Does Ireland have their own language?

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Irish is given the recognition by the constition of Ireland as the national and first official language of Ireland and English being the second official language. But in Ireland we Speak mostly English except in the Gaeltacht regions where Irish is spoken

Irish is called Gaeilge in Irish, and is sometimes referred to as Gaelic around the world.

There is three types of Irish dialects spoken Munster, Connacht and Ulster.

Connacht dialects can be found in Connemara and the Aran Islands.
Munster Irish can be found in the Kerry Gaeltacht
and Ulster Irish can be found on Tory Island.

Orla C

Yes, we have Irish, which we also call Gaeilge, and our own particular dialect of English known as Hiberno-English, which is far more expressive than any other dialect.

mtchndjnmtch

Yes

deburca98

Ulster scots is not a language, Wikipedia is not a viable source of information.
Ulster scots is just badly spoken english.

mise

yes we speek Irish (Gaeilge)

Louise

Gaeilge

Martina L

Yes, Ireland's own language is Irish, the language of the local population before the English invasion. Although Irish is the official language of Ireland and all official documents are written in Irish and English, everybody speaks English and only a handful of people are fluent Irish speakers.

eorpach_agus_eireannach

We have Irish and Shelta(minority language spoken by the travelling community).

Also Ireland has its own Sign Language. Oddly it is related to French Sign Language rather than British.

Also, i am very happy only two people wrongly called it Gaelic.

bella234

yep we speak irish (gaelige) as well as english. english is the main language now tho since irish went into decline after the 17th/18th centuries when so many people emmigrated and needed to speak english.
also because the british controlled ireland or 800 years they tried to cut irish out of the country
but the language is becoming more popular in recent time. there are lots of gaelscoil (schools where u only speak irish) and its compusory to learn in schools)

heres some examples:
is aoibhinn liom an teanga - i like the language
dia dhuit - hello
go raibh mile maith agat - thank you
is Ã© gaeilge an prÃomhteanga an tÃr - irish is the main language of the country

greenorlagh

YES!

InTheNameOfTheFada

Yes, it is Irish or Gaeilge. It is the first official language of Ireland and is one of the first written languages ever recorded. It is a Celtic language, specifically of the Q-Celt family. There are approx 1million Irish-speakers or 'Gaeligeoiri' in Ireland today. It greatly declined in the 17th and 18h centuries when the British Government made the speaking of Irish illegal. It is my first language and I could not be more proud of it. Gaeilge go brach!

submissivmsle36

yes we do its call Irish but if you speck Inglish you have no worries we spack that to

Lucy

Irish

Podge and Rodge Tribute Band

Yes, English

Give & Love

Yeah. Some speak Gaelic, Ulster-Scots, or mostly English.

xx_muggles_xx

don't they have Galeic

alan m

Ireland was originally all english. After partition in 1921, some in southern Ireland speak Irish but most despite their anti english attitude speak english, write english, read english. Its a strange country down south. Northern Ireland being British means its all english thoroughly.

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