Irish (the language)

[Chickenkeev]

Does anyone else feel a connection to it? My dad was a gaeilgoir but never taught us. But i'm 42 now and still feel a pull towards it. It's inexplicable. I spent a year in france but i feel nothing at all towards the language. But Irish draws me in massively.

@Abhannmor

Agus mise freisin!! Ní maith liom Duo the judgemental ulchabhán.

Is breá liom d'ainm úsáideora!! <- hopes ainm úsáideora is actually a term as Gaeilge 😊

Is ea @UtopiaPlanitia

Lol!!!! Catholic guilt!!! Tá an ceart agat 😂😂😂

GRMA Abhannmor 👍

Tá leabhair do pháistí le fáil ó
Kids and YA / 5+ – An Siopa Leabhar
Tá bréagáin agus cluichí as Gaeilge le fáil ó
As Gaeilge | Irish Language Games & Resources | Cogs Toys and Games Ireland | Cogs Toys & Games Ireland
Tá Scrabble as Gaeilge acu!
Tá na bréagán etc daor go leor - no economies of scale - ach tá praghas na leabhar OK.
Bainigí sult as!

Go raibh míle maith agat ❤️

Conas tá sibh uilig , anois ?
Agus - nach bhfuil an aimsir go h-ainnis 😭

Tá an aimsir go hálainn anseo 😞 ach, tá na Euros ar an teilifís so is cuma liom 😂 cén chaoi ina bhfuil tú fhéin?

Cén áit é sin @Chickenkeev ? An bhfuil tú ar do laethanta saoire i Lanzarote 😂

Tá sé fuar , fliuch agus gaofar i gCorcaigh. Ah bhuel mar a dúirt an seanfhocal - ne'er cast a clout til Meitheamh be out 😉

I nGaillimh. Saghas sarcasm a bhí ann 😂 Níl sé stoirmúil, ach níl an griain ag taitneamh. Tá sé an liath iyswim.

Tá mé sa Londain , tar éis blianta fada. Agus thug me faoi deara : níl morán Éireannaigh timpeall an cathair?

Éireannaigh óg ar a laghad. Chonaic mé cúpla sean-duine. An bhfuil na daoine óga ag dul go tíortha eile , Canada nó an Ghearmáin mar shampla....Agus an bhfuil sé de bharr an Brexit?

Nuair a bhí mé I m'chónai anseo ar feadh na 80s /90, bhí North london cosúil Eire bheag. Saghas brónach. .

Ar bhfaca tu riamh an grafitti Abhannmor: 'give us back Northern Ireland and we'll give you back Kilburn'?
Is dócha nach bhfuil an tarraingt céanna ag Londain inniú, mar a dúirt tú tá mealladh na Gearmáine nó Canada, nó na hAstráile, níos láidre.

Saghas brónach go deimhin, the end of an era, ní beidh a leithéad etc etc...

Is ea @MarieDeGournay ...Agus na pubanna 'Eireannach' mar O'Neills etc. Gan aon duine Éireannach istigh 😂. Thug mé cuairt go tig tábhairne éigin The Joiners Arms - last Irish pub in Lewisham! OK i ndáiríre , ach amháin na vibes 'Seomra Feithimh Dé'. Agus táim ag dul in aois mé féin 😭

Same.
Is breá liom é 💕

Is cuimhim liom an Gaeilge a cloisteáil go minic i mo pub áitiúil ar an Bóthar Hornsey fadó. Ta an pub sin dúnta anois.

Tá mé chun an scéal seo a innsint as Béarla - my Irish isn't up to telling this story:
I was in a laundrette in the Hornsey area years ago. There were two young women, 20s ish, chatting away in Irish. I got talking to them, they were from the Connemara Gaeltacht. They said they 'had English' from school, and could get by OK in it, but if they were going to be dealing with their children's schools, or doctors or something important, they had to have someone with better English to help them communicate.
It was such a eye-opener - Irish was 100% their mothertongue, and English was very much a second language to them.

It wasn't unusual to hear Irish spoken in London at that time. If that's not true these days, it may be a good sign that it's easier to stay and live and work in the Gaeltacht areas now

What is the greatest Irish [as Gaeilge] song ever? Ó ró 'sé do bheath abhaile?
The Coolin/An Cúilfhionn? Mo Ghile Mear? ... yeah yeah, but how about THIS?

It makes me smile every time I watch this video! Infectious, isn't it? Dreoilín is a wren, BTW.

Here are the lyrics + translations. You can learn the dance moves yourselves from the video😂
An Dreoilín lyrics and chords - SongsInIrish.com

I don't think those moves are very traditional 🤪

They are that famous traditional Irish dance,the Mac Aréna😂

Wow tá "moves" ag an dreoilín sin! 🙌

Cad é an Gaeilge ar ' throwing shapes'?

Cinnte go bhfuil sé Rí na nÉan 🐦 👑!

Tá sé go hiontach!

D’aithin mé Cultúrlann i mBéal Feirste.

Beidh clár teilefis nua i nGaeilge ag teacht....

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