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[–] Tancred 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

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[–] BestDuckEver 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

50/50. Before the invasion of Europe, it was actually on the rise. Schools that receive public money require 7 years of Gaelic (not going to turn this political, but I wonder if all kids are required to take it....). They even have the fáinne, which represents your level of speech and how willing you are to interact in Gaelic. The one on the far left is Expert and converses only/mostly in Gaelic while the one on the right is for nubs. The whole southwest region is called the Gaeltacht which means primarily Gaelic Speaking. When we were looking at houses in Ireland, some of the listings actually said you should be sure to know Irish, lol.

Edit: If you want to go really hard core, it isn't Gaelic, it's Gaeilge! Hehehe

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[–] SimonJ57 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The fáinne chart explains the Sein fáinne Irish political party, which I assume they took their name from the highest language fluency "medal" and has a primary, if not major, goal of having Irish Gaelic as a primary language.

If we had a medal system like this across the stream, you bet your arse I'd be more willing to learn Welsh!

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[–] Waffles4Everyone 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

OP was not wrong to call it the Irish language

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language