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aonghus [Visitor] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

aonghus [Visitor] — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:23:53 +0000

Thought it might interest you that the Unionist jornalist I mentioned, Ian Malcolm, has been appointed to the RTÃ‰ Authority:

Press release here

Article in LÃ¡ today, I'll add a link if/when the put it up today. ...

beano [Member] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

beano [Member] — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:33:11 +0000

Ah, I was getting confused.

Ultacht is the body with the HQ in Belfast. FnaG has 1 in Dublin, 1 in Belfast. Also, apologies re the web address: when I checked yesterday I spelt it Gaelige. D'oh!

aonghus [Visitor] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

aonghus [Visitor] — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:38:58 +0000

The headquarters is in Dublin - they took over from a previous 26 county body.

And I don't think they are that web savvy.

Besides http://www.gaeilge.org/ is gone - to the Gaelic League of New England.

And http://www.gaeilge.com seems to be a tourist webpage for waterford...

beano [Member] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

beano [Member] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:10:10 +0000

To be honest, even that web page demonstrates how politicised the language is, eg the .ie extension for a "North/South" body based in Belfast. It would have been cheaper and easier to register gaelige.org.

But there ya go. I'll have another read of that Ultacht site some time when I get broadband back at home - I waste too much time in work as it is!

aonghus [Visitor] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

aonghus [Visitor] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:05:13 +0000

I'm not trying to change your mind, simply to broaden it ;-).

Regretably, anything in Northern Ireland seems to get tangled in politics. And since the agency responsible for Irish Policy is a North South body, Northern Politics impacts on my life through Irish - which I was brought up speaking.

beano [Member] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

beano [Member] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:54:58 +0000

Thanks again! Had a read of the FAQs but really have to get back to work!!

I don't think it's changed my mind though - while I'd consider learning Irish for the cultural aspect, I think any statutory recognition as a 'working' language is misguided, particularly in Northern Ireland.

aonghus [Visitor] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

aonghus [Visitor] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:35:14 +0000

Wicklow is just south of Dublin.

This may interest you

http://www.ultach.org/

beano [Member] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

beano [Member] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:09:41 +0000

Thanks for the input aonghus, wasn't aware Chris McG spoke Gaelic - ya know what they say about learning something new..

I think "Dead leprechaun language" is a tad insensitive. Now I'm off to get my atlas out to find out where Wicklow is.

aonghus [Visitor] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

aonghus [Visitor] — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:02:03 +0000

As a southern listener to RnaG, I am aware of more SDLP leaders who speak Irish than Sinn Fein ones; BrÃd Rodgers, SÃ©an Farren, Dominic Bradley,...

Not to mention Chris McGimpsey (UUP) and the journalist Ian Malcolm...

Very few Irish speakers in the south would see the language as belonging to any particular group, and certainly not to Sinn FÃ©in.

I find the DUP claim that I speak a dead leprechaun language fits in the same category as the assumption that if one learns/speaks Irish one must naturally see the light and vote Sinn FÃ©in.

But that is from the comfort of Wicklow....

stevey2005 [Member] in response to: Gaelic 'Alive and Kicking' in West Belfast, Dying at Home?

stevey2005 [Member] — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:22:31 +0000

Few protestants learn the language for the love of it, and I'm not against this... but sinn fein/ira seem to use the language to claim their irish-nessss... and therefore hi-jack it as THEIR language