Comments on: Does anyone speak Gaelic/Celtic/Welsh/Irish?

By: Aled

Aled — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:28:06 +0000

I am a Fluent Welsh Speaker, I was bought up with Welsh as my first language, and It’s still used as a first language in many parts of Wales.

By: socjfk

socjfk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

I speak Irish (Gaeilge). Spent years at summer camps in the West of Ireland learning it and ended up studying the language in University College Dublin.
Whaddyawannaknow?

By: show stopper

show stopper — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

u might find ppl still talk those old languages in wales or ireland

By: howthehellshouldiknow

howthehellshouldiknow — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

The old language is called Gaelic but I don’t speak it and don’t know anyone who does.

By: Entwined

Entwined — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

My brother in law speaks Welsh, on account of him being Welsh.

Many people in Wales and Ireland speak their respective forms of Gaelic. In Scotland the numbers are smaller, but over the last 20 years there has been a big push to bring them back, and it’s been working. If you ever go to Wales, you’ll see that much of the TV and radio is in Welsh, and you’ll hear people speaking Welsh on the street, in shops, on buses and everywhere else. This is particularly true in North and West Wales, where most people speak Welsh.

By: nan

nan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

Although I don’t know or speak my own language..Welsh Gaelic..there is a web site called comrie.com or if I have that wrong simply search for Wales. Why Wales? because the original form of gaelic spoken in all of the British Isles is the welsh gaelic..as well there is Irish Gaelic spoken and taught in an East coast universiy.. here in Canada
As late as 1950 in Wales in school a child as young as 5 could be flogged for speaking welsh gaelic.As history reveals it was is and probably has been since the garden…all about money. But
I could be wrong.

By: Kobie

Kobie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

Irish is a compulsory subject in Irish schools, but despite having to learn it every day for 12 to 14 years, very few people can speak it although there are a number of areas in the west of Ireland called Gealtaeacht areas where it remains the first language. All road signs and government publications are published both in English and Irish.

And yes, we called it Irish – not Gaelic. (Though the Irish word for ‘Irish’ is ‘Gaeilge’).

By: ashy

ashy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

Irish Gaelic
Dia Dhuit! (hello)
Conas ata tu? (how are you?)
Taim i mo chonair in Eireann (I live in Ireland)
Thug na deidh points dom (Give the ten points to me!)

By: Jennifer M

Jennifer M — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

I speak a little bit of Irish
Dia Duit (prounced gee-a ditch)=Hello
Dia is mhuire duit= A response to hello…doesn’t really translate
Pog mo hon (pronounced poag maw hone)= Kiss my ass
Ta tu aon capall (pronounced ta too ain capill)=you are a horse
Ca bhfuil tu i do chonai? (pronounced ca will too i daw conie)= where do you live?
Slan= Goodbye
Slainte= Cheers!

By: thomasrobinsonantonio

thomasrobinsonantonio — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000

Jennifer M: Shame on you, and I thought that you were the best Irish speaker in my class. Dia duit- althouth a greeting means in Gaelic – Jesus with you. The reply: Dia is Muire duit – means Jesus and Mary with you.

Anois, ta an Gaeilge agum agus ta me a conai in London. Although I have been here in London for over 40 years, I can still speak the Gaelic quite well. It must have been all the really bad beating the Irish teachers used to give me………………..