Comments on: The Irish Language: 5 things you need to know http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/ travel & accommodation Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:40:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Deirdra Murphy http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Deirdra Murphy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:10:57 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-171 Saying Irish is a dead language because it isn't currently spoken by everyone in the country is like saying no one in Ireland uses electricity, so the last remaining power plants should be shut down because not everyone understands it thoroughly...there are levels of understanding,levels of usage, levels of relevance...but if you choose to give up on your language altogether, you are not moving forward, but back into the dark. Saying Irish is a dead language because it isn’t currently spoken by everyone in the country is like saying no one in Ireland uses electricity, so the last remaining power plants should be shut down because not everyone understands it thoroughly…there are levels of understanding,levels of usage, levels of relevance…but if you choose to give up on your language altogether, you are not moving forward, but back into the dark.

]]> By: Saise http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Saise Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:15:16 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-161 I think every nation has a Peig Sayers of their own, an author whose works packed with misery everybody hates, but unfortunately everybody has to read and learn about! I can't wait to learn enough Irish to be able to read her books in Irish. It might sound a bit conservative or even extremist, but that's where the spirit of the language lives - in the works of Peig Sayers and the likes. I think every nation has a Peig Sayers of their own, an author whose works packed with misery everybody hates, but unfortunately everybody has to read and learn about! I can’t wait to learn enough Irish to be able to read her books in Irish. It might sound a bit conservative or even extremist, but that’s where the spirit of the language lives – in the works of Peig Sayers and the likes.

]]> By: Eoin http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Eoin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:02 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-153 @Cassy: I'm sure you'll have a great time next year. I would say be realistic about what you can learn if you don't have a one-to-one teacher. Maybe you'd be interested in the audio phrases Gold Membership at http://www.irish-sayings.com (our sister site). I suggest you take a look. @Cassy: I’m sure you’ll have a great time next year. I would say be realistic about what you can learn if you don’t have a one-to-one teacher. Maybe you’d be interested in the audio phrases Gold Membership at http://www.irish-sayings.com (our sister site). I suggest you take a look.

]]> By: Cassy http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Cassy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:19 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-152 I am from the states and I'm traveling to Ireland with my Fiance in September for our honeymoon. I am looking to learn to speak Irish before we go there. I think it would be wonderful to learn the language and to be able to engage in small conversation in Irish with some people while we are there. Anyone have any suggestions? I am from the states and I’m traveling to Ireland with my Fiance in September for our honeymoon. I am looking to learn to speak Irish before we go there. I think it would be wonderful to learn the language and to be able to engage in small conversation in Irish with some people while we are there. Anyone have any suggestions?

]]> By: Joe McInerney http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Joe McInerney Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:50:21 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-119 In response to Comment #1. Curse words in a dominant language of a people are often common words of the people they conquered. When the Norman-French conquered the Anglo-Saxons in 1066, common words for sex and bodily functions in Anglo-Saxon became vulgar words in the Anglo-French mix that became modern English. The word 'vulgar' orignally meant 'common' or 'native.' In response to Comment #1. Curse words in a dominant language of a people are often common words of the people they conquered. When the Norman-French conquered the Anglo-Saxons in 1066, common words for sex and bodily functions in Anglo-Saxon became vulgar words in the Anglo-French mix that became modern English. The word ‘vulgar’ orignally meant ‘common’ or ‘native.’

]]> By: Joe McInerney http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Joe McInerney Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:39:10 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-118 A people who have lost their language have lost their culture. The Irish should preserve their Irish language at all costs, else they become part of the Anglo-American culture. When the Native American Lakota started speaking English, their culture became a shadow of its former self. A people who have lost their language have lost their culture. The Irish should preserve their Irish language at all costs, else they become part of the Anglo-American culture. When the Native American Lakota started speaking English, their culture became a shadow of its former self.

]]> By: Henry H. Pinkham, SAfrica http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Henry H. Pinkham, SAfrica Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:47:14 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-107 Folks, you should promote your language. It is your soul. It is your past and your future. Teach it to EVERYBODY in your country and export it. Irish history written in Gaelic is the key to the history of the West and to the European civilization. Why don't you ADVERTIZE in Gaelic? Doing that you not only advertize the product, but also your language. Here is my Gaelic ad: An t-aon Deis Iompair ar féidir leis a dhul in aon áit Eitlíonn an árthach foluaineach "Hov Pod" ar cúisín aeir; ag sleamhnú trasna an fharraige, locha, aibhneacha, talamh féarach, eanach, gaineamh, sneachta agus oighear. Ná bíodh imní ort faoi amanna taoidí ná *fánáin ...Cas an eochair agus ar aghaidh leat! [Redwolf/An tOileánach] Is féidir é a úsáid do spórtanna uisce, spórtanna 4x4, rásaíocht ar chnocáin ghainimh, nó taisteal ins an ghaineamhlach, taiscéalaíocht aibhneacha,srutháin nó oileáin; cúrsaí tarrthála, nó mar bealach taistil in n-áiteanna ina bhfuil an dúlra i gcontúirt, ní chuireadh sé as don dromchla ná ní dhéanann sé dochar d’uibheacha, ná plandaí. Breathnaigh ar ár suíomh-idirlíone website://hovercraftforafrica.bravehost.com (i mBéarla). Gabh i dteangbháil linn ag úsáid an foirm éasca “Contact-Us” atá le fáil ar an suíomh-idirlíone. Cuir ceist faoin bpraghas. (ceisteanna i mBéarla amháin, más é do thoil é.) Is iontach an rudín é seo! Ceannaigh ceann. Why don't YOU advertize in your own language? If people don't understand ads, they realize they are losing out. Devise means how people lose out when they don't know the language, reward them for learning it. Come on, folks! Stand up for what is your own. Wn back the soul of your nation. Promote Gaelic! Henry H. Pinkham A Boer in South Africa Folks, you should promote your language. It is your soul. It is your past and your future. Teach it to EVERYBODY in your country and export it. Irish history written in Gaelic is the key to the history of the West and to the European civilization.

Why don’t you ADVERTIZE in Gaelic?
Doing that you not only advertize the product, but also your language.

Here is my Gaelic ad:

An t-aon Deis Iompair ar féidir leis a dhul in aon áit

Eitlíonn an árthach foluaineach “Hov Pod” ar cúisín aeir; ag sleamhnú trasna an fharraige, locha, aibhneacha, talamh féarach, eanach, gaineamh, sneachta agus oighear. Ná bíodh imní ort faoi amanna taoidí ná *fánáin …Cas an eochair agus ar aghaidh leat! [Redwolf/An tOileánach]

Is féidir é a úsáid do spórtanna uisce, spórtanna 4×4, rásaíocht ar chnocáin ghainimh, nó taisteal ins an ghaineamhlach, taiscéalaíocht aibhneacha,srutháin nó oileáin; cúrsaí tarrthála, nó mar bealach taistil in n-áiteanna ina bhfuil an dúlra i gcontúirt, ní chuireadh sé as don dromchla ná ní dhéanann sé dochar d’uibheacha, ná plandaí.

Breathnaigh ar ár suíomh-idirlíone website://hovercraftforafrica.bravehost.com (i mBéarla). Gabh i dteangbháil linn ag úsáid an foirm éasca “Contact-Us” atá le fáil ar an suíomh-idirlíone. Cuir ceist faoin bpraghas. (ceisteanna i mBéarla amháin, más é do thoil é.)

Is iontach an rudín é seo! Ceannaigh ceann.

Why don’t YOU advertize in your own language? If people don’t understand ads, they realize they are losing out. Devise means how people lose out when they don’t know the language, reward them for learning it.

Come on, folks! Stand up for what is your own.

Wn back the soul of your nation.

Promote Gaelic!

Henry H. Pinkham
A Boer in
South Africa

]]> By: Timothy Conway http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Timothy Conway Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:39:14 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-102 Dia duit, Gaeilge go deo. It's still alive here in Americay. It will never die as long as we keep speaking. I have spoken gaelic with a fine lady in Dublin and a good friend from Belfast so...tog e bog e. Dia duit, Gaeilge go deo. It’s still alive here in Americay. It will never die as long as we keep speaking. I have spoken gaelic with a fine lady in Dublin and a good friend from Belfast so…tog e bog e.

]]> By: Garreth http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Garreth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:23:19 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-101 It saddens me to hear those that say it's a dead language or has no use today. That attitude will surely see the demise of the culturally rich language. It needs to be enforced in schools. Look at the Poles and the Lithuanians etc. They maintained their language through communist era and the poles kept their language throughout both Hitler and Stalin era's. The welsh kept their Brythonic/gaelic language so why can't we. Lets not subscribe to the facist reason of why we speak english but relish in the opportunity the internet gives us to reestablish this bruised but not beaten language. It saddens me to hear those that say it’s a dead language or has no use today. That attitude will surely see the demise of the culturally rich language. It needs to be enforced in schools. Look at the Poles and the Lithuanians etc. They maintained their language through communist era and the poles kept their language throughout both Hitler and Stalin era’s. The welsh kept their Brythonic/gaelic language so why can’t we. Lets not subscribe to the facist reason of why we speak english but relish in the opportunity the internet gives us to reestablish this bruised but not beaten language.

]]> By: Eoin http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/gaeltacht-regions/the-irish-language/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Eoin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:12:13 +0000 http://www.gaeltachttravel.com/?p=409#comment-98 Brian, you're probably right about Peig, but at least they don't generally teach it anymore. That being said, the language teaching methods applied are just not good enough. Brian, you’re probably right about Peig, but at least they don’t generally teach it anymore. That being said, the language teaching methods applied are just not good enough.

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