An interesting commentary on how the Irish language is about a great deal more than simply utilitarian. Compressed, the author seems to be echoing Pearse: Tír gan teaga, tír gan anam….
And a natural reflection of his synopsis , I think , would be that because we never acquiesced and accepted our fate here , our desire to keep as much “Irishness” as possible meant that those learning “an Gaeilge” here did so because they wanted to ….not because they had to ….and hence the successful revival of the language here !
And a natural reflection of his synopsis , I think , would be that because we never acquiesced and accepted our fate here , our desire to keep as much “Irishness” as possible meant that those learning “an Gaeilge” here did so because they wanted to ….not because they had to ….and hence the successful revival of the language here !