It really warms my heart hearing Irish people speaking irish, kinda gives me hope that it would be much more prominent in the foreseeable future. Big love from South Africa 🇿🇦
A few years back, we went from Scotland for a break in Annagry, Donegal . My friend, John Angus MacLeod from Carloway on the west side of Lewis was a native Gaelic speaker and brought up in a 'Black house.' He was talking to native Irish speakers in the pub toilet and having agreat laugh with them. I asked him if it was similar? He replied in his Hebridean lilt, 'Well, it has the same flavour!' Brilliant answer!! Sadly he passed away early this year, but memories like this should last, that's why I pass them on.
When visiting Belfast in recent years, I was pleasantly surprised with the vibrant gaelic and gaeilge scene there. People down south have quite a bit of learned Irish from school, but when it comes to using it in conversation, it seems to be treated as a kind of comedy act.
As a Kurd it make me happy to see Irish speaking Irish people. I hope to see all Scottish people when they speak Scottish (Gaelic) and all other peoples same. Respect from north of Kurdistan
In Catalonia we did a radical policy, altough it was easy because it is not a minority language and actually (sadly) it is as spoken as Spanish instead of being MORE spoken.
Osi'yo Cliare. (Hello in Cherokee) I find the comparisons as they relate to what might be called heritage/language gynecide to be comparable to actions taken in the United States with 1st Peoples aka Native Peoples children were forced to go to reservation schools often run by "religious leaders" and were forbidden to speak their native language. As with Irish there is a resurgence of native languages being taught or offered in either schools, classes and other online resources. So in short I think what your doing is great.
Yup same in all old English colonies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand (+ Scotland & Wales). I've been living in Mexico for the past few years here it was kind of interesting that Spain used Nahuatl (the Aztec language) as the administrative language and the Spanish church did a good job documenting many native languages. But over time racism and classism have taken a toll the health of native languages so a lot of kids aren't that proud to speak a native language. Plus in Mexico there are about 700 languages/dialects so Spanish is needed at a national level.
@Daughter of Enoch whoa, a little judgmental here?, I do not claim to speak for @Dannie Garrett and I am not Cherokee or from any other Native American tribe. However, just by Dannie's comment that his tribal name is spoken only among his clan signals to me that there is an importance/significance to them about they their tribal names. Perhaps, we ( the internet world) have not earned the respect to use it, perhaps their beliefs are such that only their tribe are permitted to use it. Names can have special meanings and special uses especially among the indigenous peoples of America. To jump to the conclusion that he is "ashamed of your proper name you only whisper it in select circles" is condescending at best.
Lots of people from Nova Scotia that speak Gaelic, we have a guy that lives near me from North Ireland, he speaks, both scottish and Irish Gaelic fluently. He also lived in Nova Scotia for awhile after he came to Canada from North Ireland and he said he was amazed how strong the culture was there and how many spoke Gaelic, both irish and scottish.
eduardo ordonez Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic all derive from Old Irish, When Old Irish Came to Scotland it was mixed with Old Norse and Pictish, So Scottish Gaelic is a mix of Pictish, Old Irish and Old Norse, the part of Scotland where we speak Gaelic we are called Norse-Gaels as our culture is largely influenced by the Nordic countries, as where we speak Gaelic we were a Norse Kingdom for hundreds of years, Scottish Gaelic is my first language and u can pick certain words from Irish Gaelic, but I really can’t understand it properly, I would be able to converse with an Irish Gaelic speaker, Also I’ve been told by Irish Gaelic speakers that when I speak Scottish Gaelic it sounds like I’m putting on a Norwegian accents whilst throwing in “made up” words, lol. I’ve also been told by Nordic language speakers that I sound like I’m speaking broken Iceland lol.
Crimhthan Mor i have no idea, she must be very uneducated though as gaelic used to be spoken throughout scotland, maybe you should tell her to open a book, or maybe google the history?
Scottish Gaelic was spoken in most of Scotland when Scotland/Alba was created. It was the majority language until the ~1200's when Scots became the majority language.
@@Thetoastedwaffle5 Scots Gaelic and Irish (along with Manx) all derive from Old Irish, because Irish settlers called Scoti settled Northern Britain. Eventually it became a different dialect and language the same way Spanish, Italian and Romanian all came from a single variant Latin which turned into dialects and eventually separate languages.
When I studied abroad in Ireland and lived with Irish suitemates, I was really surprised by the different significance the language seemed to hold in the south vs. the north (in America, of course, we don't really learn that Irish is a language at all - I only knew because of your channel and because of an Irish drama class I took). All of my suitemates were from the south and treated Irish as a kind of compulsory thing they had to learn. In Belfast, my classmates and I visited an Irish cultural center, and the feeling was totally different - there was a really concerted effort to preserve the language and use it in daily life. It was super cool to see that reflected in this video!
We've had to fight for language rights in the north so I think that's where the difference lies. I remember going to one of the first Lá Deargs and there were grown men screaming at the bunscoil students in front of us and doing Nazi salutes. The Irish schools were and still are underfunded. I went to what use to be the only Irish secondary school in the north (there's now two since the one in Derry opened a few years ago) and it was such an amazing experience. We were taught to be accepting and respectful. My teachers parents created the first bunscoil and they were the first students to attend.
Most people in the south don't give a crap about their real culture. In the North the Irish community has had to fight for their rights and they value it more as an identity marker.
In the North, there is a lot of adults who never had the chance to learn Irish and so they send their kids into an all Irish primary school, like I was and they learn the language through us and I can’t go a day without talking Irish to teach them which honestly makes me appreciate the fact that I had the privilege to learn my native tongue, which in turn makes me want to learn more about my culture
@@cigh7445 The province of Ulster has always valued it's heritage and culture and fought for it throughout history. I wouldn't say that about the south though, that nobody cares anymore I mean rural Kerry and inner city Dublin are completely different places. Some places yes they care a lot and others it's not important as you say.
My Brother-in-law moved to Canada about 30 years ago from Ennis and hadn't spoken it other than the one trip home. We introduced him to a dear family friend (96 year old Galway Lady) who moved here 70+ years ago and they were in tears after speaking to each other in full Gaelic. He went to see her many times after because they shared so many stories. We were so happy she got to see someone and speak her language before she passed. 100 years between them away from Ireland and they still missed it so much.
Love the Irish content, it is one of the main reasons I found your channel a few years ago now! Happy Irish is making a comeback in the North, Ive noticed it on my travels there for sure. Even here in the US the Irish speaking population and presence is definitely growing, especially where I am in Boston! Mar i gcónaí, físéan iontach eile!
Yeah, I’m from Boston. Irish-American, my ancestors came over after the potato famine in the late 1800s... I can’t understand a word you’re saying and I’d venture more than 95% of the people of Irish descent here have almost no working knowledge of the Irish language whatsoever, outside of common phases like “Erin go bragh.” It’s not like other ethnic groups like Italians, or any number of Spanish people. Unless you go out of your way, you won’t pick it up and unless your parents came from a rural county in Ireland, you don’t speak it at home. It’s been dying in Ireland itself, where reports are most of the population - especially around Dublin - can’t even speak it anymore.
@@tmclaughlin11 Hey Tim, I'm Irish American as well, but we can all do our part to keep the language alive. I'm not the most fluent Irish speaker but I've been making a concerted effort to study more and speak Irish around the house with my children (and with fellow Irish speaking students lol). 2 years ago, my family and I visited the Aran Islands (west Ireland) and I was happy to converse with the locals in Irish. Please do your part brother :)
I started learning irish 8 years ago when I started secondary like some ni students ; ended up choosing it for a level too after over encouragement from a teacher ; and here I am going into my second year of uni at queens studying irish. I still don’t feel so confident at it , none of my family spoke it and there’s a lot more fluent people I know yet I’m proud to speak it as it’s something I adore ; there’s a beauty within it. Tá rún agam bheith i mo mhuinteoir Gaeilge nuair a bhainim céim amach mar creidím go bhfuil sé iontach tábhachtach go bhfoghlaimeodh daoine óga nó pasta an teanga. Is cinnte gur chóir go mbeadh sé éigeantach anseo i dTuaisceart na hEiréann , is mian liom go mbeadh an rogha sin agam nuair a bhí mé i mo pháiste.
As a American with Irish heritage, I love hearing about the history of the island, language and it's people. I am so fascinated. I grew up on the Mexican border so am used to hearing different languages but Irish is crazy.
When I heard some of the speakers using Irish, it reminded me of how some English speakers in Canada speak French. French is compulsory in English schools but most English speakers forget most of their French once they leave school. The exception is for the French that has made it's way into Canadian English and the labeling on products which all must be bi-lingual.
allan lanktree When I first visited Toronto (5hour airport layover, ca. 92) I was so surprised to hear the way the French announcements were pronounced. My french isn't great, since I mostly learned to speak the language in the army (Swiss), but I eventually understood most of it.
To the young Protestant woman: Irish was spoken by many Protestant people on the Shankhill Road Belfast in living memory! Irish culture was celebrated, including Irish dancing and singing. Many of the greatest celebrants of Gaeilge were Protestant.
There have been many prominent Irish Protestants in the history of Ireland who favored complete independence or at least "Home Rule" from the UK. But being masters of "divide and conquer" and "divide and rule" the British governments played the sectarian card skillfully, as needed. This is what finally led to "the deal with the devil" which resulted in a traditionally predominantly Protestant North separate from a traditionally predominantly Catholic South. The division of Ireland was not "fate", a coincidence, or an accident.
I watched this without subtitles and I'm feeling a little happier about my progress when I was able to pick out words of speakers from Tuaisceart Éireann. The Duolingo speaker seems to be Connacht dialect but I'm sure there are lots of differences between that and the Ulster but I'm not nearly proficient enough to pick them out yet. Thank you for the link to FutureLearn. I will check it out!
I’m preparing for ielts exam with future learn, recently found it and signed up. English being third language is kinda interesting, but fun fact I fell in love with English through Irish songs and fairytales (had difficulties to read Oisin😅)
Hello (Dia Dhuit) Clare and great video about the Irish language and I'm learning more about the Irish language and I'm getting use to it and I speak Irish on daily basis and I've been speaking Irish for a year and next year it's going on 2 years of learning and speaking Irish language and I'm going to continue on learning and speaking the Irish language and the Irish language lives on and God bless you Clare 🙏🙂 and God bless Ireland 🇮🇪☘️🍀 and thank you.
Again... Wow..... That's so incredible, I totally enjoyed this video. And the subtitles are incredible, I would not have watched it had it not had subtitles. Awesomeness Clisare!! Well Done!!
The subtitle change is also considerate from another point of view: You can edit the appearance of the subtitles for better visibility. So thank you :D
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I personally think it is so important to learn the language(s) of your culture(s) because the thing is, its the history of who you are and where you came from. Not everyone has that opportunity especially when they know very little about their own life. Irish culture is absolutely ancient and its really sad when some people don't care or think its important. But for those who want to learn or wish to learn I say do it. Its an ancient language of the Gaels, don't underestimate that.
This is one of those topics I’d kill to talk with you about in person, Clare! ❤️ But as I’m thousands of miles away, guess I’ll settle for another great video 🤷🏼♂️😝 lol/smh Thanks always for the efforts you put in for your language, your culture, your country.
Dia duit! FutureLearn actually brought me here (since I've started the course all I get is Irish language recommendations - not complaining, clearly the algorithm works ☺️). 100% recommend it if anyone's thinking of giving it a go, much better than Duolingo (in my opinion) but the course only runs every few weeks or so, so you might have to wait. Really interesting hearing the NI perspective. I'm in Wales and a Welsh speaker so we had our own battles to get Welsh on the curriculum. Now we're having a proper revival and hopefully NI will too (with Irish). Thanks for the video :)
Im a quarter Irish, and I've tried learning the language a few times on Duolingo, and am currently trying to learn again. This and the old video have made me realize though that I have a literal toddler understanding of it 😂
Its so strange to go from hearing it every day in school for 12/13 years to getting past Leaving Cert and then not hearing it at all really for 2 years. Still really annoyed I can only have a simple conversation but thats mostly down to how bad the curriculum is here. It needs a complete revamp, I mean trying to teach people to decipher complex poetry and novels when they barely have the basics down is the main problem with it I think. They also need to scrap the donegal person form the listening test too🤣🤣 majority of us doing the leaving just accept defeat when he/she starts speaking.
I've had someone tell my FIL to speak English because they were in America. He was speaking Wolostiqi'ik, a native Maine language. :D I've been learning Irish, but I'm not near as fluent as Claire is, yet.
I've gotten to the point I can listen to RTE and recognize the gist and about every third word. They speak so fast I find that excellent progress. I started learning years ago (like 25!) but with such limited learning options then, I got some vocab and that's about it. I took a couple weekend immersion courses over the last 5 years, then last September, I dove into Gaeilge gach lá and the DuoLingo course. Now I'm done with DuoLingo and going through Rosetta Stone, and joining conversation groups when I can.
Awesome video. I'm a Londoner, but both of my parents are Irish (Limerick and the West Coast). Have always had a big connection to Ireland and my cousins, but wish I had picked up the language as they did...it's never too late, I guess!
I really enjoyed this video. It was really interesting as a Canadian with Irish heritage how the ties to the Irish language vary between the North and South, and the interaction with religion.
As another Canadian with Irish heritage, what I find really interesting is the similarities between the Republic of Ireland's Irish language problems, and problems with French in Anglophone Canada.
I’m Northern Irish but don’t have a clue on the Irish language since my school was more protestant so we didn’t learn it in school, instead we did French and German
I wish I grew up with the Irish language, studied it in school from 4 years old to 18 years old and I’m far from fluent. I’ve made a go at learning it as an adult but without getting to use it I find it very difficult 😓
My family came to America from Germany and they were strongly discouraged from speaking German except at home and at church. By the time my grandma was an adult she couldn't even remember the German she spoke as a child. I feel like I missed out on something important not learning German at home. It's incredible that you're doing your part to keep the language alive. Do you find it more common with older people or younger people? Is it fairly common for people to speak Irish?
Depends what part of the country you’re from. More common in some parts. Not very common where I live or where I grew up, but I grew up around 40minutes away from somewhere where it was common.
What I really noticed was how Northern pronunciation of Irish is so recognisably related to Manx. There seems to be a much bigger divide between Manx and Southern pronunciation. Maybe that is due to the fact that use of Gaelic has been less generally continuous in the North and is being deliberately "relearnt" much in the same way as on the Isle of Man. Would love to hear some opinions on this.
I'm terrible at languages, I speak a bit of Mexican Spanish as I live in California, and a bit of Russian as I was married to one and our daughter is fluent. But the idea of learning Irish sounds so appealing I signed up at future learn. By the time I finish in a few years this Covid-19 thing will most likely be over and I'll have to celebrate by finding James McAvoy in a pub and learn if he speaks Irish.
I learned all my Irish and Donegal Donegal is actually in Ulster. However, it sometimes considered part of north of the country but I can guarantee you that Irish is spoken in Donegal and throughout the republic on the west and north west side of the country Belfast also I’ve been led to believe.
I found this very informative and interesting. My ex sister in law who was from cork could speak it. Didnt have a clue what she said. But was cool hearing it. I always assumed everyone could speak it. Its also got me thinking, like did the brits discourage ppl speaking/learning it? Im gonna have to study more about it. To me as an American, I find it fascinating. Thank You Claire 😃😃😃😃😃
They didn't just discourage, they literally executed irish people en masse for speaking gaelic. It was an attempted genocide which continues to this day.
I've wanted to learn for a long time. Never had the opportunity though. I will be retiring Sept 1st so I will have more time to do things I have always wanted to do. Claire, Did you grow up speaking Gaeilge or did you learn it in school? You seem to be fluent so I assumed you grew up speaking it.
It's geat to hear young people speaking this wonderful minor language! Many minor European languages are declining because the young people are only learning their country's "main" language. In France young people tend only to speak Parisian French and leave the regional dialects of French to their grandparents. Breton, a French celtic cousin of Welsh is declining in speakers for that reason. Irish and all the other Celtic languages, until recently, were seem as the languages of the poor and poorly educated and were marginalised. As a monolingual English speaker and a Protestant I wish Irish and all the other Celtic languages a bright future and an increasing number of speakers! Regards from Australia
A friend who taught herself Irish and goes to Irish speaking events etc often complains that she has no means of speaking it in every day life as you don't know who does and doesn't speak Irish or is learning it. My solution would be to bring back the Fainne? But instead of just having fainnes for those who are very fluent have a lot of different colored ones for different levels available to purchase in every shop. So whether you are a total beginner, just have the remnants of school Irish, are not too bad at or are fluent, but wish to use whatever Irish you have, then wear the Fainne color of your level. That way everyone could identify each other, in a shop, on a bus, in a playground, cafe... wherever you are if you then see someone wearing a Fainne you'd know that they WANT to speak Irish and you'd also know the level if Irish they could speak... We'd all be teaching each other more of the spoken language and learn far faster and no one need feel embarrassed about it. Make it fun too with a few posters, a campaign launch, maybe have a once a week tv program, alongside, oh and some cool kids fainnes as well. I think a lot of people would be game to use their cupla focail if that's all they had if it was made fun to and add a few focail nua to their vocabulary! And I've probably spelt that wrong..🤣
Since we've such an Irish influence here, one of my colleagues (from Cork) has been teaching it, but only one night a week. I wasn't sure how much progress one could make that way
@@Clisare You're probably right....since I can speak other languages, I guess I find learning 10 words 2x/mo kind of crazy....maybe I can give it a try when lockdown is over. .
I am born in austria and have a mother from poland I cannot understand why this beautiful country and culture is splitted...? I feel sorry Want to learn Irish too, and Seo linn is my favourite band and Enya is my Favourite singer since my earliest childhood
I'm from up Northern Ireland and I can confirm I absolutely can't speak Irish. Which kinda annoys me, even as a "prod" I think it would be handy to know as few basics.
Learning Irish is good. I was hoping to travel back to Ireland but with COVID it's just too hard now. Learning Irish keeps your mind sharp. The free Irish course on Duolingo internet site is quite good.
I started learning it in the South (of Ireland) when we moved down from the North. I was 10, so never managed to catch up with my Southern class mates. We didn't learn it in the North. It's great to see that it's available there now, and that people can be open about learning it. Being outwardly Irish, where we lived, was often dangerous in the 70s. There were Irish or British and we were unaware of anyone inbetween. So, I've found this video very encouraging. :)
Beatha teanga í a labhairt ;) Try ag labhairt with some confident speakers where you can and it’ll help a lot! There are groups all over the island. Déan seic ar líne!
Loved it! And you have shown me that those girls in school WERE just being witches, saying they couldn't understand Munster in Antrim! Go raibh míle maith agut!
When she said 'cahir' (sp?) I knew right away she was saying '4'. I can go Ayn, tho, three, cahir, coo-ic, shay, shockth, okt, neen and jeh. Gee-elin is "God bless you," bosca' is 'box'. 'Dthuin on thurris' is "Close the door."
People, especially in the North, need to understand that speaking Gaeilge isn't about being Catholic vs. Protestant, but about being Irish, and being Irish something to be very proud of. I've never been to Ireland, born and raised in the US, and probably never will have the chance to visit, but half of my ancestry is Irish, and I take great pride in that. My great grandfather and his brother fought for Irish freedom, and when a price was put on their heads, they had to flee to America, but they never forgot they were Irish. I'm trying now, at 62 years of age, and with early Alzheimer's, to learn Gaelige with DuoLingo. It's worth the effort. Go raibh maith agat!
Go raibh mile maith agat faoi clar seo a dheanamh! Hi, Clare, I really enjoy your UA-cam channel, and I especially appreciate all of your videos created in, or about, the Irish language. I'm an American with Irish heritage, and am teaching myself my ancestral language, and I must say that it's had a hugely positive effect on my life. Because many people of my acquaintance who also have Irish ancestry have expressed a desire to learn the language, I am now determined to establish a free Irish-language school here in my home town of Portland, Oregon. It will take years yet before I am fluent myself, and I must travel to Ireland, and seek out the best education I can obtain before I dare to teach anyone else... also I hope to team up with native speakers if I can find any in my area, but one way or another, I am determined to do this. Speaking our ancestral language is one of the most profound ways that people like myself, who are the offspring of exiles, can establish a connection with the land of our grandparents. Also, I think it's possible that a world-wide revival of the Irish language may be beginning, and I want to do everything I can to add to it. Imagine: all of the MILLIONS of people who make up the Irish Diaspora speaking Irish! On every continent! Imagine Gaeltacht communities existing in: Canada, Australia, The U.S. and everywhere else! Sin e an bhriongloid! I just wanted you to know that your own love of Irish is helping to inspire countless others, some of us in very far-flung places. Go raibh maith agat, aris! Beannachtai! --N
Is as Dóire mé. Níor staidéir mé Gaeilge sa scoil, d'fhoghlaim mé í mar duine fásta sa Chultúrlann i nDoire. Le linn an dianghlasáil staidéar mé an leabhar 'an Gaeilge ó lá go lá' - scéal amháin achán lá ar an ghutháin le cara de mo chuid. D'amharc mé ar Ros na Rún ar TG4 agus UA-cam, tá neart cláir ar fáil. Is aoibhinn liom nár dteanga!
Ó mo thaithí féin idir meánscolaíocht i nDoire (mar ar thosaíos mo chuid Gaeilge a fhoghlaim idir 11-18 mbliana d'aois) agus ollscolaíocht i mBaile Átha Cliath (Coláiste na Tríonóide, agus (go luath) COBÁC (UCD) mar a leanaimse san aistear), tarlaíonn go mbíonn caighdeán níos láidre sa Ghaeilge ag Tuaiscirtigh as an rogha lena foghlaim (agus méid na díograise a thiocfadh leis (go háirithe i ndiaidh na dTGMOnna (GCSEs)), ach is deacair tú féin a athlonnú sa Deisceart nuair nach dtuigtear do chuid bhlais ag cuid mhór daoine agus nach bhfuiltear in ann méid do chumais sa teanga a mheas agus a chomhroinnt le chéile. Is ann di anseo!
I forgot to put the subtitles on even though you mentioned it in the beginner of the video myself 🤣 anyways I was very interested into the video because I was very curious if Northern Irish people spoke Irish too? Because I know over in the UK they do speak Scottish, Welsh and other Celtic languages / languages of the British Isles? Anyways, thank you very much on the video. I'm an English speaking American, that is very interested in the languages of the UK, Ireland and the rest of the British Isles. All one love. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪
Clare -- You are an absolute and total champion! CHAMPION! I can't think of enough good things to say about what you're doing here. (As for English -- try singing rock 'n roll in any other language...Hey, hey mama, said the way you move gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove... try doing that in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Hungarian or Russian and you'll find it just doesn't have quite the bite of the English nor does it scan well.) I'll try to put together some money for you. Be patient. I'm a poor man.
Somebody should have mentioned the free app Duolingo which is really good, especially if you haven't had the opportunity to learn Irish at school. I struggled a few years ago to find any suitable resources in Galway city bookshops that were not better suited to those who at least had a grounding from school. Besides, Duolingo is good at motivating those of us who are easily discouraged and not super-academic
I once translated English into English in Ireland. I had to translate a northern accent to an American who couldnt understand a word. Maith an cailin tu fein, coinnaidh leat ag deanamh videos faoi Gaelge (cant put the accents on here)
Tá mé Gaeilge laofa 😁 tá mé comh bhrodúil as mo chuid theanga féin 💚 D'fhreastail mé ar bunscoil agus meánscoil Gaeilge in Iarthar Bhéal Feirste, áit ar rugadh is togadh mé. 😊
Thaitin sé an físeán liom. Is as Tuaisceart Éireann mé, cónaím i mBéal Feirste. Ní dhearna mé Gaeilge ar scoil ach tá mé ag déanamh í ar ollscoil, tá súil agam a bheith i mo líofacht gan mhoill. Tá sé ag éirí liom! - le gach dea-ghuí, Síomón
I have zero knowledge of Gaelic but I heard the inevitable presence of “yeah”, “like”, and “y’know” as these people were speaking. Since English is undoubtedly their first language, that’s understandable, but English is increasingly occurring in languages worldwide. It’s fascinating but also a bit disturbing.
Currently English is the closest to being a "global language" (a lingua franca). That's because so many speak it as a first or second language and because it has a such a broad and wide global footprint. Without going back to all of the other possible "world languages" in history, the unofficial "title" has previously been held by languages such as Greek, Latin, and French, et.al. It may also include Mandarin Chinese but that discussion is for another UA-cam video.
I'm kinda pissed off at myself for not learning Irish. West Belfast here, I learned step dancing though, oh yes, 12 years of that! At 37 years of age however I think my body would just crumble away into nothingness, specially if I attempted it at the same level of intensity as was in my younger years. Guess most of us have some type of Irish, just not necessarily the language.
But it is called Northern Ireland, right? It's the country of Ireland consisting of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland? I checked with the people in the video what the right way to refer to it is?
@@Clisare Well, being gaeilgeoirs, they're more than likely nationalists/republicans. Using or hearing the name given to us by our english overlords "Northern Ireland", makes mine and manys skin crawl. Id just stick to saying The North or the 6 counties.
It really warms my heart hearing Irish people speaking irish, kinda gives me hope that it would be much more prominent in the foreseeable future. Big love from South Africa 🇿🇦
A few years back, we went from Scotland for a break in Annagry, Donegal . My friend, John Angus MacLeod from Carloway on the west side of Lewis was a native Gaelic speaker and brought up in a 'Black house.' He was talking to native Irish speakers in the pub toilet and having agreat laugh with them. I asked him if it was similar? He replied in his Hebridean lilt, 'Well, it has the same flavour!' Brilliant answer!! Sadly he passed away early this year, but memories like this should last, that's why I pass them on.
Go over to.Gaelic speaking Scotland and speak Irish to see if they can understand a little or a lot.
Would love this
It would be like speaking Spanish to an Italian. Some understanding but also a communication barrier.
@@delphi-moochymaker62 Hmmm I'm thinking the other way.
If your a native speaker from northern Ireland than the native speaker Scotland would understand a good deal of what is said.
I understood more Irish from a Gàidhlg pov when I saw it written and I think that's a common thing
When visiting Belfast in recent years, I was pleasantly surprised with the vibrant gaelic and gaeilge scene there. People down south have quite a bit of learned Irish from school, but when it comes to using it in conversation, it seems to be treated as a kind of comedy act.
As a Kurd it make me happy to see Irish speaking Irish people. I hope to see all Scottish people when they speak Scottish (Gaelic) and all other peoples same. Respect from north of Kurdistan
In Catalonia we did a radical policy, altough it was easy because it is not a minority language and actually (sadly) it is as spoken as Spanish instead of being MORE spoken.
I'm a Scottish-American learning both Scottish Gaelic & Scots. It's quite hard to with the lack of resources.
@@eclipserisingsurfacelevel You can Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo, if it's useful for you.
@@forestmanzpedia Thank you. I am using Duolingo, learning French, Scottish Gaelic, Hawai´ian, & Japanese on there!
@@katilcivciv714 It is Kurdish homeland and while you know that you are just asking to ask. It is not a free land !
Osi'yo Cliare. (Hello in Cherokee) I find the comparisons as they relate to what might be called heritage/language gynecide to be comparable to actions taken in the United States with 1st Peoples aka Native Peoples children were forced to go to reservation schools often run by "religious leaders" and were forbidden to speak their native language. As with Irish there is a resurgence of native languages being taught or offered in either schools, classes and other online resources. So in short I think what your doing is great.
Love this! It seems the 1st Peoples and the Irish might have a lot in common! ♥
Yup same in all old English colonies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand (+ Scotland & Wales). I've been living in Mexico for the past few years here it was kind of interesting that Spain used Nahuatl (the Aztec language) as the administrative language and the Spanish church did a good job documenting many native languages. But over time racism and classism have taken a toll the health of native languages so a lot of kids aren't that proud to speak a native language. Plus in Mexico there are about 700 languages/dialects so Spanish is needed at a national level.
@Daughter of Enoch Yes they were given white names. Sorry my clan/tribal name is only spoken among my clan.
@@Clisare You might enjoy watching one of my favorite movies The Education of Little Tree
@Daughter of Enoch whoa, a little judgmental here?, I do not claim to speak for @Dannie Garrett and I am not Cherokee or from any other Native American tribe. However, just by Dannie's comment that his tribal name is spoken only among his clan signals to me that there is an importance/significance to them about they their tribal names. Perhaps, we ( the internet world) have not earned the respect to use it, perhaps their beliefs are such that only their tribe are permitted to use it. Names can have special meanings and special uses especially among the indigenous peoples of America. To jump to the conclusion that he is "ashamed of your proper name you only whisper it in select circles" is condescending at best.
Please Irish people keep your language alive! You are an inspiration us North African Berbers!
Lots of people from Nova Scotia that speak Gaelic, we have a guy that lives near me from North Ireland, he speaks, both scottish and Irish Gaelic fluently. He also lived in Nova Scotia for awhile after he came to Canada from North Ireland and he said he was amazed how strong the culture was there and how many spoke Gaelic, both irish and scottish.
Hi! Are Irish and Scottish the same like people or culture; language perhaps, is there a difference between that?
eduardo ordonez Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic all derive from Old Irish, When Old Irish Came to Scotland it was mixed with Old Norse and Pictish, So Scottish Gaelic is a mix of Pictish, Old Irish and Old Norse, the part of Scotland where we speak Gaelic we are called Norse-Gaels as our culture is largely influenced by the Nordic countries, as where we speak Gaelic we were a Norse Kingdom for hundreds of years, Scottish Gaelic is my first language and u can pick certain words from Irish Gaelic, but I really can’t understand it properly, I would be able to converse with an Irish Gaelic speaker, Also I’ve been told by Irish Gaelic speakers that when I speak Scottish Gaelic it sounds like I’m putting on a Norwegian accents whilst throwing in “made up” words, lol. I’ve also been told by Nordic language speakers that I sound like I’m speaking broken Iceland lol.
Crimhthan Mor i have no idea, she must be very uneducated though as gaelic used to be spoken throughout scotland, maybe you should tell her to open a book, or maybe google the history?
Scottish Gaelic was spoken in most of Scotland when Scotland/Alba was created. It was the majority language until the ~1200's when Scots became the majority language.
@@Thetoastedwaffle5 Scots Gaelic and Irish (along with Manx) all derive from Old Irish, because Irish settlers called Scoti settled Northern Britain. Eventually it became a different dialect and language the same way Spanish, Italian and Romanian all came from a single variant Latin which turned into dialects and eventually separate languages.
When I studied abroad in Ireland and lived with Irish suitemates, I was really surprised by the different significance the language seemed to hold in the south vs. the north (in America, of course, we don't really learn that Irish is a language at all - I only knew because of your channel and because of an Irish drama class I took).
All of my suitemates were from the south and treated Irish as a kind of compulsory thing they had to learn. In Belfast, my classmates and I visited an Irish cultural center, and the feeling was totally different - there was a really concerted effort to preserve the language and use it in daily life. It was super cool to see that reflected in this video!
We've had to fight for language rights in the north so I think that's where the difference lies. I remember going to one of the first Lá Deargs and there were grown men screaming at the bunscoil students in front of us and doing Nazi salutes. The Irish schools were and still are underfunded. I went to what use to be the only Irish secondary school in the north (there's now two since the one in Derry opened a few years ago) and it was such an amazing experience. We were taught to be accepting and respectful. My teachers parents created the first bunscoil and they were the first students to attend.
Most people in the south don't give a crap about their real culture. In the North the Irish community has had to fight for their rights and they value it more as an identity marker.
In the North, there is a lot of adults who never had the chance to learn Irish and so they send their kids into an all Irish primary school, like I was and they learn the language through us and I can’t go a day without talking Irish to teach them which honestly makes me appreciate the fact that I had the privilege to learn my native tongue, which in turn makes me want to learn more about my culture
@@cigh7445 The province of Ulster has always valued it's heritage and culture and fought for it throughout history. I wouldn't say that about the south though, that nobody cares anymore I mean rural Kerry and inner city Dublin are completely different places. Some places yes they care a lot and others it's not important as you say.
My Brother-in-law moved to Canada about 30 years ago from Ennis and hadn't spoken it other than the one trip home. We introduced him to a dear family friend (96 year old Galway Lady) who moved here 70+ years ago and they were in tears after speaking to each other in full Gaelic. He went to see her many times after because they shared so many stories. We were so happy she got to see someone and speak her language before she passed. 100 years between them away from Ireland and they still missed it so much.
Love the Irish content, it is one of the main reasons I found your channel a few years ago now! Happy Irish is making a comeback in the North, Ive noticed it on my travels there for sure. Even here in the US the Irish speaking population and presence is definitely growing, especially where I am in Boston! Mar i gcónaí, físéan iontach eile!
Dáiríre?? Úsáidtear ár dteanga i mBostún?
My parents would speak Irish if they didn't want us to know but I just learned listen more carefully.
Yeah, I’m from Boston. Irish-American, my ancestors came over after the potato famine in the late 1800s... I can’t understand a word you’re saying and I’d venture more than 95% of the people of Irish descent here have almost no working knowledge of the Irish language whatsoever, outside of common phases like “Erin go bragh.”
It’s not like other ethnic groups like Italians, or any number of Spanish people. Unless you go out of your way, you won’t pick it up and unless your parents came from a rural county in Ireland, you don’t speak it at home. It’s been dying in Ireland itself, where reports are most of the population - especially around Dublin - can’t even speak it anymore.
@@tmclaughlin11 Hey Tim, I'm Irish American as well, but we can all do our part to keep the language alive. I'm not the most fluent Irish speaker but I've been making a concerted effort to study more and speak Irish around the house with my children (and with fellow Irish speaking students lol).
2 years ago, my family and I visited the Aran Islands (west Ireland) and I was happy to converse with the locals in Irish. Please do your part brother :)
I started learning irish 8 years ago when I started secondary like some ni students ; ended up choosing it for a level too after over encouragement from a teacher ; and here I am going into my second year of uni at queens studying irish. I still don’t feel so confident at it , none of my family spoke it and there’s a lot more fluent people I know yet I’m proud to speak it as it’s something I adore ; there’s a beauty within it. Tá rún agam bheith i mo mhuinteoir Gaeilge nuair a bhainim céim amach mar creidím go bhfuil sé iontach tábhachtach go bhfoghlaimeodh daoine óga nó pasta an teanga. Is cinnte gur chóir go mbeadh sé éigeantach anseo i dTuaisceart na hEiréann , is mian liom go mbeadh an rogha sin agam nuair a bhí mé i mo pháiste.
As a American with Irish heritage, I love hearing about the history of the island, language and it's people. I am so fascinated. I grew up on the Mexican border so am used to hearing different languages but Irish is crazy.
I started learning Irish 5 months ago, it seems difficult but once you learn the way certain letter combos are pronounced it’s not so bad
I first learnt irish about 8 years ago and its still with me, Is breá liom an gaeilge agus shílim tá sé an maith le foghlaim.
Remember Welsh and Cornish people have their own languages as well
And proud of it too, so they are!
We most certainly do. And some of us nutters who speak Welsh have taken up Gaeilge and Kernewek too 💪
I love the spelling of the Welsh words.
@@13ivanogre13 ooo same!! Very mystical looking :3
Don't forget the Mancs :)
When I heard some of the speakers using Irish, it reminded me of how some English speakers in Canada speak French.
French is compulsory in English schools but most English speakers forget most of their French once they leave school. The exception is for the French that has made it's way into Canadian English and the labeling on products which all must be bi-lingual.
allan lanktree When I first visited Toronto (5hour airport layover, ca. 92) I was so surprised to hear the way the French announcements were pronounced. My french isn't great, since I mostly learned to speak the language in the army (Swiss), but I eventually understood most of it.
mostly food has to be bi-lingual. other products can be on or other unless its québec where it has to be french unless its food
c'est tellement vrai. je me souviens a peine d'un francais de l'ecole. c'est dommage!!
Oh my god when she said Slán slán that was so f****** cute. That's definitely a cupla focal.
Slan means bye. Slan slan is byebye
@@Ramazvous yes, that's exactly why it was so cute
@@hollybauer7123 i didnt know you could say it like that. Im kind dumb. My Gaelic is really bad
To the young Protestant woman: Irish was spoken by many Protestant people on the Shankhill Road Belfast in living memory! Irish culture was celebrated, including Irish dancing and singing. Many of the greatest celebrants of Gaeilge were Protestant.
There have been many prominent Irish Protestants in the history of Ireland who favored complete independence or at least "Home Rule" from the UK. But being masters of "divide and conquer"
and "divide and rule" the British governments played the sectarian card skillfully, as needed. This is what finally led to "the deal with the devil" which resulted in a traditionally predominantly Protestant North separate from a traditionally predominantly Catholic South. The division of Ireland was not "fate", a coincidence, or an accident.
Frank yes indeed - gerrymandering electoral districts, etc.
I watched this without subtitles and I'm feeling a little happier about my progress when I was able to pick out words of speakers from Tuaisceart Éireann. The Duolingo speaker seems to be Connacht dialect but I'm sure there are lots of differences between that and the Ulster but I'm not nearly proficient enough to pick them out yet. Thank you for the link to FutureLearn. I will check it out!
I’m preparing for ielts exam with future learn, recently found it and signed up. English being third language is kinda interesting, but fun fact I fell in love with English through Irish songs and fairytales (had difficulties to read Oisin😅)
Your Irish accent is so lovely!!
This is amazing to me. Didn't even know there was an Irish language.
thats bc years ago (not THAAAT long ago) the english took over our country and they made people learn english and made us learn their culture
Everyone spoke so well in this video, it's great to see.
Thank you for translating the captions! It-s encouraging! Keep it up!
Le do thoil, I must say
Hello (Dia Dhuit) Clare and great video about the Irish language and I'm learning more about the Irish language and I'm getting use to it and I speak Irish on daily basis and I've been speaking Irish for a year and next year it's going on 2 years of learning and speaking Irish language and I'm going to continue on learning and speaking the Irish language and the Irish language lives on and God bless you Clare 🙏🙂 and God bless Ireland 🇮🇪☘️🍀 and thank you.
Again... Wow..... That's so incredible, I totally enjoyed this video. And the subtitles are incredible, I would not have watched it had it not had subtitles. Awesomeness Clisare!! Well Done!!
Beautiful concept, 'Do you Speak Irish?'
Love the thumb and the title to the series.
Can't wait to see it. Best of luck and have a champion day.
Great video idea Claire! Was delighted that I understood most of it without the subtitles 😁
The subtitle change is also considerate from another point of view: You can edit the appearance of the subtitles for better visibility. So thank you :D
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whats thon rode yoke there? is it a mini recorder?
I love my røde mic! Always use it when producing videos
I've been looking for a path to learn Irish, so I appreciate the link.
I personally think it is so important to learn the language(s) of your culture(s) because the thing is, its the history of who you are and where you came from. Not everyone has that opportunity especially when they know very little about their own life. Irish culture is absolutely ancient and its really sad when some people don't care or think its important. But for those who want to learn or wish to learn I say do it. Its an ancient language of the Gaels, don't underestimate that.
I’m Irish on my mother’s side and I want to learn Irish. I’ve always been into Celtic music, folklore, and anything Irish. I’m very proud of my roots.
This is one of those topics I’d kill to talk with you about in person, Clare! ❤️ But as I’m thousands of miles away, guess I’ll settle for another great video 🤷🏼♂️😝 lol/smh
Thanks always for the efforts you put in for your language, your culture, your country.
Did you get your interview with her?????
Dia duit! FutureLearn actually brought me here (since I've started the course all I get is Irish language recommendations - not complaining, clearly the algorithm works ☺️). 100% recommend it if anyone's thinking of giving it a go, much better than Duolingo (in my opinion) but the course only runs every few weeks or so, so you might have to wait.
Really interesting hearing the NI perspective. I'm in Wales and a Welsh speaker so we had our own battles to get Welsh on the curriculum. Now we're having a proper revival and hopefully NI will too (with Irish).
Thanks for the video :)
Ayyyy another Irish language video! ^.^ Yay!!
I like your eyes
Im a quarter Irish, and I've tried learning the language a few times on Duolingo, and am currently trying to learn again. This and the old video have made me realize though that I have a literal toddler understanding of it 😂
Yesterday I talked to an Irish lady, I felt so pleasent while talking to her.. Love from Kashmir ❤️
Really good to see this. Truly admire the work you're doing to keep it alive.
Looking forward to more
Its so strange to go from hearing it every day in school for 12/13 years to getting past Leaving Cert and then not hearing it at all really for 2 years. Still really annoyed I can only have a simple conversation but thats mostly down to how bad the curriculum is here.
It needs a complete revamp, I mean trying to teach people to decipher complex poetry and novels when they barely have the basics down is the main problem with it I think.
They also need to scrap the donegal person form the listening test too🤣🤣 majority of us doing the leaving just accept defeat when he/she starts speaking.
Wonderful! We can even press CC to finds out how close our ears are to the translation!
Think about doing a 'Do Americans speak Irish'! There are many of us trying hard to learn!
that would be bad dont ya think
@Lalealyn true
If some folk spoke Gaelic Christy, they'd probably be told to speak english like they tell all the other native speakers over there😁
I've had someone tell my FIL to speak English because they were in America. He was speaking Wolostiqi'ik, a native Maine language. :D I've been learning Irish, but I'm not near as fluent as Claire is, yet.
I've gotten to the point I can listen to RTE and recognize the gist and about every third word. They speak so fast I find that excellent progress. I started learning years ago (like 25!) but with such limited learning options then, I got some vocab and that's about it. I took a couple weekend immersion courses over the last 5 years, then last September, I dove into Gaeilge gach lá and the DuoLingo course. Now I'm done with DuoLingo and going through Rosetta Stone, and joining conversation groups when I can.
I would like to learn Irish! Thanks for the links, and as always, thanks for the fun videos.
I’m from Northern Ireland and I speak fluent Irish and soon I’ll be getting my gold fáinne so yeah
Awesome video. I'm a Londoner, but both of my parents are Irish (Limerick and the West Coast). Have always had a big connection to Ireland and my cousins, but wish I had picked up the language as they did...it's never too late, I guess!
I really enjoyed this video. It was really interesting as a Canadian with Irish heritage how the ties to the Irish language vary between the North and South, and the interaction with religion.
As another Canadian with Irish heritage, what I find really interesting is the similarities between the Republic of Ireland's Irish language problems, and problems with French in Anglophone Canada.
As an American who has been to both Ireland and N. Ireland, that was fascinating. Thank you ; I leaned something today.
I love how “y’know” has essentially inserted itself as an Irish filler expression, lol! ❤️🇮🇪☘️
Nil gaelige agam agus tá brón orm. We only ever learnt a wee bit, in scondary school but now I wish I’d chosen it for GCSE.
Bhuail tá cuid gaeilge agat agus tá sin maith go leor (translation= well you have a bit of irish and thats good enough)
I found this really interesting. Thanks for the great video content. These efforts put into making these connections are really important.! 🙌
I’m Northern Irish but don’t have a clue on the Irish language since my school was more protestant so we didn’t learn it in school, instead we did French and German
I wish I grew up with the Irish language, studied it in school from 4 years old to 18 years old and I’m far from fluent. I’ve made a go at learning it as an adult but without getting to use it I find it very difficult 😓
My ma is from limerick and my da is from belfast, its tricky to know which dialect to learn with cos its different in every soddin county 😂😂
My family came to America from Germany and they were strongly discouraged from speaking German except at home and at church. By the time my grandma was an adult she couldn't even remember the German she spoke as a child. I feel like I missed out on something important not learning German at home. It's incredible that you're doing your part to keep the language alive. Do you find it more common with older people or younger people? Is it fairly common for people to speak Irish?
Depends what part of the country you’re from. More common in some parts. Not very common where I live or where I grew up, but I grew up around 40minutes away from somewhere where it was common.
What I really noticed was how Northern pronunciation of Irish is so recognisably related to Manx. There seems to be a much bigger divide between Manx and Southern pronunciation. Maybe that is due to the fact that use of Gaelic has been less generally continuous in the North and is being deliberately "relearnt" much in the same way as on the Isle of Man. Would love to hear some opinions on this.
Oh, your language is a challenge, but it's so beautiful. Don't let the Celtic branch of our European family die out 🥺
I'm terrible at languages, I speak a bit of Mexican Spanish as I live in California, and a bit of Russian as I was married to one and our daughter is fluent. But the idea of learning Irish sounds so appealing I signed up at future learn. By the time I finish in a few years this Covid-19 thing will most likely be over and I'll have to celebrate by finding James McAvoy in a pub and learn if he speaks Irish.
Isn't he Scottish....?
@@LindaC616 You are correct. I guess I'll have to get drunk with Saoirse Ronan. I hear she pretty rough though.
@@MichaelMoranGearHead
Well, you could still try McAvoy, maybe wi' a bi' o' the dram....😄
@@LindaC616 When I've gone to Scotland I know how to do it. 😂
I learned all my Irish and Donegal Donegal is actually in Ulster. However, it sometimes considered part of north of the country but I can guarantee you that Irish is spoken in Donegal and throughout the republic on the west and north west side of the country Belfast also I’ve been led to believe.
Im studying Gaeilge on Duo Lingo
I found this very informative and interesting. My ex sister in law who was from cork could speak it. Didnt have a clue what she said. But was cool hearing it. I always assumed everyone could speak it. Its also got me thinking, like did the brits discourage ppl speaking/learning it? Im gonna have to study more about it. To me as an American, I find it fascinating. Thank You Claire 😃😃😃😃😃
They didn't just discourage, they literally executed irish people en masse for speaking gaelic. It was an attempted genocide which continues to this day.
Everyone in my household can speak Irish but me and I really wanna learn it but I have learning difficulties so it's so hard
Helping me greatly with my gaeilge! GRMMA!
I've wanted to learn for a long time. Never had the opportunity though. I will be retiring Sept 1st so I will have more time to do things I have always wanted to do.
Claire, Did you grow up speaking Gaeilge or did you learn it in school? You seem to be fluent so I assumed you grew up speaking it.
very impressed by the guest's abilities
It's a beautiful language to listen to. Thanks Clair.
Many of my Catholic colleagues got Gaelic at some stage going to school and the vast majority have forgotten all about it.
Kind of like Trigonometry-Nobody uses it in "real life"....
It's geat to hear young people speaking this wonderful minor language! Many minor European languages are declining because the young people are only learning their country's "main" language. In France young people tend only to speak Parisian French and leave the regional dialects of French to their grandparents. Breton, a French celtic cousin of Welsh is declining in speakers for that reason. Irish and all the other Celtic languages, until recently, were seem as the languages of the poor and poorly educated and were marginalised. As a monolingual English speaker and a Protestant I wish Irish and all the other Celtic languages a bright future and an increasing number of speakers! Regards from Australia
A friend who taught herself Irish and goes to Irish speaking events etc often complains that she has no means of speaking it in every day life as you don't know who does and doesn't speak Irish or is learning it.
My solution would be to bring back the Fainne? But instead of just having fainnes for those who are very fluent have a lot of different colored ones for different levels available to purchase in every shop. So whether you are a total beginner, just have the remnants of school Irish, are not too bad at or are fluent, but wish to use whatever Irish you have, then wear the Fainne color of your level. That way everyone could identify each other, in a shop, on a bus, in a playground, cafe... wherever you are if you then see someone wearing a Fainne you'd know that they WANT to speak Irish and you'd also know the level if Irish they could speak... We'd all be teaching each other more of the spoken language and learn far faster and no one need feel embarrassed about it. Make it fun too with a few posters, a campaign launch, maybe have a once a week tv program, alongside, oh and some cool kids fainnes as well. I think a lot of people would be game to use their cupla focail if that's all they had if it was made fun to and add a few focail nua to their vocabulary! And I've probably spelt that wrong..🤣
Since we've such an Irish influence here, one of my colleagues (from Cork) has been teaching it, but only one night a week. I wasn't sure how much progress one could make that way
Sure you can learn anything at any pace really?
@@Clisare
You're probably right....since I can speak other languages, I guess I find learning 10 words 2x/mo kind of crazy....maybe I can give it a try when lockdown is over. .
so weird growing up heaing munster irish in my family and then hearing the difference with connoct and ulster accents.
I am born in austria and have a mother from poland
I cannot understand why this beautiful country and culture is splitted...? I feel sorry
Want to learn Irish too, and Seo linn is my favourite band and Enya is my Favourite singer since my earliest childhood
There are many reasons. The “Irish Passport” podcast explains this conflict in great details, I recommend you give them a listen
I remember TG4 would add English subtitles. I remember watching episodes of "Arthur" in Irish, with English subtitles.
They used to have South Park too! Dubbed as Gaeilge, but with Béarla subtitles
I think it’s very important for Irish ☘️ people to learn they language and Perdue their original roots preserving their culture ☺️
I'm from up Northern Ireland and I can confirm I absolutely can't speak Irish. Which kinda annoys me, even as a "prod" I think it would be handy to know as few basics.
Learning Irish is good. I was hoping to travel back to Ireland but with COVID it's just too hard now. Learning Irish keeps your mind sharp. The free Irish course on Duolingo internet site is quite good.
I’ve been learning irish for 10 years or so and I still barely have a grasp on it, I want to try use it a bit more see how I can get on
I started learning it in the South (of Ireland) when we moved down from the North. I was 10, so never managed to catch up with my Southern class mates. We didn't learn it in the North. It's great to see that it's available there now, and that people can be open about learning it. Being outwardly Irish, where we lived, was often dangerous in the 70s. There were Irish or British and we were unaware of anyone inbetween. So, I've found this video very encouraging. :)
Beatha teanga í a labhairt ;) Try ag labhairt with some confident speakers where you can and it’ll help a lot! There are groups all over the island. Déan seic ar líne!
Cian Mcguire go raibh maith agat, sin iad mo chuid focal nua don lá inniu
Loved it! And you have shown me that those girls in school WERE just being witches, saying they couldn't understand Munster in Antrim!
Go raibh míle maith agut!
i like the irish but its agat XD
@@luciamceleney4853 It so is! But my stupid phone (even set to gaeilge) HATES agat! I hate autocorrect 😒
@@denni7173 lol
hello im so glad to be a part of your friends..im here sending my support and love...godbless
When she said 'cahir' (sp?) I knew right away she was saying '4'.
I can go Ayn, tho, three, cahir, coo-ic, shay, shockth, okt, neen and jeh.
Gee-elin is "God bless you," bosca' is 'box'. 'Dthuin on thurris' is "Close the door."
@@Tjmce
It's hard to decide what combinations of letters will communicate the sound. All I can do is try...
People, especially in the North, need to understand that speaking Gaeilge isn't about being Catholic vs. Protestant, but about being Irish, and being Irish something to be very proud of. I've never been to Ireland, born and raised in the US, and probably never will have the chance to visit, but half of my ancestry is Irish, and I take great pride in that. My great grandfather and his brother fought for Irish freedom, and when a price was put on their heads, they had to flee to America, but they never forgot they were Irish. I'm trying now, at 62 years of age, and with early Alzheimer's, to learn Gaelige with DuoLingo. It's worth the effort. Go raibh maith agat!
@@PhilHoy97 My comment was based on statements made by people in the video. But no offense taken.
Hope Remains tá brón orm a chara
@@PhilHoy97 Tá brón orm freisin.
SLÁN-SLÁN!!! That is ADORABLE
Go raibh mile maith agat faoi clar seo a dheanamh! Hi, Clare, I really enjoy your UA-cam channel, and I especially appreciate all of your videos created in, or about, the Irish language. I'm an American with Irish heritage, and am teaching myself my ancestral language, and I must say that it's had a hugely positive effect on my life. Because many people of my acquaintance who also have Irish ancestry have expressed a desire to learn the language, I am now determined to establish a free Irish-language school here in my home town of Portland, Oregon. It will take years yet before I am fluent myself, and I must travel to Ireland, and seek out the best education I can obtain before I dare to teach anyone else... also I hope to team up with native speakers if I can find any in my area, but one way or another, I am determined to do this. Speaking our ancestral language is one of the most profound ways that people like myself, who are the offspring of exiles, can establish a connection with the land of our grandparents. Also, I think it's possible that a world-wide revival of the Irish language may be beginning, and I want to do everything I can to add to it. Imagine: all of the MILLIONS of people who make up the Irish Diaspora speaking Irish! On every continent! Imagine Gaeltacht communities existing in: Canada, Australia, The U.S. and everywhere else! Sin e an bhriongloid! I just wanted you to know that your own love of Irish is helping to inspire countless others, some of us in very far-flung places. Go raibh maith agat, aris! Beannachtai! --N
Meas agat, coinnigh ort ag cleachtadh do chuid Gaeilgeis féidir leat é a labhairt uair éigin in éirinn ❤️
Yes they can and quite well and growing in vast numbers
I'm curious on how people will compare Futurelearn to say, Duolingo.
I’m doing them both at the same time. Future learn is great for more in depth understanding and I like Duolingo for practice
Is as Dóire mé. Níor staidéir mé Gaeilge sa scoil, d'fhoghlaim mé í mar duine fásta sa Chultúrlann i nDoire. Le linn an dianghlasáil staidéar mé an leabhar 'an Gaeilge ó lá go lá' - scéal amháin achán lá ar an ghutháin le cara de mo chuid. D'amharc mé ar Ros na Rún ar TG4 agus UA-cam, tá neart cláir ar fáil. Is aoibhinn liom nár dteanga!
Dia duit Claire. We’re you brought up learning Irish? Slan slan
Ó mo thaithí féin idir meánscolaíocht i nDoire (mar ar thosaíos mo chuid Gaeilge a fhoghlaim idir 11-18 mbliana d'aois) agus ollscolaíocht i mBaile Átha Cliath (Coláiste na Tríonóide, agus (go luath) COBÁC (UCD) mar a leanaimse san aistear), tarlaíonn go mbíonn caighdeán níos láidre sa Ghaeilge ag Tuaiscirtigh as an rogha lena foghlaim (agus méid na díograise a thiocfadh leis (go háirithe i ndiaidh na dTGMOnna (GCSEs)), ach is deacair tú féin a athlonnú sa Deisceart nuair nach dtuigtear do chuid bhlais ag cuid mhór daoine agus nach bhfuiltear in ann méid do chumais sa teanga a mheas agus a chomhroinnt le chéile.
Is ann di anseo!
I forgot to put the subtitles on even though you mentioned it in the beginner of the video myself 🤣 anyways I was very interested into the video because I was very curious if Northern Irish people spoke Irish too? Because I know over in the UK they do speak Scottish, Welsh and other Celtic languages / languages of the British Isles? Anyways, thank you very much on the video. I'm an English speaking American, that is very interested in the languages of the UK, Ireland and the rest of the British Isles. All one love. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪
We Irish don't say "British Isles" I'd recommend "Anglo-Celtic Isles".
A beautiful language, indeed.
Clare -- You are an absolute and total champion! CHAMPION! I can't think of enough good things to say about what you're doing here. (As for English -- try singing rock 'n roll in any other language...Hey, hey mama, said the way you move gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove... try doing that in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Hungarian or Russian and you'll find it just doesn't have quite the bite of the English nor does it scan well.) I'll try to put together some money for you. Be patient. I'm a poor man.
Somebody should have mentioned the free app Duolingo which is really good, especially if you haven't had the opportunity to learn Irish at school. I struggled a few years ago to find any suitable resources in Galway city bookshops that were not better suited to those who at least had a grounding from school. Besides, Duolingo is good at motivating those of us who are easily discouraged and not super-academic
I once translated English into English in Ireland. I had to translate a northern accent to an American who couldnt understand a word. Maith an cailin tu fein, coinnaidh leat ag deanamh videos faoi Gaelge (cant put the accents on here)
Tá mé Gaeilge laofa 😁 tá mé comh bhrodúil as mo chuid theanga féin 💚 D'fhreastail mé ar bunscoil agus meánscoil Gaeilge in Iarthar Bhéal Feirste, áit ar rugadh is togadh mé. 😊
Thaitin sé an físeán liom. Is as Tuaisceart Éireann mé, cónaím i mBéal Feirste. Ní dhearna mé Gaeilge ar scoil ach tá mé ag déanamh í ar ollscoil, tá súil agam a bheith i mo líofacht gan mhoill. Tá sé ag éirí liom! - le gach dea-ghuí, Síomón
Fíric spraoi: Is féidir le Google Gaeilge a aistriú.
Tá gaeilge maith agatsa. Is as dún na ngall mise agus d'fhoghlaim mé mo chuid gaeilge ar scoil.
Great work!
I'm from the North, I'm attempting to learn it, Although I suck. Basically all the Irish speakers in Northern Ireland come from Belfast,
I have zero knowledge of Gaelic but I heard the inevitable presence of “yeah”, “like”, and “y’know” as these people were speaking. Since English is undoubtedly their first language, that’s understandable, but English is increasingly occurring in languages worldwide. It’s fascinating but also a bit disturbing.
Currently English is the closest to being a "global language" (a lingua franca). That's because so many speak it as a first or second language and because it has a such a broad and wide global footprint. Without going back to all of the other possible "world languages" in history, the unofficial "title" has previously been held by languages such as Greek, Latin, and French, et.al. It may also include Mandarin Chinese but that discussion is for another UA-cam video.
Great video. Subscribed
I'm kinda pissed off at myself for not learning Irish. West Belfast here, I learned step dancing though, oh yes, 12 years of that! At 37 years of age however I think my body would just crumble away into nothingness, specially if I attempted it at the same level of intensity as was in my younger years. Guess most of us have some type of Irish, just not necessarily the language.
Hearing a freestater saying "Northern Ireland" makes my skin crawl. Dont be a partitionist, say the north
But it is called Northern Ireland, right? It's the country of Ireland consisting of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland? I checked with the people in the video what the right way to refer to it is?
@@Clisare Well, being gaeilgeoirs, they're more than likely nationalists/republicans. Using or hearing the name given to us by our english overlords "Northern Ireland", makes mine and manys skin crawl. Id just stick to saying The North or the 6 counties.