Absolutely stunning and proof of my point that the Irish command of the English language is a thing of beauty. When I first visited Ireland over 50 years ago, I felt that the language was the key to its magic. So for several years I studied Irish and then put it aside. A year ago I was about to give away my books on Irish and Ireland when I had a brief correspondence with a young man. I kept asking myself...'Who is this? Who writes like this?' Then I learned that his grandparents and parents were from Donegal, and I knew he had absorbed the elements of Irish. So at the age of 77, I retrieved my books and am studying Irish again...for the magic. My Celtic roots lie with the tribes along the Danube...a different language but the same soul.
@joant3300 Interesting. I had just decided to give up studying Irish when your comment appeared. I went to your channel and watched one of your videos. It reminded me of how much I enjoyed your instruction. I cannot give that up. Thanks for enriching my life.
I’m an American learning irish to get connected to my roots, I love all your videos and this one really spoke to me. Go raibh míle maith agat, múinteoir!
I was born in Sasana to Irish parents. This video makes me so happy to have Irish blood. I will keep trying to learn Irish. Tír gan teanga. Tír gan Anam. Go raibh míle maith agat for this excellent video. Pure draíocht!
Peadar I’m Australian but of Irish descent some family still in Ireland relatives of my mum . And that proverb ( seanfhocal ) is one of my favourites .
@@michelleflood7225 Hi Michelle. We, of Irish descent are all over the world and are a reminder of those Irish people who were forced to leave Ireland or had to leave to survive and seek opportunities elsewhere. We, their descendants are a tribute to their brave and indomitable spirits. The seanfhocal is one of my favourite too. Best wishes to you Michelle. Slán.
@@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337 oh thanks for your reply . My Irish family are mainly from Tipperary ( different parts of that county ) but one of my great grans family’s the O’Brien’s are from Cavan and on dads side a great gran on that side is from Cork . Family still there are in cork and Limerick as well as Dublin and Tipperary . One of my mums cousins lives on what was my great x 2 Kennedy grandparents farm so still in the family now . Mum instilled in me a love for my heritage and she told me ( she’s since passed away ) that the six weeks she spent in Ireland was the happiest time in her life and her relatives there have been so welcoming and lovely that I’m definitely going to catch up with them when I finally get to go to Ireland . I was all set to go when COVID hit .
@@michelleflood7225 my dad (Peter Conway) was born in Carrick on suir, Tipperary but he grew up in Tulla, County Clare. My mum (Teresa McCormack) was from Mullingar, West Meath. I still have some relatives in Ireland. I hope you get to Ireland soon. Take care. Slán.
I visited Ireland for the first time in '19. I'm a celtic mut, Irish, Scottish and English but sonething about the Emerald Isle speaks to me. Standing at Newgrange and the Hill of Tara, I found my way back to our old ways. I reconnected with nature and follow our ancestors traditions. Go raibh maith agat.
I don’t believe I have any Irish heritage, so me learning the language may not be as significant, but it means a lot to me and the sounds of it are so comforting and warm to me in a way I’ve never experienced in any other language I’ve studied. It really feels like someone that you just MUST spread from how rare it is in it’s beauty, especially as now I’ve heard a few times “Irish is a language? That sounds fake.” It’s very saddening, but it only makes me want to learn more, and recourses like yours though few and far between, keep me encouraged! Thank you.
I am Russian and I absolutely love Ireland and Irish language, which I am learning at the moment. God bless this beautiful country and its courageous, kind and hospitable people! The best of luck in gaining your wonderful language back! 🇷🇺❤️🇮🇪 Is Rúiseach mé agus tá grá agam d’Éirinn agus don Ghaeilge, atá mé ag foghlaim faoi láthair. Go mbeannaí Dia an tír álainn seo agus na daoine cróga, cineálta agus fáilteach seo! Sílimid (na Rúiseacha) gur iad na hÉireannaigh ár gcairde agus ár ndeartháireacha! Go leor meas as an Rúis! 🇷🇺❤️🇮🇪
My father is Irish and my mother is Swedish. I have always considered myself more Irish than Swedish, even though i grew up in sweden. I'm in my first year of High School next term, and i hope to learn as much Gaeilge as possible. I hope to be fluent one day, and perfferably speak Irish one day. Thank you for all these videos! Coinnigh leis an dea-obair! (i hope i spelled that right)
I've tried to connect with learning Irish for a few years now, but this video made me really want to commit to learning :-) Thank you for this and all of your videos!
I was born to an Irish father and German mother in Germany, so despite being half and half I’ve always felt a bit disconnected from my second home, my father’s Gaeilge is atrocious (it was his only bad subject in school apparently and he almost failed it) so my journey to learning it is one I’ll have to face alone but at least there’s some great UA-cam channels like this one to help get me there :)
@@LearnIrish i hope so too, in my own country there are more and more English words used to the point we speak a creole language. I remember my time in flanders fondly, as their choice of words include many Dutch words we in the north have forgotten about. In a way i find it more connecting to my own roots.
Desire, effort people who care about their language. Irish people like to laugh off their lack of knowledge of Irish because it's a convenient way to crush the feelings of embarrassment and shame.
My heritage is Irish and Scottish. I' 0:01 m learning both languages because I have loved everything about both places ever since I was a small child. I guess it's the genes. This lesson was the best, most heartfelt description of an áite draíochta, Éire. Go raibh maith agat!
2nd generation Irish here in UK! Have a few sentences & can count but have just bought a book to try & understand and learn more! I love my Irish ethnicity! X
That touched my heart. What a beautiful explanation. I've been following along with your videos, and translating word for word on Teanglann, trying to learn the language my grandparents spoke. I appreciate being able to connect to it in this way. You show that it's more than just words, and show the magic still in them.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, if you can email me the contents of this comment and any other similarities to danetyghe@gmail.com I will be able to easily access your information 😊
@@LearnIrish The place names is something what my Irish teacher is passionate about. The loss of our forests and animals like the wolves upsets me. Great point about de colonising your mind
I love that you made this video. People can be so business-like about learning Irish, but this is why we want to keep the language alive. ANYTHING that connect us to our Heritage, Nature, the Land, the Non-Human Persons and Each Other is worth nurturing and honoring.
Dia dhuit Dane! One of the best videos ever! You are right to say that one must decolonize one's mind! I really loved the way you described various anglicized Irish name which of course don't make any sense to the person who doesn't know Irish! Good job! Maith thú! Míle buíochas agus slán go fóill!
I’m both Scottish and Irish and I love this so much I wish there was a super like 👍. I find it sad how the Gaelic languages have become foreign even to her own people. Even though I live in America the spirit of Gaels are always with me when I speak Irish ☘️
You know a lot of the time I feel that Irish Americans are easier to reach and more open to Gaeilge, probably because they don't have any baggage from the way it was tought in school or other convenient excuses. Best wishes to you and good luck with your learning.
Beautiful things like these examples you give are why I started learning Gaeilge last year. I'm far away in distance from Ireland and far from fluent, but this video spoke deeply to me. Thank you for all the videos you make.
@@antseanbheanbocht4993 Is maith liom an rá oiriúnach sin! Is frása sona é. Buíochas do chroí! (I hope that's not too bad! I had to look a few words up!)
And while the common word for magic now used is Draíocht which was once specifically used to denote Druid Magic only. The poets had Filíocht, and other people had their own "magic"; magic was everywhere at all times in everything. The songs we sang when we did our work, smooring the fire, stories of places and deeds of our warriors. Our language had magic... and it still does! Well done video.
This is just marvelous! Thank you! I must say, I mostly watch your videos for entertainment, because I find the complicated orthography & spelling and the unusual twists and turns of the grammar of Irish to be quite defeating, no matter that my great grandparents on my father's side probably spoke the language at least to some extent. Ah well... At least today I learned "draíocht"!
Well done Dane, grma, and we have Mac léinn for our students But it is sad that our native language has declined so much. I will try to keep on the path that you have shown us. Slán agus beannacht. Patrick
Officially the most beautiful thing I have seen/heard in 2021. The passion behind these words makes every single one stick in my mind and soul. I wish school language classes were taught like this. Thank you Dane!
I love that idea of decolonizing my mind. Language shapes the way we think. If we are to solve the world's problems we need to see things from different viewpoints. Language helps us change our viewpoint. Your videos inspire as well as teach. Many thanks, from down under.
Absolutely beautiful! The language, the country , everything! I'm an American. Born and bred in the south. It's rich in it's Irish history. Even though I just recently read that the Irish people do not like Americans ( 😪 Tá mo chroí briste) I still love the Irish and the language and am still bursting with pride that my g-g-grandparents were Irish. Love and blessings from my home to yours ❤
Irish people have a deep affinity and love for Americans so I don't know where you heard that. I love American people and I've always enjoyed travelling in the USA. Having a president like Trump who is a bare faced lier and trys to undermine democracy probably does not help in certain ways but the links between Ireland and America will always be strong and full of love, respect and wonder 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪❤️❤️
@@LearnIrish Thank you so much for replying!! I am so happy to hear that what I read in article was wrong. You just made my day !! Go raibh maith agat! 💖
what a beautiful presentation, you surely put so much effort and most importantly your emotions, passion, and enthusiasm for the great language into the making of the video. Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
As a descendant of Redmond O'Fallon of Roscommon who "ended up" in Maryland and also a descendant of McAlilly of Antrim, a descendant of the Quinn and Moore families ... bhuel ... tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge anois ... ach is Méiriceannach mé
@@LearnIrish An clàr- the show Gaillimh Galley ..to frighten or worry..which just makes me think of the hobbit :) And my fav Baile atha claith a beautiful home ! These are just crud translations. I know these words independently..but I understand that context can change when other words are involved. I just thought it was neat ☺️
When I was I Ireland I felt you were very similar to us, Spaniards. Sociable and hospitable people, and it was very nice, almost like I was not so far from home. So yeah. Thank you for your video. I wanted to point out that we call Gaeilge "gallego" - both the language and people of Galicia, but even if this area has Celtic roots, the language today is Latin-related and I think the main reason is that when Romans took hold of Hispania, they successfully extended their language except in few areas, but I wonder how it was before that (Prehistory is my favourite part of History).
Dia dhuit Dane ! Really a great video! I really liked the way you explained everything! A great video indeed! Físeán iontach go deimhin! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill!
I absolutely love your videos and how you make this about more than just learning how to say some words and grammar. Absolutely agree - decolonise your mind. I have trouble pronouncing words ( english speaker here ) but I'm going to keep going at my pace because my heart is very happy to be here with your lessons.
@@LearnIrish will do. Can do a basic conversation, count and tell time so I'm getting there. My tutor Sharon must be pulling her hair out with me 🤣 She is very good. 😇
Saw a comment somewhere. Had an idea! Could you translate an Irish children's book? I have a bilingual book about Fungie (the Dingle Dolphin) from An Deangean (?). It's already bilingual but at some point I keep thinking I should break it down and translate it word for word. Maybe a shorter book....like you broke down the poetry? Also maybe you know about other kids books. I can't find anything online.
@@Gaeilge05 Not just easier, but the fact is, what you learn as a toddler is your native language, what you learn in school is your second language. 🤷♂️
@@Gaeilge05 I agree I think it should start with the parents though get them teaching them at home and then reinforce it at nursery would be my suggestion it’s what they do in wales with cymraeg ( welsh ) it’s taught to preschoolers a similar thing should be trialed in Ireland .
That's fascinating. I just took a look at the etymology. I was tweaked because "Mac Tire" looks like a bit of a kenning and it seems that the meaning of "howling / wild dog" for "faolchú" is also believed to come from a name taboo. That seems similar to speaking of "The Gentry" when referring to the sidhe.
Thank you so much! I have believed for a very long time that many Irish people are in denial of the extent to which they are mentally still colonized and in denial of their oppression. I am very impressed with Israel and how Hebrew was rescued to become the national language of that country. If only the Irish had the same pasion and drive to do the same with their language! I am of Irish and Scottish background and wish to learn a basic command of Irish.
I think you are absolutely correct, the Israelis showed it can be possible beca they had the will to do it. Numerous Irish governments just pay lip service to the Irish language unfortunately.
Decolonising the mind is truly ridding your oppressors the colonised mind is a ghost. If we lose Irish we lose the stake to the land it’s bad enough that British nationalists I have met on UA-cam claim Ireland as theirs
I was always curious about how there are old Irish names for bears which went extinct from Ireland aeons ago. For example Art means bear as does Mathgamain. Celts from the continent must have brought their stories of bears with them.
I am a descendant of exiles. I speak the language of the oppressor. But my heart and soul know of the old ways and the old days. I struggle to learn the Irish and set myself free. So I call myself O' Mac Tire. for that is my name.
mÉirinn Táim dalláite solas mo ghrá shíoraí. Ó thaobh na tire go dtí na shíorai. Agus an Ciunas a chloiseann tù? Is é ár gcroithe é, Ag screadaíl ar an suíomh a chailleamar. I wrote this… because I learned from duolingo…I’ve not heard a lot of the words…that is to say I can read and write Gaelic…but I can’t speak it :(. Could you speak this so I could hear it 🌈❤️. also this video was soulfully heart filling
Go raibh mile maith agat, a Dhane, as an fisean seo! Ta se an-fhior! Is mian liom an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim agus ansin cabhroidh me chomh lan daoine eile is feidir conas Gaeilge a labhairt. Deanfaimid an Ghaeltacht Domhanda! Sin an bhriongloid, ar a laghad. Go raibh maith agat aris. Is muinteoir iontach agus draiochtuil thu, gan amhras! Nar laga Dia thu! --N
Dia dhuit! Go raibh maith agat. Eire go deo! Eire e mo chroi. Tiocfaidh ar la! Bua No Bas! Saoirse! Oglach na hEireann. 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👊👊👊👊👊✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
When my aunty was younger she used a cream to bleach her skin, to remove the freckles. Our ancestors spoke Gaidhlig, would she have done that if she did too and called them sun-kisses, or enchanted-speckles (breac-sheunan)? Decolonise!
Chonaímse san Albann le mo bhean chéile atá Albannach. Tá muid ag fánacht air ár gcuid chéad leanbh agus bá mhaith linn í a foghlaim gaeilge na hAlbann, más féidir. Tá súil agam go bhfuil naisc céana ag Gaidhlig leis an nadúr.
I'm Brazilian and my wife is Irish, I'm trying to learn the language and once we have child I'll make sure he speaks it fluently!
Sounds like a great plan 🙂 best wishes
Good luck
❤ you’re so loyal to your wife❤
I'm from Sweden and have no Irish heritage whatsoever, but I've completely fallen in love with your languge and hope to learn it one day!
Great to hear that, you might not have Irish blood but you could have Celtic blood.
@@LearnIrish Maybe! Guess that would explain my obsession with Ireland haha!
Best wishes, welcome to the mad House
@@emelielampen2628 well the Vikings did come to Ireland so Dane isn’t wrong !!
@@LearnIrish I agree we are second worst environment wise today. Previously one of the best
Absolutely stunning and proof of my point that the Irish command of the English language is a thing of beauty. When I first visited Ireland over 50 years ago, I felt that the language was the key to its magic. So for several years I studied Irish and then put it aside. A year ago I was about to give away my books on Irish and Ireland when I had a brief correspondence with a young man. I kept asking myself...'Who is this? Who writes like this?' Then I learned that his grandparents and parents were from Donegal, and I knew he had absorbed the elements of Irish. So at the age of 77, I retrieved my books and am studying Irish again...for the magic. My Celtic roots lie with the tribes along the Danube...a different language but the same soul.
You're never too old to do what's good for the soul 😊
Scéal deas 👍
Gan amhras
@joant3300 Interesting. I had just decided to give up studying Irish when your comment appeared. I went to your channel and watched one of your videos. It reminded me of how much I enjoyed your instruction. I cannot give that up. Thanks for enriching my life.
That's very nice to hear, glad to see that you are finding the videos useful and informative 😁 good luck 🍀
I’m an American learning irish to get connected to my roots, I love all your videos and this one really spoke to me. Go raibh míle maith agat, múinteoir!
It's the video I always wanted to make but only got round to it now 😊 glad you like it, stay safe.
@@LearnIrish I’m trying, your videos are helping me get through it
De réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin 😊 Eventually a castle gets built.
Hey! I'm an American learning Irish too! Although I don't have Irish roots... my family came from Wales and Germany two hundred years ago.
We all have our history and journey. At least you have celtic blood so all is not lost.
I was born in Sasana to Irish parents. This video makes me so happy to have Irish blood. I will keep trying to learn Irish. Tír gan teanga. Tír gan Anam. Go raibh míle maith agat for this excellent video. Pure draíocht!
Thank you very much, you are every bit as Irish as the people living in Ireland - never forget that. Fan slán agus bíodh tráthnóna deas agat.
Peadar I’m Australian but of Irish descent some family still in Ireland relatives of my mum . And that proverb ( seanfhocal ) is one of my favourites .
@@michelleflood7225 Hi Michelle. We, of Irish descent are all over the world and are a reminder of those Irish people who were forced to leave Ireland or had to leave to survive and seek opportunities elsewhere. We, their descendants are a tribute to their brave and indomitable spirits. The seanfhocal is one of my favourite too. Best wishes to you Michelle. Slán.
@@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337 oh thanks for your reply . My Irish family are mainly from Tipperary ( different parts of that county ) but one of my great grans family’s the O’Brien’s are from Cavan and on dads side a great gran on that side is from Cork . Family still there are in cork and Limerick as well as Dublin and Tipperary . One of my mums cousins lives on what was my great x 2 Kennedy grandparents farm so still in the family now . Mum instilled in me a love for my heritage and she told me ( she’s since passed away ) that the six weeks she spent in Ireland was the happiest time in her life and her relatives there have been so welcoming and lovely that I’m definitely going to catch up with them when I finally get to go to Ireland . I was all set to go when COVID hit .
@@michelleflood7225 my dad (Peter Conway) was born in Carrick on suir, Tipperary but he grew up in Tulla, County Clare. My mum (Teresa McCormack) was from Mullingar, West Meath. I still have some relatives in Ireland. I hope you get to Ireland soon. Take care. Slán.
I visited Ireland for the first time in '19. I'm a celtic mut, Irish, Scottish and English but sonething about the Emerald Isle speaks to me. Standing at Newgrange and the Hill of Tara, I found my way back to our old ways. I reconnected with nature and follow our ancestors traditions. Go raibh maith agat.
I don’t believe I have any Irish heritage, so me learning the language may not be as significant, but it means a lot to me and the sounds of it are so comforting and warm to me in a way I’ve never experienced in any other language I’ve studied. It really feels like someone that you just MUST spread from how rare it is in it’s beauty, especially as now I’ve heard a few times “Irish is a language? That sounds fake.”
It’s very saddening, but it only makes me want to learn more, and recourses like yours though few and far between, keep me encouraged! Thank you.
That's very nice to hear and you're right, this language is rare and what's rare is wonderful, an rud is annamh is iontach 😀
I am Russian and I absolutely love Ireland and Irish language, which I am learning at the moment. God bless this beautiful country and its courageous, kind and hospitable people! The best of luck in gaining your wonderful language back! 🇷🇺❤️🇮🇪
Is Rúiseach mé agus tá grá agam d’Éirinn agus don Ghaeilge, atá mé ag foghlaim faoi láthair. Go mbeannaí Dia an tír álainn seo agus na daoine cróga, cineálta agus fáilteach seo! Sílimid (na Rúiseacha) gur iad na hÉireannaigh ár gcairde agus ár ndeartháireacha! Go leor meas as an Rúis! 🇷🇺❤️🇮🇪
Well done and well said, you are doing great - tá tú ag déanamh go hiontach.
@@LearnIrish go raibh míle maith agat! Thanks a lot!
Fan slán
I hope to be a conversation level speaker by the time I die
Bravo! So many reasons to persist in studying the teanga!
Enjoy the journey, it's well worth it
Great video.
I will inflict my new vocabulary on my Irish neighbour
Slainte
Lucky neighbour then, best wishes 😊
My father is Irish and my mother is Swedish. I have always considered myself more Irish than Swedish, even though i grew up in sweden. I'm in my first year of High School next term, and i hope to learn as much Gaeilge as possible. I hope to be fluent one day, and perfferably speak Irish one day. Thank you for all these videos! Coinnigh leis an dea-obair! (i hope i spelled that right)
Very good - maith thú agus go n-éirí leat 😃
I've tried to connect with learning Irish for a few years now, but this video made me really want to commit to learning :-) Thank you for this and all of your videos!
I was born to an Irish father and German mother in Germany, so despite being half and half I’ve always felt a bit disconnected from my second home, my father’s Gaeilge is atrocious (it was his only bad subject in school apparently and he almost failed it) so my journey to learning it is one I’ll have to face alone but at least there’s some great UA-cam channels like this one to help get me there :)
Follow your heart and feed the soul.
It would be absolutely incredible if irish once again be the standard language in all of Ireland, the education system should prioritize on it. 🍀
That would be great, let's hope so 🙂
@@LearnIrish i hope so too, in my own country there are more and more English words used to the point we speak a creole language.
I remember my time in flanders fondly, as their choice of words include many Dutch words we in the north have forgotten about. In a way i find it more connecting to my own roots.
Language can certainly be a window on our past.
They’ve done a great job in Wales 🏴 rescuing their language.. how did they manage it?
Desire, effort people who care about their language. Irish people like to laugh off their lack of knowledge of Irish because it's a convenient way to crush the feelings of embarrassment and shame.
My heritage is Irish and Scottish. I' 0:01 m learning both languages because I have loved everything about both places ever since I was a small child. I guess it's the genes. This lesson was the best, most heartfelt description of an áite draíochta, Éire. Go raibh maith agat!
Irish. The language of my ancestors. Thank you so very much for offering an affordable way to learn this beautiful language.
My pleasure, best wishes
2nd generation Irish here in UK! Have a few sentences & can count but have just bought a book to try & understand and learn more! I love my Irish ethnicity! X
That's great news, good luck with your journey 😊
I didn’t know how much I needed to see this
That touched my heart. What a beautiful explanation. I've been following along with your videos, and translating word for word on Teanglann, trying to learn the language my grandparents spoke. I appreciate being able to connect to it in this way. You show that it's more than just words, and show the magic still in them.
A window on our past and on our grandparents 😊 glad to be able to help you 👍
What a great, magical video. Thankyou so much.
I'm Italian and I Love Irish culture and Language ❤️, because of its strong bond with Nature and the Mystical world 💓
That's the beauty of it 😍 my next comparison video will be comparing Irish with Italian 🙂
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, if you can email me the contents of this comment and any other similarities to danetyghe@gmail.com I will be able to easily access your information 😊
I'll check that out
Stay safe
Beautiful - its a pity so many dont know about this beautiful language.
That's their loss but we can try to let them know.
@@LearnIrish I think it helps us mark ourselves different than English or American. Óró sé bheatha baile needs an update
Lovely! That was inspiring; thank you.
Thank you very much 😃
@@LearnIrish The place names is something what my Irish teacher is passionate about. The loss of our forests and animals like the wolves upsets me. Great point about de colonising your mind
I love that you made this video. People can be so business-like about learning Irish, but this is why we want to keep the language alive. ANYTHING that connect us to our Heritage, Nature, the Land, the Non-Human Persons and Each Other is worth nurturing and honoring.
That's right, sometimes we just need to take a short cut direct to the soul.
you speak so beautifully about all this!
Dia dhuit Dane! One of the best videos ever! You are right to say that one must decolonize one's mind! I really loved the way you described various anglicized Irish name which of course don't make any sense to the person who doesn't know Irish! Good job! Maith thú!
Míle buíochas agus slán go fóill!
That's why they call me the Great Dane, thank you so much for your support and kind wishes.
@@LearnIrish Go raibh maith agat!
Tá Éire go hálainn agus tá draíocht ag an nGaelige!
Go maire sibh Éire!
Gaelige beo fata!
That was beautiful
I’m both Scottish and Irish and I love this so much I wish there was a super like 👍. I find it sad how the Gaelic languages have become foreign even to her own people. Even though I live in America the spirit of Gaels are always with me when I speak Irish ☘️
You know a lot of the time I feel that Irish Americans are easier to reach and more open to Gaeilge, probably because they don't have any baggage from the way it was tought in school or other convenient excuses. Best wishes to you and good luck with your learning.
Thank you
Best wishes
Beautiful things like these examples you give are why I started learning Gaeilge last year. I'm far away in distance from Ireland and far from fluent, but this video spoke deeply to me. Thank you for all the videos you make.
Nil tú in Éirinn ach ta Éirinn i do chroí.
You are very welcome, glad you like the videos 😃
@@antseanbheanbocht4993 Is maith liom an rá oiriúnach sin! Is frása sona é. Buíochas do chroí! (I hope that's not too bad! I had to look a few words up!)
Tá sé sin go breá, déan do dhícheall agus bain sult as
Fantastic, Dane! I feel that connection to Irish and Ireland, and that is really draíocht! ☘ Go raibh maith agat!
Hold on to the connection and act on it.
And while the common word for magic now used is Draíocht which was once specifically used to denote Druid Magic only. The poets had Filíocht, and other people had their own "magic"; magic was everywhere at all times in everything. The songs we sang when we did our work, smooring the fire, stories of places and deeds of our warriors. Our language had magic... and it still does! Well done video.
Well said, thank you. Came from the heart.
@@LearnIrish Did Ireland used to have schools of philosophy in Irish
This is just marvelous! Thank you! I must say, I mostly watch your videos for entertainment, because I find the complicated orthography & spelling and the unusual twists and turns of the grammar of Irish to be quite defeating, no matter that my great grandparents on my father's side probably spoke the language at least to some extent. Ah well... At least today I learned "draíocht"!
Good attitude, one step at a time 😁
Wow and double wow!!! Captivating, educational and just lovely - thank you for this.
This was always the type of video I wanted to make 🙂 speaks to the heart because it comes from the heart ♥️
Well done Dane, grma, and we have Mac léinn for our students
But it is sad that our native language has declined so much.
I will try to keep on the path that you have shown us.
Slán agus beannacht.
Patrick
Yes Mac léinn is another great one, all we can do is try.
This is beautiful. One day I hope to be able to say it in Irish with confidence.
One word at a time, one step at a time, de réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin.
Officially the most beautiful thing I have seen/heard in 2021. The passion behind these words makes every single one stick in my mind and soul. I wish school language classes were taught like this. Thank you Dane!
You're very kind thank you very much ❤️
@@LearnIrish It upsets me that us Leinster lost its dialects. Brehon law seems less punitive punishment wise
Oh my God Dane! Bhí sin go hiontach!! 😍agus go hálainn!!
Míle buíochas, thaitin sé go mór liom. A bit more "character" in this video 🙂
Thanks!
I love that idea of decolonizing my mind. Language shapes the way we think. If we are to solve the world's problems we need to see things from different viewpoints. Language helps us change our viewpoint. Your videos inspire as well as teach. Many thanks, from down under.
Wise words, true words. Thank you for your support and stay safe 🍀
Físeán iontach!! Roinnfidh mé é seo le cairde. ☘️🇮🇪💚
Go raibh maith agat as an tacaíocht 😊
Dane you really got going in that video you'd easy get us all heading north if you did a video on them lol excellent video it was magic, Dáithí Ó.
Thank you Dáithí 👍👍
Absolutely beautiful! The language, the country , everything!
I'm an American. Born and bred in the south. It's rich in it's Irish history. Even though I just recently read that the Irish people do not like Americans ( 😪 Tá mo chroí briste) I still love the Irish and the language and am still bursting with pride that my g-g-grandparents were Irish.
Love and blessings from my home to yours ❤
Irish people have a deep affinity and love for Americans so I don't know where you heard that. I love American people and I've always enjoyed travelling in the USA. Having a president like Trump who is a bare faced lier and trys to undermine democracy probably does not help in certain ways but the links between Ireland and America will always be strong and full of love, respect and wonder 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪❤️❤️
@@LearnIrish Thank you so much for replying!! I am so happy to hear that what I read in article was wrong. You just made my day !! Go raibh maith agat! 💖
Trust me that article was fake news 🙂 God bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It falls down to some American tourists and some of those who are of Irish descent
what a beautiful presentation, you surely put so much effort and most importantly your emotions, passion, and enthusiasm for the great language into the making of the video. Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
Go raibh maith agat, tír gan teanga tír gan anam.
go raibh maith agat, tá sé go hálainn agus is breá liom é 👏🏻 iontach físeán !🌟
Míle buíochas agus fan slán
This was soooo beautiful!!!!
Thank you very much 😀
As a descendant of Redmond O'Fallon of Roscommon who "ended up" in Maryland and also a descendant of McAlilly of Antrim, a descendant of the Quinn and Moore families ... bhuel ... tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge anois ... ach is Méiriceannach mé
Go n-éirí leat 🙂
This is so lovely. And makes me terribly homesick.
Your home will always be here waiting for you.
@@LearnIrish ☺️🇮🇪
Stay safe 🍀
Go raibh míle maith agat, mo mhuinteoir! Seo é fáth táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge….so that the magic lives on in the poetry of the language….
If the English couldn't wipe it out with terror and the Irish couldn't wipe it out from indifference then nothing will wipe it out. Stay safe.
While I was there I remember that Dublin or donegal translated to something like " the happy side of the hill " it made me smile-
I doubt it was Dublin or Donegal, maybe a place in these counties
@@LearnIrish I wrote it down somewhere in book I have, I’ll try to find it..!
Let me know
@@LearnIrish An clàr- the show
Gaillimh Galley ..to frighten or worry..which just makes me think of the hobbit :)
And my fav
Baile atha claith a beautiful home ! These are just crud translations. I know these words independently..but I understand that context can change when other words are involved.
I just thought it was neat ☺️
That's certainly an interesting interpretation on these places 😬
When I was I Ireland I felt you were very similar to us, Spaniards. Sociable and hospitable people, and it was very nice, almost like I was not so far from home. So yeah. Thank you for your video. I wanted to point out that we call Gaeilge "gallego" - both the language and people of Galicia, but even if this area has Celtic roots, the language today is Latin-related and I think the main reason is that when Romans took hold of Hispania, they successfully extended their language except in few areas, but I wonder how it was before that (Prehistory is my favourite part of History).
Dia dhuit Dane ! Really a great video! I really liked the way you explained everything! A great video indeed! Físeán iontach go deimhin! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill!
My biggest fan, thank you very much 🙂
I absolutely love your videos and how you make this about more than just learning how to say some words and grammar. Absolutely agree - decolonise your mind. I have trouble pronouncing words ( english speaker here ) but I'm going to keep going at my pace because my heart is very happy to be here with your lessons.
You've got a good heart and best wishes
Such a beautiful video.
Such a beautiful language, such a pleasure to speak, such a tragic yet rich history, such a pity it nearly disappeared.
i love this
Muito obrigado pela aula,amigo:Deus abençoe a sua vida e dos teus
Thank you even though I don't know what you mean.
@@LearnIrish Thank very much for you lesson,friend:God bless you!
@@LearnIrish In English
Ah thank you so much, Beannachtaí agus bíodh tráthnóna deas agat.
Peço escusas pelo péssimo inglês
Beautiful!
Not wrong
I'm Polish and I'm eager to learn Gaelige. Is maith liom Gaeilge. I read each historical signs in both languages to get better grip of words
Dobry meszczyzna 😉
I have no words.
The video says it all
This is really really beautiful!!! Grma
Not wrong
Beautiful video
Thank you
I have only 8% Irish DNA but my goodness I am glad of it. I love Ireland and I’m trying to learn Gailge. Go raibh míle maith agat.
Good luck with your journey 🍀
Dia duit Dane, I was thinking of moving to Waterford. Is Irish still commonly spoken in gaeltacht an nDéise (by Dungarvan and Ring?)
Reasonably so in Ring yes, there's an Irish college there too. Nice place.
@@LearnIrish ta sé sin go iontach! 🙂
Go raibh maith agat agus beannachtaí
Magic Poetry!
Gaeilge!
Not wrong
Très belle vidéo... Merci... Éirinn go brách !!!
Maith thú
Love this! GRMA♡
Me too 😍
1:15 Is as Caiseal mé! Grma as an físean
Is breá liom Tiobraid Árann 😃
Tá sé go h-álainn, go raibh maith agat, agus fanacht sábháilte :D👍
Fáilte romhat agus beannachtaí.
álainn agus fíor
One of the hardest to comprehend and learn but im trying 💚🇮🇪💚
Déan do dhícheall 👍
@@LearnIrish I am doing my best but as an older lady...not old...🤣... learning is a wee bit harder 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Keep your expectations realistic and you may find solice. One step at a time.
@@LearnIrish will do. Can do a basic conversation, count and tell time so I'm getting there. My tutor Sharon must be pulling her hair out with me 🤣 She is very good. 😇
As long as you enjoy it and find it meaningful 🙂
Saw a comment somewhere. Had an idea! Could you translate an Irish children's book? I have a bilingual book about Fungie (the Dingle Dolphin) from An Deangean (?). It's already bilingual but at some point I keep thinking I should break it down and translate it word for word. Maybe a shorter book....like you broke down the poetry? Also maybe you know about other kids books. I can't find anything online.
Could be interesting...
I think that if Irish speaking people could make more children. Then the Irish language will came in every corners of Ireland🇮🇪
Érinn go bráth!
The future of the language is not in the dwindling Gaeltacht areas, it's in cities like Dublin and Belfast.
Guys, you should teach the Irish language in nursery, not in school.
Absolutely.
Learning a language is a lot easier if you’re younger, so I completely agree with you!
@@Gaeilge05 Not just easier, but the fact is, what you learn as a toddler is your native language, what you learn in school is your second language. 🤷♂️
100% ✊🍀
@@Gaeilge05 I agree I think it should start with the parents though get them teaching them at home and then reinforce it at nursery would be my suggestion it’s what they do in wales with cymraeg ( welsh ) it’s taught to preschoolers a similar thing should be trialed in Ireland .
Thank you for this! Go raibh maith agat!
Míle fáilte romhat agus beannachtaí 🍀
Maith thú Dane. Bring on the next Gaelic revival!.
It's already happening
This is exactly the reason I'm learning Irish. I guess "Faolchú" is archaic?
Faolchú is just as valid as Mac Tíre - not that different from dog and hound in English. Glad to hear that you liked the video 🙂
@@LearnIrish Ba é sin an físeán is fearr a rinne tú riamh agus thaitin sé liom, go raibh maith agat Dane. Dáithí Ó.
There's often more than one word for an animal in Irish. Faolchú means wild hound - quite descriptive of what wolves are.
I'll say
That's fascinating. I just took a look at the etymology. I was tweaked because "Mac Tire" looks like a bit of a kenning and it seems that the meaning of "howling / wild dog" for "faolchú" is also believed to come from a name taboo. That seems similar to speaking of "The Gentry" when referring to the sidhe.
Thank you so much! I have believed for a very long time that many Irish people are in denial of the extent to which they are mentally still colonized and in denial of their oppression. I am very impressed with Israel and how Hebrew was rescued to become the national language of that country. If only the Irish had the same pasion and drive to do the same with their language! I am of Irish and Scottish background and wish to learn a basic command of Irish.
I think you are absolutely correct, the Israelis showed it can be possible beca they had the will to do it. Numerous Irish governments just pay lip service to the Irish language unfortunately.
I will happily help someone with beginning Hebrew if they will help me with beginner Irish! Message me!
Decolonising the mind is truly ridding your oppressors the colonised mind is a ghost. If we lose Irish we lose the stake to the land it’s bad enough that British nationalists I have met on UA-cam claim Ireland as theirs
Is there a way to like this video a thousand times?
You're very kind 😁
@@LearnIrish 🤗🤗🇮🇪💚
I feel a deep sense of coming home with Ireland,
But I bought ancestry and six generations back it says Switzerland so idk
I was always curious about how there are old Irish names for bears which went extinct from Ireland aeons ago. For example Art means bear as does Mathgamain. Celts from the continent must have brought their stories of bears with them.
An interesting linguistic history there no doubt
tá níos mó tuairimí tuillte aige seo- this deserves more views!
mìle buìochas!
Go raibh maith agat, 😊
Dia im luna I would like to learn Irish with you thank you also 💕
Good luck
What’s your accent? It’s neat!
I'm from Wexford, thank you 😀
I am a descendant of exiles. I speak the language of the oppressor. But my heart and soul know of the old ways and the old days. I struggle to learn the Irish and set myself free. So I call myself O' Mac Tire. for that is my name.
You sound like a good soul, best wishes agus beir bua.
Go háilainn bronntanas a Dane, draíocht mhór ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘ grma
Go raibh maith agat agus fan slán
mÉirinn
Táim dalláite solas mo ghrá shíoraí.
Ó thaobh na tire go dtí na shíorai.
Agus an Ciunas a chloiseann tù?
Is é ár gcroithe é,
Ag screadaíl ar an suíomh a chailleamar. I wrote this… because I learned from duolingo…I’ve not heard a lot of the words…that is to say I can read and write Gaelic…but I can’t speak it :(. Could you speak this so I could hear it 🌈❤️. also this video was soulfully heart filling
I'll bear this in mind, best wishes.
All I can say to that is "wow''
Bhí sé seo draíocht!
It's such a shame England ever got involved with this country 😥😥😥
Absolutely, it was based on insecurity, Greed, Power and control. Just like the current situation with Russia and Ukraine.
Cad físeán iontach! Ní mór dúinn Éireannaigh ár n-oidhreacht a thógáil ar ais agus í a chur síos tríd na haoiseanna. Bí bródúil as a bheith Gaelach.
Maith thú, tír gan teanga tír gan anam 😃
de colonising in process!
Is físeán iontach é sin.
Is breá liom an frása "decolonise your mind". 👍
Go hiontach, frása tábhachtach gan aon agó.
Scéal an mhaith 😃
Go raibh maith agat agus beannachtaí 👌
Tá an oiread sin draiòcht agus anam ann i ndàire i nár teanga. Aontaím go huile leat , a chara.
Thaitin sé go mór liom, beir bua agus fan slán
Go raibh mile maith agat, a Dhane, as an fisean seo! Ta se an-fhior! Is mian liom an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim agus ansin cabhroidh me chomh lan daoine eile is feidir conas Gaeilge a labhairt. Deanfaimid an Ghaeltacht Domhanda! Sin an bhriongloid, ar a laghad. Go raibh maith agat aris. Is muinteoir iontach agus draiochtuil thu, gan amhras! Nar laga Dia thu! --N
Tá tú ag déanamh go hiontach agus is léir go bhfuil tú ag dul chun cinn, maith thú agus míle fáilte romhat🙂
Dia dhuit! Go raibh maith agat. Eire go deo! Eire e mo chroi.
Tiocfaidh ar la! Bua No Bas!
Saoirse! Oglach na hEireann.
🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👊👊👊👊👊✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Míle fáilte agus fan slán
@@LearnIrish 👍
@@LearnIrish Dia dhaoibh!
@@LearnIrish Dia linn, a chara!
Fan slán
When my aunty was younger she used a cream to bleach her skin, to remove the freckles. Our ancestors spoke Gaidhlig, would she have done that if she did too and called them sun-kisses, or enchanted-speckles (breac-sheunan)?
Decolonise!
Imagine being that insecure and ashamed of yourself and what you stand for that you'd bleach your skin. God love her the poor fool.
Téigh ar Dane a bhí déanta go maith dáithí Ó.
Míle buíochas agus ádh mór
@@LearnIrish Go raibh maith agat Dane ádh mór...
Draíocht, GRMA
Fan slán
Chonaímse san Albann le mo bhean chéile atá Albannach. Tá muid ag fánacht air ár gcuid chéad leanbh agus bá mhaith linn í a foghlaim gaeilge na hAlbann, más féidir. Tá súil agam go bhfuil naisc céana ag Gaidhlig leis an nadúr.
Go n-éirí leis sin, tá go leor áiseanna ar líne 👍
How ture dane
Indeed
Dia dhuit.
Dia duit.
Draoícht.
Mac Tíre.
le cheile.
Go raibh maith agat.
Maith thú
Just found your channel
Trying to re learn irish though i never really had it tbh to stay ahead of my kids at gaelscoil
GRMA for the videos!