Dia dhaoibh, a chairde go leor!

B� maith liom mise a chur in aithne daoibh.
Is Ruediger (Roidsear) an t-ainm at� orm agus is Ghearm�in m�. Ach chur m� �ire nam' chro�, agus b�onn m� ag foghlaim Gaeilge anois agus ar�s.
Thathn�onn cl�r-cinn seo go m�r liom, de bhr� go c�pla amhr�n go deas ann... ;)
N�l m�ran Gaeilge agam f�s, ach t� me ag foghlaim...

Sl�n go f�ill agus beannacht libh,

Christophe, I havent received it yet. Are you sure you sent it to the correct address?

Well I ain't so sure bout that.

There's alot of Japanese people in Ireland, and you know what they come for? To learn English. The Brits colonised us with such success that we are now seen as the perfect place to teach their tongue, and to spread it's influence around the world...

And as for coming to Ireland to learn Irish, well sure you can go to the Gaeltachts. But unfortunately nobody speaks Irish outside the Gaeltachts. If you were to go to a shop and ask the cashier something in Irish they'd look at you funny and tell you to speak English. Of course first you'd have to find a shop which wasn't completely manned by Japs. Which is hard...

I think the Gaeltachts have become like zoos now. It's like people go there and look at the people living their lives "the old way". It's like a tourist attraction now, a sideshow. The Gaeltachts are getting smaller and smaller, and foreigners coming to learn Irish when "Irish people" have no interest in it's preservation themselves is gonna solve sweet fuck all.

Sl�n tamaill

The students speak Gaelic outside of the Gaeltachts :P

All of my family does. They dont speak it constantly but just drift from English to Gaelic or just speak in Gaelic or just English.

The punters in the pubs I'm in speak Gaelic sometimes

Aye, they SHOULD, but ... 'tis not always the case... :(

A chara,

Irish is thought in primary schools here. It's drilled into your head, verb table after fuckin verb table! Some people think that if it wasn't compulsory, then more people might take it up.

Which is bollox.

I don't see why all schools aren't All-Irish schools. I don't ever intend on having fuckin kids, but if I did I'd make damn fuckin sure I sent them to an All-Irish primary school. People in my old school who went to All-Irish primary schools and then went to English speaking secondaries found Irish easy, even if they were stupid cunts.

Talkin little sentences with your family (like I do) ain't gonna do jack shit. You have to speak Irish when your young, so that it doesn't seem like such a chore learning it in school and feels natural to you. I dunno, I'm sure bigger fuckin brains than me have thought about it for fuckin years, but the only way your gonna solve it is to at least make primary schools All-Irish.

Sl�n go foill

Noel,
First of all, it was GREAT speaking with you FINALLY (even if it was only for a few seconds), But it breaks my heart to hear that the heart and soul of Ireland (Gaelic language) is almost a thing of the past. Have the Brits finally succeeded in one of their many goals? To eventually disintegrate the very essence of what is our natural heritage? I say NO! Let us all learn, Speak, and Teach Gaelic to all of our children. Lest we never forget.
SAOIRSE!

T� t� ceart go leor! - You're right!

SAOIRSE GO DEO!

Sl�n agus go n-�ir� an b�thar libh, a chairde go leor!

Roidsear

Unfortunately it's easier said than done.

The Gaelic League couldn't do it in the early 1900's (when there were more Irish speakers than there are now), and there's no organisation like it now to even try.

I agree, That IS the best way. Keep spreading the word people. Noel, How were the marches? Did you stone one for me? :ph34r:
SAOIRSE!

I was learnin' Gaeilge in Moscow University for three years. But I had no practice, so... I remember very few phrases... I am envious to your ossibilities, fellows... :(

f�ilte, I've started to learn gaelic with this pages: http://www.irishpage.com/irishpeople/

And I think it's quite good, but does anybody know a page with a lot of vocabulary?

cu Fionas