What is the most common language in ireland?

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marky_fightthepower

English is by far the most common spoken,Irish(Gaelic) is still spoken in remote parts of the Country!!!!
With the influx of immigrants there is also many people who speak Polish,Chineese and other Eastern European languages!!!
This website may help...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Sean F

English and Irish Gaelic. Gaelic was the most common language used in Ireland until the British started to try and stop its usage through the National Schools. Children were taught not to use it and use slowly died out to a very serious extent, it was only with the establishment of the Republic or Ireland (Eire) that Irish Gaelic has been promoted as a matter of importance, there are now firmly established Gaeltachts (parts of the republic where Gaelic is the predominant language), there are schools that teach primarily in Gaelic, all school children have to learn Gaelic, there are television and radio programmes in Gaelic. It is a language that was almost on the verge of extinction but is now thankfully having a sort of renaissance. Though the most common language spoken in Ireland is English.

Martina L

English. Irish (gaelic, as some people call it) is the official language but a lot of people can't speak it. Recently polish, lithuanian and chinese are becoming more and more common because of the immigrants. For example, Bank of Ireland has multi-lingual flyers promoting their products.

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The native languages are English, which is by far the most commonly spoken, the other native language is Gaelic. Gaelic is spoken as a first language in certain areas and is taught to all secondary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland, but in Northern Ireland it is only taught in Catholic maintained schools (which probably makes up around half of the schools, give or take)
Other languages spoken would be Polish, Latvian and Chinese.

Erin B

English and Gaelic.

pokerjoev

English and Gaelic.

chrisoe6

English. Not very good at Irish myself. I think Polish is the 2nd most spoken language to English.

Wayne G

Gaelic is used in southern Ireland still in some remote parts..
I live in the North and we learn it in school from the age of 11 - 16.
English is the most spoken language tho.

eoinphanrahan

Most people speak british style english however approx. 55,000 people in ireland's 'gaeltacht' regions speak irish(gaelic). Most however can speak english quite well. Most people who attended school have a low degree of irish as it is a compulsory school subject. Irish(gaelic) is a celtic language similar to scottish in some ways.

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English.

Jade C

English and Gaelic

Viva La Eire!

gaeilic is the native language but only a handfull of people are fluent (also known as irish)

engliah is now the main language spoken here!

there are a lot of polish and african people here too!

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