The Decline of the Irish Language

The Irish language went from being a vibrant living language for over 1500 years to being replaced within two generations. It was once more widely spoken than Dutch, Danish, Swedish and Finnish, until the 1850's. ....... Tír gan anam.

[@balak1]

So sad. Hugs from Romania 🇷🇴❤️🇮🇪

[@TheM41a]

1:35 extremely true, the Catholic Church played a significant role in the decline of the Irish language after independence.

[@pio4362]

Irrelevant, we were left with only scraps by the 1920s. All we've managed since then is to prevent the language from entirely dying out.

[@SionTJobbins]

Trist iawn, rhai pethau'n debyg gyda hanes yr iaith Gymraeg hefyd. Some similarities with my language, Welsh, except that Welsh was the language of religion and all Welsh speakers could read the Bible in Welsh and so write in Welsh (Welsh is phonetic and very easy to write).

[@pio4362]

Oh it goes back far longer than 1500 years. More like 4000 to 4,500 years to the Bronze Age.

[@robertmulraney1230]

Nope it simily does not go back to the Bronze Age

[@colmtansey8359]

Don't forget the free state forcibly emigrated million s of irish .from the 1920s onwards .. and now they gifting us a new plantation of dear old ireland 😢😮.. charming