Most Irish don't even speak Irish

bump
please post in my thread.

That's what happens when you get colonized by another country for almost 1000 years. We are pretty much England's little brother now.

>>61006328
Because English was the language of progress.

>There was no Irish before 1171.
>Irish people are a Germanic nation that ultimately originates in Normandy with William the Conqueror
>Irish and Gaels are not one and the same - the latter are the aboriginal Celtic people of Ireland who are slowly getting displaced by the Anglo-Saxon Irish
>the potato famine actually mostly hurt the Gaels and ultimately served to bolster the Irish ranks
>nevertheless, the Irish pretend to be Gaels out of guilt for the displacement of the natives, much like the Akkadians preserved the extinct Sumerian language for religious use for an entire millennium.

Did I just blow your mind?

>>61007052
Source pls.

>>61007052
You posted nothing factual.

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>>61007052
>Slovenia in charge of National/Racial identities

>>61007052
>source
>my wifes husband
Calm down Russia.

>>61006328
Téigh ar shiúl.

>>61006852
This. Just look at Norway. Their script is pretty much Danish, but their language is a mix between that and Swedish.

>tfw 97% of Finns speak Finnish instead of Swedish and those who speak Swedish can always speak Finnish as well

At least we managed to retain it.

>>61010336
Even worse; we could be speaking Russian.

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>>61006852
>mfw seeing East and North Ireland with a higher percentage of light haired people than in the South and West in those pictures

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>mfw hearing something about bremain or brexit

>>61010594
vikings nigga, dublin was founded by them

dead language why bother

>>61011546
it's still spoken so it isn't dead.

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>>61006852
>>61009192
>>61011546
I'm sick of you Irishmen telling us Irish-Americans what a real Irishman is. I've been to Cork and Dublin and you're nowhere near as Irish as us in Boston and New York. In your bars I've witnessed you watching soccer games and listening to British bands, with not a pint of Guinness or an Irish flag in sight. I think Ireland is too near to Britain, so come to Boston to be reminded what being Irish is all about. It seems you've forgotten true Irish pride.

t. American on holidays in argentina

>>61011632
essentially dead then

>>61011800
population is still rising last I heard, it's still prominent in parts of ireland it literally can't go anywhere else but up in regards to people speaking it.

>>61010951
This. Many place names are from Old Norse:

Waterford is Veðrafjǫrðr meaning Ram's Fjord.
Wexford is Veisafjǫrðr meaning Muddy Fjord.

>>61011800
Is this why Ireland is so shit? Because you're all defeatist little sad sacks who don't care about your history or heritage?

>Not wanting to read Cré na Cille in its original
JUST

>Scan thread
>Not a single Irish speaking Irish

What the fuck

>>61012086
Dia duit.

It's funny how we have three minority languages that are more often spoken than Irish.

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>>61012059
they need to go to Boston to see what real Irish are

>>61011865
>it literally can't go anywhere else but up in regards to people speaking it.
>this delusional gaelgor
literally laughed out loud

>>61012059
history and "heritage" whatever the fuck that is comprised of more than a language pal

>>61011670
I know this is a joke, but still. Kill yourself

>>61006852
Join us mate

>>61012495
Nice rebuttal on that one lad, sure showed me. If you know something I don't about it then please feel free to tell me.

>>61012722
i wasn't trying to show you anything? don't be so sensitive

>>61012798
You said I was delusional, implying what I said was not true, so I said if you have any information that I don't know about to state why I'm delusional, I'm not being sensitive, I'm asking for a answer but you keep dodging.

>>61012115
>duit
Be ashamed.

>>61014382
Sorry pardon me.
Conas atá tú? Ta mé go maith ach tuirseach

Who's the most famous Irish?

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>>61012676
Nah lad, we're doing fine on our own thanks all the same

>>61014810
Jesus of Nazareth

>>61014810
Queen Victoria

>>61006328
Ulster-Scots is the only Irish language that matters

>>61012086
chuckie ar la

>>61014727
>tuirseach
Agus mise. Obair mé naoi uair gach lá ina (pub?).

>>61015220
>naoi uair
Níl mé iontas go bhfuil tú tuirseach.
Cad é An Ghearmáin An maith?

>>61013234
you'd have to validate your assertion first

>>61015550
Accused of being delusional without any significant evidence to refute what I said.
There's my validation. Stop dodging it now and answer my previous post.

>>61015509
>Cad é An Ghearmáin An maith?
Go híontach ach ró fliuch. Tá mé ina gconaí sa Bavaria. Níl ró daoine gorma go leor anseo.

>>61015722
Chonaí ò gconaí?

>>61015722
Is é sin go deas a chloisteáil.
Tá sé ag éirí déanach anseo anois.
Slán.

>>61015704
sounds like you're dodging the question now... if you have an uninformed opinion you can't even prove may be time to quit while you're ahead

>>61011670
We say vacation instead of holiday, dude

>>61015946
Oíche mhaith

>>61016088
What the fuck are you talking about you troglodyte. You've literally stated I needed to validate my assertion of my question, so you recognise that I'm asking you which you STILL can't refute and continue to dodge the question that if you have any information regarding he Irish language dying instead of more people using it due to the population still rising and it being taught as a mandatory subject be free to state it otherwise you calling me delusional at this point when you haven't said a word about it because you know you're talking bollocks, makes you out to be a autist. So I'll ask again answer my original post.

>>61016257
w0w
calm down lad
your post essentially is
>this is my opinion disprove it!!
yee, don't fink so

>>61006852
We were colonized for almost 1000 years too but we still kept our language
What happened?

>>61016387
Funny. All of your posts have literally been that lad. They mean even less now that I know you are un ironically autistic, You have to be from Dublin.

>>61016505
im still waiting for you to prove your initial assertion m8 rather than strawman arguments and insults you've resorted to, youve had ample time to do it... if you cant thats fine no skin off my nose
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>61009586
because norwegians are swedes speaking danish

>>61016618
>emoticon as a response
Projecting and autistic, literally the same goes for you. I asked you first lad. You're good at dodging things though must be how you survived so long in Dublin, having to dodge all those bullets whizzing by you. Il answer after you answer mine, after all I asked first. You should practice what you preach faggot.

>>61016702
you
>this is my opinion
me
>i politely disagree old chum
you
>disprove my subjective anecdotal opinion i have provided no prove for or you are wrong btw im not upset waah waah ;_;
lol fuck off, im not doing your job for ya horse

>>61016831
>lol dead language
>no it's not the population is still rising and Irish is still being taught as a mandatory subject in schools throughout all years
>LMAO this delusion
>please show me information refuting my claim, it is also a fact and not a opinion everyone knows this
>wow don't be so sensitive man I'm literally sucking cocks right now
>I'm not being sensitive I'm asking to a answer stop dodging the question
>lmao your dodging my question to validate your assertion
>you called me delusional when your wrong
>uhhhhh uhh c-calm d-down lmao XDDD I-it's just your opinion
>but it's common knowledge this is happening you've experienced it yourself if you weren't a drop out
>a-answer my questions!1!!1
>I did already and I can again after you answer mine I asked first and you continue to dodge it
>Y-you're opinion that's all xddddddddd
That is literally how it went, I know your baiting now but you're autistic. Kill yourself you cum guzzling spaz.


>

>>61017109
autism


im still right tho

>>61017174
Yeah back tracking through your autistic tangent is autism at its apex, you're also wrong and forever will be until they abolish Irish as a language to be taught in school which isn't happening, make sure to get the baby powder for that butt hurt, here's your last (you) autist.

>>61016468
Irish people aren't as strong as mongolians

>>61017243
the language not being able to go anywhere but "up", the part of your post i took exception to, is a subjective opinion with no validity beyond your own mind unless you can provide some supporting 3rd party source that doesn't rely on your biases coz apparently your opinion is not the gospel you think it is: http://rte.ie/news/2014/1120/660919-native-irish-speakers/

>>61017503
That 3rd party source is the 20 year plan THR government has in use to put money and effort towards the language, you also prove my point that it isn't dead with what you posted its still very much alive. It took this long to get an actual answer out of you and you fall flat on your face.
Take my previous advice and kill yourself already.

>>61017853
yes yes that's all very good however you still haven't provided a link to this source, and you selectively ignored the parts of my post, where i outlined exactly my position and your fallibility, how convenient

so again, as you can see from my source its a refutation off your initial assertion

git gud m8

Literally the British

>>61018062
http://www.ahg.gov.ie/app/uploads/2015/07/20-Year-Strategy-English-version.pdf
>a source that doesn't rely on my "bias"
>state a 3rd party involvement
>ash yes yes very good
Shit posting won't make you seem brighter yous autist. I already know how thick you are, sugar coating it won't do you any good. I said it three times now but kill yourself I cannot express that enough to you.

>>61018156
lol
>2010 - 2030
>my source shows decline in the language AFTER the plan has commenced
hahahahahahahaha thanks for province me right anon

Dia daoibh! Labhróidh mé an teanga le haon daoine anseo a bhfuil í acu. D'fhoghlaim mé mo chuid nuair a bhí mé i mo bhuachaill óg - chuaigh mé go dtí an Gaeltacht go minic ansin. An Gaeltacht a chuaigh mé i nGaoth Dobhair. Is áit gálanta í, le daoine deas.
Faoi lathair, labhráim Gaeilge lem chairde i hÓllscoil - san grúpa "Cumman na nGaeilge".

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>>61007052
mind blown.


no school tomorrow. fap fap fap

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>>61006852
What the fuck happened? You were based back in the day.