Guardian article on Irish speakers.

**Lim till i die** · 22/01/2007, 1:59 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Nor does your attitude towards "being irish" so it works both ways...

Indeed it does and I've taken my flak in good spirit

Unfortunately though as of yet the Irish Government doesn't set aside money for the promotion of "Not Feeling Irish" so what's your point

**Lim till i die** · 22/01/2007, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by S�C

You'd be surpised how much everyday Irish speakers there are out there.

The language of choice for the Cork Hurling panel is mostly Irish. Legal community in Cork conduct a lot of their dealings in Irish, Judges with Irish were appointed there.

Walk around Kildare Street area some day and you'll hear a lot of Irish too. Same goes for Monkstown and Rathfarnham

Fine 98.99999% it is so

**paul_oshea** · 22/01/2007, 2:06 PM

Good for you. You obviously feel this way because you subscribe to the whole Irish thing.

I don't therefore don't feel these links

There are obviously going to be cultural differences between different regions because of the way history has evolved. This doesn't make me feel any more "Irish"

Do you really feel it necessary to tell me how I should feel about "My" country

I would disagree totally with your last point. Don't have much community spirit for Dublin or Mullingar or Carrickmacross
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I would say Good for us all, not just pineapple stu, if this is how you think. Good to know that not one person I have met that is Irish, anywhere anytime thinks like this.

**jebus** · 22/01/2007, 2:13 PM

To be honest I think this whole thread is irrelevant, Irish is a dead language now and should be left to rest in peace. If there was ever a time to bring it back in as the official language of Ireland than it would have been after the War of Independence, or at least after the Civil War had settled down. Back then people had an interest in Irishness and would have made the effort to speak it in day to day life, why De Valera never brought it in is beyond me, but either way he didn't and Irish is pretty much finished as a language. If people are so worried about it than send your kids to an all-Irish speaking Primary School, I was and could speak it fluently after I left the school.

On the whole notion of being Irish, well outside of having Americans fawning over me for being Irish I'm sure I have very little in common with most Irish people so I don't get the whole Irish culture thing. I don't even know what being Irish is supposed to mean to be honest, and I'm sure 95% of the people posting on this thread won't be able to give me a reasonable answer to what it does mean either

**First** · 22/01/2007, 2:18 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

I don't even know what being Irish is supposed to mean to be honest, and I'm sure 95% of the people posting on this thread won't be able to give me a reasonable answer to what it does mean either

It distinguishes you from the English

**Lim till i die** · 22/01/2007, 2:48 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

To be honest I think this whole thread is irrelevant, Irish is a dead language now and should be left to rest in peace. If there was ever a time to bring it back in as the official language of Ireland than it would have been after the War of Independence, or at least after the Civil War had settled down. Back then people had an interest in Irishness and would have made the effort to speak it in day to day life, why De Valera never brought it in is beyond me, but either way he didn't and Irish is pretty much finished as a language. If people are so worried about it than send your kids to an all-Irish speaking Primary School, I was and could speak it fluently after I left the school.

On the whole notion of being Irish, well outside of having Americans fawning over me for being Irish I'm sure I have very little in common with most Irish people so I don't get the whole Irish culture thing. I don't even know what being Irish is supposed to mean to be honest, and I'm sure 95% of the people posting on this thread won't be able to give me a reasonable answer to what it does mean either

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