minor games in Irish

neris

why are the minor hurling and football matches on RTE always in Irish? Is that not what TG4 is for?

KevIRL

neris wrote: »

why are the minor hurling and football matches on RTE always in Irish? Is that not what TG4 is for?

Its a tradition and a good one at that. RTE is allowed to broadcast shows as gaelige as well as TG4 you know

ANXIOUS

It's actually a rule, don't quote me but I think that 50% of the minor/senior Semi final and final has to be in Irish and they get around it by doing all the minor game in Irish.

mk6705

Can anyone tell me who the commentators are on todays minor match between Kilkenny and Galway?

Min

Michéal ó Sé. The former Cork manager is the other, that does be on TG4.

Diabhal Beag

I was wrong it is Micheal O se

Apogee

Adro947 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me who the commentators are on todays minor match between Kilkenny and Galway?

Mícheál Ó Sé and Dónal O'Grady

Min

Apogee wrote: »

Mícheál Ó Sé and Dónal O'Grady

Yeah, could think of Donal but not the surname, my fada's need improving lol

applehunter

I really dislike this commentator.

I hate his accent and I hate his Irish.

ArmaniJeanss

KevIRL wrote: »

Its a tradition and a good one at that.

Fair enough its tradition, but I'm not so sure its a good one.
Broadcasting in a language that the vast majority of your audience don't understand can't be a good idea.

For me, you know the summer is coming to a close and the apples are ripening on the tree and the kids are nearly ready to go back to school, when you hear the sound of Micheal o'Se commentating on a minor match.

CUUUUUULLLLL!!!!

Blackjack

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Fair enough its tradition, but I'm not so sure its a good one.
Broadcasting in a language that the vast majority of your audience don't understand can't be a good idea.

Did you watch the Minor game?

Clareman

I think it's a great tradition and 1 that I enjoy to be honest, Ireland is 1 of the few countries in the world with 2 official languages and we ignore 1 of them over and over, only too often do people say "Irish is a stupid dead language that I never use" but once you watch a match you realize how much you actually know.

An Citeog

Clareman wrote: »

I think it's a great tradition and 1 that I enjoy to be honest, Ireland is 1 of the few countries in the world with 2 official languages and we ignore 1 of them over and over, only too often do people say "Irish is a stupid dead language that I never use" but once you watch a match you realize how much you actually know.

+1. I've lost the majority of what little Irish I did have in favour of learning German and Spanish. Watching national league matches on TG4 and the minor matches on RTÉ are probably the only things keeping me in touch with the language.

applehunter

I have nothing against the commentary being in Irish just don't think O'Sé is any good.

Rowley Birkin QC

I haven't spoken Irish with any degree of fluency in years but I enjoy watching the minor match, after about ten minutes I'm up to speed and have a pretty good grasp of what he's saying. It would be a pity to see the end of it.

jwcurtin

Killer combination: Michael Ó Muircheartaigh commentating on the whole game in Irish, that's something i would love to hear!:)

sceptre

ANXIOUS wrote: »

It's actually a rule, don't quote me but I think that 50% of the minor/senior Semi final and final has to be in Irish and they get around it by doing all the minor game in Irish.

For years, that's part of the agreement the GAA have had with RTE to allow the latter to broadcast games.

Starie1975

neris wrote: »

why are the minor hurling and football matches on RTE always in Irish? Is that not what TG4 is for?

We'll get Andy Gray and Martin Tyler in for you next year.

Starie1975

jwcurtin wrote: »

Killer combination: Michael Ó Muircheartaigh commentating on the whole game in Irish, that's something i would love to hear!:)

He does the Comortas Peile Na Gealtachta senior Final every year on Radio Na Gealtachta. June bank holiday weekend. He's pure class.

antoobrien

listening to minor games in english is just plain wrong

jwcurtin

Starie1975 wrote: »

He does the Comortas Peile Na Gealtachta senior Final every year on Radio Na Gealtachta. June bank holiday weekend. He's pure class.

It's into the diary!! Thanks:D

Fits Morris

It's a fantastic tradition and if your watching on TV it's as integral a part of a Croke Park championship day as the music of the Artane Boys Band or celebrating on the pitch is to people in the stadium.

Syferus

On the odd occassion Roscommon feature in the televised minor games (2006's final and replay stand out) it is simply far more enjoyable to just turn the volume of the TV down and switch the radio commentary on.

When you've got a passing interest in a match it doesn't make much difference, but when it's your team and you can't understand half of what's coming out of the commentators' mouths it is a huge issue.

We can argue about why most people can't understand enough Irish for it not to matter, but the reality is it's not just the individual person who is to blame - it's something that we all share in both personal attitudes and structual failure. Force feeding it in a minor match is of little consquence if there's general apathy and a lack of real progress beyond the vague idea that we 'value' our native langauge, and indeed in many cases fosters the former.

No one should be made feel guilty to want to watch something as universal as the national sports in whatever way suits them best. The red button comes to mind.

Ash.J.Williams

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Fair enough its tradition, but I'm not so sure its a good one.
Broadcasting in a language that the vast majority of your audience don't understand can't be a good idea.

i disagree, i don't use or speak it but would be ashamed if we lost it.

crebel81

+1. I mean this is what GAA is about. Its an irish game that embraces all things irish and all that goes with it.

I understand that some people do not understand it, well thats life i guess.

It is only a minority of matches which are broadcast through irish so from that aspect, U AINT GOT MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT!!

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

i disagree, i don't use or speak it but would be ashamed if we lost it.