMJ]

Can you tell the difference between Highlanders and lowlanders with their surnames? Are Presbyterians predominantly lowland

[@biabeo8540]

IS brea liom seo. Maith thu #ManchanMagan. Fairple duit !

[@AnGhaeilge]

Try find a conversation group in your town/city - It's the easiest way to pick it up :) I would argue that Irish is growing, especially up north and will continue to get stronger. All the best!

[@Chasing100]

everyone used to speak irish and the accent carried over when english took over. this is why people sometimes say craic or weird things like i do be (which is a direct translation) even though they have never spoken irish

[@miseisean2847]

I’m a native Donegal Irish speaker and I understand the lads with few Irish better than the lad with Galway Irish.

[@bxr782]

It's as if the people didn't want to be near an Irish speaker, afraid that something seriously bad was going to happen.

[@katanah3195]

Well, it was Northern Ireland...

[@Arual2244]

I wish there were subtitles when they spoke Irish. :(

[@AngloAm]

"How does a language become politicized?" Everything, EVERYTHING, in Norn Iron becomes politicized. Nothing at all is left out of the giant prism.

[@doop00]

I want to go there sometime, i love the Irish people and its surroundings

[@cnuasachanbharraigh]

The music choice always gets me, 'dark end of the street' once he gets on the shankhill!! hahaha

[@Arual2244]

Oooh, you know what it was, the subtitles don't show up if you watch the video on a phone. :/

[@chauchat3137]

my grandfather had a stroke, now he only speaks irish :P

[@sethlee5038]

I am an Irish american and my family came here in the famine years but I have always been intrigued and proud of my Irish heritage and would love to learn the language if my family came from Tipperary what dialect would they speak

[@SapientSpaceApe]

Munster dialect (the Southern one).

[@boru1982]

Although Tipperary is indeed in Munster, you might be closer to the Connemara area in which it would be the Connacht dialect. The Munster dialect is mainly spoken in West Cork and Kerry.

[@AnGhaeilge]

Cormac Ó Braonáin Tipp uses the munster dialect also. As does Waterford. It's not limited to Cork and Kerry.

[@sethlee5038]

Connemara sounds right my grandmother spoke the language and I believe that is what she called it , I grew up in Texas which seems weird that so many Irish people live here

[@ShunShufen]

Seth Lee www.duolingo.com/ Have a look on that site. There's an Irish course seems to be pretty decent.

[@polemeros]

My great-grandparents emigrated to America from Ireland. Whatever they had, I don't know. But all my grandmother taught us was how to cross ourselves, and how to insult someone (Pog....etc), plus the words for Englishmen, priest and potato! The basics!!!

[@brokenglassesshaner]

The people who say it's a foreign language are not Irish, they are all British and for some reason claim our land as theirs. It's not a foreign language don't worry.

[@mjw12345]

Impressive the attachment to our native language under very adverse circumstances. My last visit to Belfast - on a Sunday, a Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann competition for children at the Titanic Centre. The centre of Belfast, not West Belfast, Madden's lovely pub, maybe half the clientele speaking Irish. You'll not find that in phony Galway.

[@GraveFireflys]

It is a far older language than English, more lyrical and less abressive than English, it has as much right to live and be heard as English. On a personal note the Irish language is the most beautiful language when sung.

[@ULYSSES-31]

Probably because English is a Germanic language.

[@GraveFireflys]

That's absolutely true, good point

[@GraveFireflys]

although it's important to remember that, although more abrasive germanic sung languages move millions of people emotionally world wide, it is my personal opinion that gaelic languages are more lyrical, emotional and sturing.

[@Galgamax2]

The accent has its origins the Irish language. The rhythm with which we speak the English language is the same as the rhythm of the Irish language. Many of the words you'll find in common usage in Ireland, while speaking English, also have their origins in the Irish language. The one you've most likely heard is 'craic'.

[@AnGhaeilge]

English is the de facto language across Ireland (north and south). Irish is only the daily working language in a few small areas, and even at that - you can still get by with just English in them. You won't need to pick up on some Irish before you come. But there's no harm in learning a few phrases :)

[@adamclark1972uk]

Sounds okay. The intonation is very similar to English.

[@JourdinBella1]

That is exactly how I feel. Except I am not learning Irish in school. I am mixed with Irish, and I feel it is only right to learn about my culture. I am a little late trying to learn but, it's better late than never.

[@benher6934]

Gaeliga is demanded in N. IRELAND highschools. But all my paddies from Beltown can say is in Irish are Ahain adoe athree ashhiaa, aquuii ashi ashock ahock aneey aah judge.

[@patrickbracken3363]

"Television" is a british word? "Tele" from the ancient greek and "visio" from latin.......

[@brooklyndave5596]

I have to say that guy had a lot of courage to go up the Shankill with those questions. The folks were pretty nice--I guess they say the TV camera. I have relatives in Derry (other side of N. Ireland). The one I stayed with spoke it some, but was far from fluent. Actually I read that well into the 1700s there were congregations of Presbyterians who spoke Scottish Gaelic in Antrim. Both Irish and Scottish Gaelic are lovely, especially in song.

[@paranoidrodent]

They are indeed lovely in song. This was the big radio hit on a double platinum album in 1995 here in Canada: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYPHmoGZr5iDjqM We've got our own (fairly endangered) Canadian Gaelic, a dialect of Scots Gaelic spoken mostly on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. There's a popular push to preserve and even revive it. Irish Gaelic was spoken in Newfoundland but it died out around the turn of the 20th century. Irish was probably also spoken (alongside some Breton) by some of the Irish settlers of New France (no, they weren't all French - some Irish Catholics emigrated to the colony too, often exiles). However, the Irish rapidly assimilated into the French Canadian community after the British conquest of New France because the Brits considered Irish who sided with the French to be traitors rather than just conquered foes. The colonial French communities sheltered their neighbours and the New French Irish made up French sounding variation on their names and assimilated to survive, which is why Canada has some French last names that don't even exist in France. The Breton just got absorbed into and influenced the local French dialects. I've got some cousins with stereotypically Breton names.

[@bestgrimbarianever]

well obviously irish people spoke irish originally but as generations have gone on, theyve been brought up to speak english instead but have still kept the accent :)

[@AnGhaeilge]

Agreed. I'm a member of the local astronomy club here too btw :)

[@morbidious]

I'm American and I would LOVE to learn to speak Manx Gaelic I think they should teach it to everyone of Celtic descent just as they are teaching the native Americans how to speak some of their native tongue. I wish I knew where I could learn it here in America.

[@AnGhaeilge]

@2bjjones It's not reflective of the entire country. We have areas called Gaeltachtaí where Irish is the community language, rather than English. I speak Irish as a daily language myself. It's true it could be in a better position, but it's coming back to the wider community bit by bit.

[@cr4ckp1dgeon]

Ach cá bhfuil Móglaí Báp agus Mo Chara? 🤔

[@ciaranmolloy9586]

I love the irish language and hope it doesn't die out. i'm trying my best to learn it in school but i don't think the government is really doing enough to help the language grow back and become what it used to :( I'm from Kildare by the way. Slan leat

[@industrialamy]

aww i wish i could understand!

[@MrCaptainLaptop]

I'm trying to learn Irish, I'm from Northern Ireland. I think how it's taught in school is wrong it should be taught from birth. The language is dying there's no doubt. It's sad in a way it's part of our heritage that is neglected. I'm an Irish man through and through I love and fear my Ma like no other woman, there's no soup like nettle soup, you can't have tea without a biscuit and stereotypical as it is nothing beats a bit of mashed potato. I only wish I could speak our language fluently.

[@ThirdTwin3]

I understand what you mean. Perhaps originally the Irish accent (in English) was developed when bother Irish Gaelic and English was spoken by the majority but as less and less people spoke both the new generations adopted the Irish pronunciations or accent in English

[@pd19852011]

No they are very similar..It would be like comparing catalan to spanish or some of the slavic languages like Czech and Polish..Slight differences but very similar and very understandable to each..

[@Josh-yh4ul]

So a beautiful Land where its lovely people don't understand its own wonderful language.. Sad.

[@AnGhaeilge]

Um there are - I wrote up the subtitles.

[@nigefal]

Your very polite for Southern

[@estupidelavida]

Didn't this guy go around Ireland asking people an ghaeilge if they spoke it? I remember being a kid at my nannie's in Bray and watching this, she never spoke it fluently juat some random words but as someone said here. I'm half Irish half Andalusian born in Catalonia and it feels right to hear it and that's how it felt back then too

[@wormswithteeth]

It's the same in Wales. Most don't speak Welsh yet they have the Welsh accent.

[@bobsiegfried532]

Love the guy at the end

[@rbsadler]

I can't understand a word they're saying even when they're speaking English lol. I'd love to learn a little Irish. I know a few words, but the aren't really any places to learn where I live.

[@Silentpartner70]

Ok the guy being interviewed at 5:07 sounds more American than British in his use of English. If you listen carefully you’ll see what I’m talking about.

[@seanoleary3244]

Tá sé an clár go maith i mo thuraim. An bhfuil sé ar súil fós no an bhfuil sé chríochnaithe?

[@BoseBish]

Reminds me of SIMS language. Beautiful tho! 😅

[@uuw_]

funny thing is the SIMS language is actually supposed to be based on irish abit

[@flojogrande]

I was wondering if Scotts Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are understood between the two.....are some words shared? are they totally different? or are there dialects within Gaelic itself? I had a handful of Irish friends that ran pubs while I was serving in Spain. They spoke a little Gaelic but I never really heard it from them for the most part they communicated in English. Nice post always nice to learn about cultures and languages.

[@eamonmcb8106]

I don't speak Irish or Scots Gaelic but I remember reading they're partially intelligible with one snother

[@oisinmtom]

To an irish speaker scottish Gaelic just sounds wrong as in wrong inflecive or pronunciation but is understandable.

[@deaniswell]

Fair play Belfast and Cork, there seems to be a bit of a revival among the working class there for Irish - could you imagine a bloke asking these questions in a working class part of Dublin!? Whara taaakin' abou' der bud, was da' abou' me ma??

[@FuroraCeltica]

If you google 'proto-celtic' you might find useful stuff for the pre-Roman British languages.

[@NosajKnows]

"haven't a baldy" i love West Belfast