Irish First

[Keepthefaith93]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else, seen it in the paper that the new Mid Ulster super council is going to have their signage in Irish then English below. Funny how things turn full circle. Unionists tramped the nationalist people into the ground for years and now we have the majority we are going to do the same to them. Classy stuff. 

[deiseach]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else, seen it in the paper that the new Mid Ulster super council is going to have their signage in Irish then English below. Funny how things turn full circle. Unionists tramped the nationalist people into the ground for years and now we have the majority we are going to do the same to them. Classy stuff. 

It's like Bloody Sunday all over again, only in reverse!

[Orior]

A Chara,

Irish first is a great initiative. It keeps the language alive and it is enjoyed by tourists. I get great entertainment pointing out to colleagues that the place they live in (e.g. Shankill, Belfast) is derived from the Irish language.

Is mise le meas
Orior

[johnneycool]

A Chara,

Irish first is a great initiative. It keeps the language alive and it is enjoyed by tourists. I get great entertainment pointing out to colleagues that the place they live in (e.g. Shankill, Belfast) is derived from the Irish language.

Is mise le meas
Orior

Its nice to get a bit of a wind up going the odd time.

The firm I work for has now based its European HQ in Cork and are expanding down there. I've taken to winding up my fellow workers that the Irish Tricolour will look lovely on the flag pole out the front and we'll all need to brush up on the old Irish to speak to our Cork bosses.
Its all a bit of craic..

[Keepthefaith93]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else, seen it in the paper that the new Mid Ulster super council is going to have their signage in Irish then English below. Funny how things turn full circle. Unionists tramped the nationalist people into the ground for years and now we have the majority we are going to do the same to them. Classy stuff. 

It's like Bloody Sunday all over again, only in reverse!

It's not.

[rosnarun]

A Chara,

Irish first is a great initiative. It keeps the language alive and it is enjoyed by tourists. I get great entertainment pointing out to colleagues that the place they live in (e.g. Shankill, Belfast) is derived from the Irish language.

Is mise le meas
Orior

Its nice to get a bit of a wind up going the odd time.

The firm I work for has now based its European HQ in Cork and are expanding down there. I've taken to winding up my fellow workers that the Irish Tricolour will look lovely on the flag pole out the front and we'll all need to brush up on the old Irish to speak to our Cork bosses.
Its all a bit of craic..

Its all phone and games till some one loses an eye and a hand and a leg

[5 Sams]

A Chara,

Irish first is a great initiative. It keeps the language alive and it is enjoyed by tourists. I get great entertainment pointing out to colleagues that the place they live in (e.g. Shankill, Belfast) is derived from the Irish language.

Is mise le meas
Orior

+1

Ballyhackamore = Townland of the Big Shite
Tandragee = Arse to the Wind.

[seafoid]

It should have been like this from the start in the 1920s.

[Maguire01]

I don't think this does the language any favours in the north (the same thing is happening in Newry if i'm not mistaken). By all means have Irish on the signs, but I don't see the logic in placing it above the English version. I'd imagine 90% of nationalists couldn't write the name of the Council in Irish. All it does is antagonise the other side - it turns it into the equivalent of flying the Union flag on unionist dominated councils.

Similarly with this proposed Irish Language Act - i'm all for promoting the language, but some of the proposals, such as translating Stormont business, is just a waste of money and effort.

[armaghniac]

Irish is top on signs all over the country, I see no reason for Newry and Mourne to be different, consistency is useful, in Scotland Gaelic is also on top of signs.
There is no point in being like Wales where you have to try and figure out which language is which because the order is inconsistent.

As for unionist councils these people should not be allowed express their bigotry by excluding Irish from their signs.

[Maguire01]

Irish is top on signs all over the country, I see no reason for Newry and Mourne to be different, consistency is useful, in Scotland Gaelic is also on top of signs.
There is no point in being like Wales where you have to try and figure out which language is which because the order is inconsistent.

As for unionist councils these people should not be allowed express their bigotry by excluding Irish from their signs.

In a non-contentious world, maybe. But we're dealing with reality here. A quick google will also show you that not all local authorities lead with Irish, and I don't think anyone is going to be staring at a sign for too long wondering which line is English and which is Irish.

[Mike Sheehy]

It should have been like this from the start in the 1920s.

Would you make the teaching of Irish a mandatory part of the curriculum in a United Ireland ?

[armaghniac]

It should have been like this from the start in the 1920s.

Would you make the teaching of Irish a mandatory part of the curriculum in a United Ireland ?

Yes, of course.

[Mike Sheehy]

It should have been like this from the start in the 1920s.

Would you make the teaching of Irish a mandatory part of the curriculum in a United Ireland ?

Yes, of course.

kind of like a revenge penal law ?

[Mike Sheehy]

It should have been like this from the start in the 1920s.

Would you make the teaching of Irish a mandatory part of the curriculum in a United Ireland ?

Yes, of course.

btw, I wasn't asking you. I was asking the other fascist.

just to draw the lines so to speak.......