During this past year in the fall, I took classes in the Irish Language though the program Na Gaeil. After my trip to Ireland this summer, I found myself very interested in the language. When Ireland was taken over by the English, all speaking of Irish was banned, and the language started to die out, only being spoken by older people in smaller towns. Recently, since the Irish Civil War, when Southern Ireland gained independence from England, there has been a wide movement to encourage the Irish language. It is required in all schools to take at least one class every year in Irish, and they officially made it the national language along with English in 1915. I was also very interested because it is one of the oldest languages still spoken today, starting in about the 3rd or 4th century. I learned a lot in just the short time that I took these classes, and I hope more people learn about the Celtic culture.
Go raibh maith agat le haghaidh leamh agus beannact.
(Thank you for reading and goodbye.)
Go raibh maith agat le haghaidh leamh agus beannact.
(Thank you for reading and goodbye.)
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| St. John's Knot. Wikimedia Commons (2006) |
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