I also saw the mistake and I didn't dare to correct it for the very same reason

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Tis indeed an admirable thing Saoirse is doing.

I know for a fact, however, that other people, some of whom might otherwise be assumed to be "running their mouths" (if I understand "run their mouths" properly ), are also raising their littlies in Irish, or are intending to do so when the time comes.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Pick away! What's worse is that I know that and have no idea why I wrote it incorrectly. However, there are lots of things I'm happy to have nitpicked! It's how I learn. Just be gentle.......!!

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I was born and raised in England and I started learning purely from a heritage point of view, I'd heard my grandmother use a few words in her later years and I just want to explore, and that initial exploration led to me being here over 5 years later plodding on in my class. I won't pretend I've been a committed learner, there have been long periods I haven't done anything but the reason I know I love it is I keep coming back! I do kick myself sometimes thinking I could have been conversationally fluent by now if I'd had been a little more committed & consistent, but hey life happens!

Was there any practicality to me learning it? Non, but through learning it I have met so many cool people, it maybe a minority language but there is a vibrant community both in Dublin where I live and throughout the world. I saw a story this week about how Christ the Redeemer will be going green this paddies day along with global landmarks like the pyramids & it amazed me that this tiny island has such a strong global pull, and I suppose the pull of Irish is apart of that. I think Irish people don't really understand it til they go abroad, but people are in love with this tiny island. And some of us with an even tinier langauge, what is it? 0.001% of the worlds population are native a irish speakers?!

“Run your mouth” = “lip service” Constantly bemoan the state of the language, but never DO anything about it. You guys give me hope.

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

I guess that includes me to.
Is Sassenach mé.
My only traceable Celtic links are through my mother's family, and her Scottish and Orcadian ancestors.
However, when my coeliac disease was diagnose, I was asked if my family came from Western Ireland.
I do have green/slate eyes, and freckles.
But I have always liked Celtic music, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish.
As a child, I shared the summer in Scotland with my brother, turn, and turn about, and always regretted it not being my year, and weeping when we had to return to dull old England.
Wales never cast such a spell. I never felt welcome in Wales, and their friendship still feels like cupboard love.
Ireland however came as a shock.
It was almost like going home, and it still feels that way.
The friendship, and yes, love, I feel there, from people who have the right to hate us Sassenach pigs always comes as a surprise, for though I experience it every day I am there, I still do not expect, or feel I deserve it.
Coming to Ireland is like coming home.

As for the lubricating effects of Beer!
I found that I could speak a fair amount of German after a few bevvies, but in reality, perhaps I was unaware of the drivvel I was uttering, and hence not embarrassed, or aware of the puzzelment of those trying politely to understand the drivvel.

The bottom line is, there are only two places where you can properly learn a language, and both are in the arms of a good woman!

Is mise, le meas,
Deghebh.

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Is mise, le meas, Deġeḃ.
Is Sasanaċ mé.
Tá beagán Gaoluinn agam.
As Béarla:
I see things differently.
I see things other people can't see.
Sometimes what I see is not there.
Some people call me crazy, and some of them are right.

Tháinig mo mhuintir uilig as Éireann 's Alba agus ba mhaith liom a fhoghlaim a dteanga. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil milliún botúin agam ach labhraím ár dteanga den cuid is mó achen lá agus mothaim go bhfuil rud beag biseach uirthi cé go bhfuil sé go mall. Sin cúiseanna éigin mar a thosaigh í a fhoglaim. Táim an-bhuíoch daoibh ar an suiomh seo as a cúidiú a thabhairt domh ar mo bhealach.

My people came from Irleand and Scotland and I wanted to learn their language. I know that I make a million mistakes, but
I speak our language for the most part each day and I feel that there's a bit of improvement on it even if it's slowly. Those are some of the reasons that I began to learn it. I'm very grateful to y'all for this site and the help you've given me along the way.

Sin mo chúiseanna!
Le meas
Féabaar

Is Rúiseach mé.
I don't have Irish blood in me, but still... I'm just deeply in love with this language. Been fascinated by it for years, but started to learn only recently. Last summer I visited Ireland for the very first time - never felt so welcome anywhere before. My only regret is that I was too shy to actually use those small bits of language I already knew. Though it really strengthened my determination to keep learning.

It's interesting that a couple of posters remarked how 'friendly' the Irish are. That, of course is debatable. The so-called friendliness has been called by various people-watchers as 'fawning', a result of generations of doffing the hat to the foreigner, or someone with a fancy accent, usually from England, and of course it didn't do any good for the language. There are many accounts of our ancestors aping the English and their language during the 18th/ 19th. centuries, so that's nothing new.
In my opinion the Irish have been, and still are, much too friendly for our own good. Maybe we can learn something from the Welsh (who I always have found to be very welcoming) and the French in that regard.

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