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AS GAEILGE

  • 04-09-2011 08:03PM
    #1
    Caveman1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭


    After watching the All Ireland Hurling final today the Kilkenny captain gave his speech as gaelige and also in english, this got me thinking, how many Irish people can actually fluently speak in Irish ??

    If a mod wants to add a poll I would appreciate it as im not sure how to do it:confused:


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  • #2
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    An chéad duine anseo! :pac:

    First. :p


  • #3
    Captain_Generic
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    Seven


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    gets popcorn ;)


  • #5
    py2006
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    I'm Irish, so I don't speak Irish!


  • #6
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    I've a fairly high level of school Irish. Not fluent but advanced.

    I've never had any nationalistic or patriotic reasons for being able to speak it, I was just good at it in school.

    I don't speak it much at all in my everyday life, but I'm glad I have it, just for the sake of being able to speak a language.


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  • #7
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Caveman1 wrote: »
    If a mod wants to add a pole I would appreciate it as im not sure how to do it:confused:

    Don't know if the Polish can speak Irish ?

    But obviously the number of people who are fluent in English is a little lower than the census would suggest.


  • #8
    KittyeeTrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    Substitute poll for pole OP or you are gonna get hit by the grammar nazis pretty fast:D

    edit: too late......


  • #9
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Caveman1 wrote: »
    After watching the All Ireland Hurling final today the Kilkenny captain gave his speech as gaelige and also in english, this got me thinking, how many Irish people can actually fluently speak in Irish ??

    If a mod wants to add a pole I would appreciate it as im not sure how to do it:confused:

    what type of pole ?


  • #10
    jive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,762 ✭✭✭jive


    GO WAY WITH THAT PHUCKING IRISH IT'S NO USE FOR ANYONE IN THE REAL WORLD

    followed by

    LOTS OF COUNTRIES SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE WITHOUT OTHER COUNTRIES SPEAKING IT TOO, JUST LOOK AT SCANDINAVIA

    to answer your question OP, not many outside the ghaeltacht. Add up populations of the ghaeltacht areas + a couple of thousand = your answer


  • #11
    KittyeeTrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    Considering how long I studied the language at school I would have very limited capacity in actually speaking it:(


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  • #12
    Caveman1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Caveman1


    fluffyorganic1 wrote: »
    Substitute poll for pole OP or you are gonna get hit by the grammar nazis pretty fast:D

    edit: too late......

    Fixed;)


  • #13
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    not irish but apparently because im from eat donegal i can speak fluent ulster scots...now thats a useless langauge


  • #14
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    I was very good at Irish at school but left over 10 years ago now. I would've been encouarged by my parents to put an effort into it and it seemed important to me at the time so I did. Plus on a purely cultural basis, I think it's a beautiful langauge and I'd love to relearn it someday. I'm in no major rush though...


  • #15
    Saaron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭Saaron


    I speak fluent Irish. Corca Dhuibhne Irish to be precise :)


  • #16
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    Every year that speech is given in Irish by the captain of the team. I doubt he can actually speak Irish fluently and more than likely, had that written down word for word or learned it off by heart.

    I can't speak Irish fluently myself. I can speak it well enough to hold a basic conversation, at very best.


  • #17
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    tá an-áthas orm, an corn seo a ghlacadh


  • #18
    pickarooney
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    "As gaelige"?

    Cá bhfuil na Gardaí na gramadach?


  • #19
    nicechick!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 440 ✭✭nicechick!


    Tá Gaelige agam ba ceart to mbeach poll agat!


  • #20
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    mise agus a lan duine i mo cheantar ach nil siad anseo ar boards


  • #21
    Scealta_saol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭Scealta_saol


    I've fluent Irish. Went to all-Irish schools and then did a degree in Irish. There's even a forum on boards that caters to the Irish speakers:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=904

    They say there are about 1 million fluent speakers in Ireland but very few of them use it on a day to day basis.

    Personally, I don't like how everyone is taught it for about 14 years in school and most people just don't have a better grasp of it. I know Polish people who learn English for 6 years in school and are excellent English speakers...


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  • #22
    Pherekydes
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    "As gaelige"?

    Cá bhfuil na Gardaí na gramadach?

    Na Gardaí litriú?


  • #23
    fedor.2.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    Scealta_saol wrote: »
    I've fluent Irish. Went to all-Irish schools and then did a degree in Irish. There's even a forum on boards that caters to the Irish speakers:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=904

    They say there are about 1 million fluent speakers in Ireland but very few of them use it on a day to day basis.

    Personally, I don't like how everyone is taught it for about 14 years in school and most people just don't have a better grasp of it. I know Polish people who learn English for 6 years in school and are excellent English speakers...



    Id love if that were true, but i doubt there's that many


  • #24
    ShamoBuc
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Na Gardaí litriú?

    Spelling or grammar - both are out there.

    There's not a million fluent irish speakers out there - cinnte - more is the pity, but I do believe Gaeilge is on the rise, long may it continue.


  • #25
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    fedor.2. wrote: »
    Id love if that were true, but i doubt there's that many

    a million speakers easy maybe not all fluent but confident speakers yes:p


  • #26
    nicechick!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 440 ✭✭nicechick!


    Scealta_saol wrote: »
    I've fluent Irish. Went to all-Irish schools and then did a degree in Irish. There's even a forum on boards that caters to the Irish speakers:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=904

    They say there are about 1 million fluent speakers in Ireland but very few of them use it on a day to day basis.

    Personally, I don't like how everyone is taught it for about 14 years in school and most people just don't have a better grasp of it. I know Polish people who learn English for 6 years in school and are excellent English speakers...

    Neither do I!

    I was so saddened to hear while speaking to a colleague who originally comes from South Africa mentions by his own children's lack of passion/interest in learning Irish. He felt culture/society drives the negative attitude his children display towards Irish it frustrated him that his children would mimic other children saying ''its to hard'' etc and also felt the teaching or lack of in there primary education didn't help. He as a parent has taken lessons so that he could encourage his children to speak and learn Irish and pointed out that the negative attitude from talking to other parents was also shocking - SAD and embarrassing


  • #27
    raxor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭raxor


    Scealta_saol wrote: »
    They say there are about 1 million fluent speakers in Ireland but very few of them use it on a day to day basis.

    A million people fluent?!

    Ha, ha ha h.....sorry "há, há há há há"!


  • #28
    k4kate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 648 ✭✭✭k4kate


    In 2005 Cork won the All-Ireland Hurling Final. Seán Óg Ó hAilpín was captain. He gave his speech completely through Irish and he did not set foot in this country till he was 10 years old.

    You ashamed of yourselves?????


  • #29
    ShamoBuc
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    k4kate wrote: »
    In 2005 Cork won the All-Ireland Hurling Final. Seán Óg Ó hAilpín was captain. He gave his speech completely through Irish and he did not set foot in this country till he was 10 years old.

    You ashamed of yourselves?????

    NO!

    Proud of Seán Óg though;)


  • #30
    Sound Bite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 788 ✭✭✭Sound Bite


    I got an A1 in honours Irish in the Leaving. I can understand spoken Irish and read written Irish perfectly but I cannot hold a conversation at all! Says alot about the way it is taught in schools. Apart from the basics, I'm just to slow speaking it to hold a proper conversation. Shame really cos it's a lovely language.


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  • #31
    retalivity
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    im fluent but unfortunately im not in ireland.
    ach labharann mise gaeilge dun na ngall, so níl a fhios ag duine ar bith eile amach as an cheantar caidé a bhfuil me ag ráit.....


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