Do u think ireland will eva get its language back?

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established1922

Back from where??According to the Irish Constitution Irish is the first official language of the Republic, with English being the second. Irish is used in all official establishments....the government (dail, seanad, taoiseach etc), the civil service (an gardai) and Irish state companies (aer lingus). In order to work in these you have to have a certain amount of knowledge of the language. All road signs and official signs also have the name in Irish and English aswel as it being compulsary in education. The language is definatly not gone! It was even been recognised as an official language of the EU.

However as for everyday speaking of the language it has indeed declined so much which is very sad. Of course the reason for this began with the British destruction of the Irish culture during occupation.(i.e making speaking Irish and carrying out Irish past-times illegal.)These days Irish is MAINLY (not only) spoke daliy in Gaeltacht regions.

I believe Irish is a fantastic language and it will not die out completly.

TÃr gan teanga, tÃr gan anam - A country without a language is a country without a soul.

Ã‰irinn go BrÃ¡ch - Ireland forever

Irish_bi_female

Until the government wises up and changes the way that Irish is taught in secondary schools, it will die out. Any Irish I remember is the words and sentences that I learned in primary school. As soon as you go to secondary school, it's taught through boring poems and stupid stories that no teenager could be bothered with. A change in the way it's taught will help a lot of people retain what they have learned and probably take an interest in it. It's a shame that it isn't more widely spoken, and we should look to Wales, who manage to speak fluent English but also have a firm grasp on their own language and an interest in preserving and speaking it.

Sean

i hope so...but gaeilc is on the secline so idk...mayb u and i should start a organization to get it back...wait...they have one of those

idk

sean

Ã‰irinn go BrÃ¡ch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

portach_king

Irish has a long way to go before dying, but it hasn't been the countries first speaking language for over a century. With the world growing smaller and smaller every day and globalization, it's not going to make a comeback, but I suspect it will be preserved.
TÃ¡ sÃºil agam.

Lyn K

wishful thinking,im afraid.a terrible,incalcuable loss.i took gaelic for 5 years,but thru lack of people to practise and converse with,im losing it more and more ,and its a loss to me.ive often said,if ever i take over the world,i'd certainly enforce world-wide study of gaelic.but,thats wishful thinking also.

purplegeko

Irish is almost a dead language which is a terrible shame, the problem is it is not being taught in a way that makes it enjoyable. It all started when the english made it illegal to speak and as a result young irish people turned their back on the language to learn english because it was the language of trade and education. for young children it is complusory in all schools and as a result many kids tend to rebel against learning it. For irish to truely survive the whole attitude towards the language has to change.

Tara

The language has not been completely lost. I have seen more offerings and publications about learning Irish Gaelic in the United States, even. The language is beautiful and poetic and I sincerely hope its comeback continues.

Morrelle

Check this............Do you....Ireland....ever...... What are you worrying about Gaelic for, you need to learn English.

purple diamond

no, its long gone

bluebell

I would love to think so. However we were forcefed it in school and that didnt work for me. I think it would be very cool to speak it fluently

Garnet

I'm Irish and while I dont mind learning it in school-not that I have a choice either way-I actually wouldnt want everyone in Ireland to speak it full time. The fact that we are an English speaking country has contributed to the boost in our economy. English is one of the most widely spoken languages and today, its more practical and useful to be fluent in English as opposed to Irish.

sailorswan70

hope not

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