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Neither Sinn Féin Leaders nor the IRA Army Council backroom Volunteers have staged a single news conference in Irish - because they
can't speak enough Irish - and there aren't enough voters who can understand Irish!!!
The president should conduct all business exclusively through Irish. It's absurd that that he doesn't. The office of the Uachtarán should be an exclusively Hibernophone office. Naturally of course I think the whole country should be run through Irish but since the role of the Uachtarán is ceremonial it's nonsense that he speaks any English in office at all.
I truly believe Irish could have been saved if we had imported a monarch from a European royal house and had them conduct all ceremonies through Irish alone. I believe the Gaels are a naturally royalist people and one particularly inclined to model themselves on their leaders.
Not on the syllabus, no, but a lot of very silly Irish writing in English improves once translated into Irish. Even Yeats's plays are possibly good in Irish.
The IRA in earlier campaigns, say 1950s,was full of Gaeilgeoiri.
The stench of hypocrisy was overwhelming when McDonald and O Neill in the north were waffling on about language rights
Neither of them could speak a sentence in Irish.
The IRA in earlier campaigns, say 1950s,was full of Gaeilgeoiri.
The stench of hypocrisy was overwhelming when McDonald and O Neill in the north were waffling on about language rights
Neither of them could speak a sentence in Irish.
Is it hypocrisy to recognise the value of a language you don't speak? I only half-know Irish, but I know it enough to know its value. Would it be hypocritical to be excited about the discovery of the lost books of Aristotle if you didn't know any Greek?
Is it hypocrisy to recognise the value of a language you don't speak? I only half-know Irish, but I know it enough to know its value. Would it be hypocritical to be excited about the discovery of the lost books of Aristotle if you didn't know any Greek?
Both O Neill and McDonald are from a fairly comfortable class. They had ample opportunities to learn the language if it mattered so much to them.
They didn't.
In that respect I despise Adams but recognise how he laboured to gain some proficiency in adverse times.
Both O Neill and McDonald are from a fairly comfortable class. They had ample opportunities to learn the language if it mattered so much to them.
They didn't.
In that respect I despise Adams but recognise how he laboured to gain some proficiency in adverse times.
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