Obama speaks Gaelic in Ireland

[barnbersonol]

The crowd cheered the Irish language bit, but I Iived in Cork and for school kids there it's probably as popular as a school subject as petrol as is as a beverage! Plus he could have accused them of being child molesters and they wouldn't have known!

[CarolineOskarsson]

@barnbersonol

Why is the irish language unpopular with irish people?

[barnbersonol]

@CarolineOskarsson It's perceived as a handful of middle class intellectuals' little pastime but receives MILLIONS in subsidies that could pay for more useful things, tho personally I think everyone in Ireland should speak their own lang. I've moved back to the UK now.

[aaronscrewme]

These people are broken. A simple sentence in Gaelic and credit default here we go...

[Dragosteaw]

very good actor

[aaronscrewme]

@Dragosteaw His acting is so 1 dimensional, so fraudulent... It worries me that I have to share roadways, and water with people this gullible. Why are people in mass so stupid? I know I know, it's psychology that exploits the animal instinct in people to act as one blind unit, but these people brag about how clever they are and in many instances will tell you that YOU'RE WRONG!

Ahahah I just read this is from CBSnews! The same owner of BET LMFAO! Controlled manipulation of the masses..

[maguililla20031]

OBAMA YOU ARE THE BEST!! i LOVE YOU.

SHAME OF YOU ALL IGNORANT PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

[aaronscrewme]

@maguililla20031 Oh my fuck.

[0004312000]

I am impressed, it shows that he (or the advisors who told him to do this) has a great understanding of not only Irish but European Culture, where we can find individual languages in every country in some we have several and the European need to poreserve the Language, like Swiss German, Welsh, Flaemish or Irish, I am impressed

[aishscang]

He said: Tá áthas orm a bheith in Éirinn - Im happy to be in Ireland

is féidir linn :)

[shakysyxx]

George Bush Jr. ....."What did he say?Bomb Ireland next?!" lol (joking)

[zzerDrezz]

@shakysyxx hahaha!

[leolucas1980]

What did he speak in Gaelic? I heard him speaking English all the time.

[blackhazzzard]

Is Feidir Linn

[SwanPotter]

His accent is making the words inaudible, which is annoying me. Simple structure, simple meaning, but I can't make it out. Obama, for all the good you do, why can't I hear you properly?

[Oldwino2]

somali sulja u eat a dick nig

[somalisulja]

irish women would fuck anything.

[SwanPotter]

@somalisulja Oh screw you, you discriminating son of a....No, your mother would be appalled to be associated with such a failure. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?! What did we do?

[texas224]

@somalisulja

They would hump a nigga in their pussy?

[JohnAdams198805]

the irish people welcomed obama with welcome arms compare that welcome with with the last usa president bush was a disgrace and he wasnt welcome at all obama was well loved and popular

[Ooftyman]

@JohnAdams198805 Not a Bush fan either, but the implicit suggestion that it is the American president's job to be 'well-liked' is silly. We need to largely stay out of the silly affairs.

[lyonargentina]

Póg mo Thóin Obama

[mustang99190]

@luyben12 yeah!.. thats what im starting to think

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

Dublin has to be the most boring and morbid town in the world and people who live there just dont know life or there own self worth its like a prison because almost every bar and food store has arrogant polish security gaurds on them and everyone judges you for simple things like the way you dress act behave walk and talk its SICK get the fuck out and live your life . You cannot express your true self in Dublin because the culture is so extremely different to everywhere.

[wolfizzey]

@OBAMAisHalfCaste and yet you continue to molest little boys

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

@wolfizzey dublin is boring and lifeless.

[ChloeSapienza]

@OBAMAisHalfCaste Dublin is the best :)

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

@ChloeSapienza yes dublin is the best place for boredom.

[ajpw1981]

He's soooo brilliant! :-)

[jamess4056]

its gailge not galic or irish galic ! coním í Éireann agus tá me broduil faoi !!! =D  like if you are too

[naryaquid]

You're half right...It's called Irish Gaelic...

Nonetheless, I'm proud

to see our charismatic young president charming the pants

off the Euros..

[Bumblybee256]

@naryaquid Lol, they are simply being warm and welcoming. There's a very strange undertone to your comment

[naryaquid]

You're only half right...It's called Irish Gaelic.

[Nicola79a]

Obama's Irish was Excellent....10 out of 10 I say!!

[tomisinakatkid]

why was he standing behind a thick bulletproof glass?

[chisaoboy]

What a joke.

[Irishgirl541994]

Ithink every irish person just loves him now!!

[shubroto81]

@TheVideosplease hahahaha u are delusional.

[RestDayer]

secret service nightmare

[burnn999]

ta sé obama is ainta mhaith an rá an gaeilge!

obama is very good at speaking irish

[aine123asd]

@burnn999 labhraionn se as gaelige le caghdan ard.

[tinmadlad]

@burnn999 ba ceart duit a rá - Tá Obama go maith ag labairt Gaeilge

[burnn999]

@tinmadlad doesnt make sense lad

[mariano81]

100 likes if you think Republican and Democrat Presidential candidates are gonna worry about the American Irish vote after this visit!

[IrishCulchie]

Gaelis is a collective term for a group of languages. Gaeilge is a form of Gaelic spoken in Ireland. By saying the Irish language is not Gaelic is incorrect, it is. Essentially its like this: One car is Mondeo, another a Focus. They're both Fords. A Mondeo is a more accurate term and more specific in description, but it is just as correct to say its also a Ford. You can say its more respectful and more concise to call is Gaeilge though.

[jexplink]

I wish the international media would stop calling our language "Gaelic" it's so patronising. It's called Gaeilge or Irish, NOT GAELIC.

Go raibh maith agat.

[TheRufus89]

I studied Irish for like 12 years in school and it is in fact called Gaelic all over the world!! We, in ireland are actually the only country that call it Irish cos we feel the need to dumb-down everything, including our own native language!!!

[AirsoftFanatic24]

what an idiot Irish accent fail

[Ckelly803]

wat a legend

[SoupyBeh]

Actually, the title is correct. "Irish," in the language Irish is, "An Ghaeilge."

[besties4lifexx]

for starters its not called gaelic its is called irish , gaelic is a sport and irish is a language , get it right !!!

[tomask95]

@besties4lifexx or Gaeilge

[besties4lifexx]

for starters its not called gaelic its is called irish , gaelic is a sport and irish is a language , get it right !!!

[TheRufus89]

@besties4lifexx No actually gaelic is the language!! and the sport!!

[Brenn2k9]

@TheRufus89 no ACTUALLY the language is called "gaeilge", ask any native speaker, they wont call it "gaeilic". Don't tell someone they are wrong unless you have conviction in your correction.

[JackFknTwist1]

"Ta athas orm beith in Eireann".

[treguiers]

He said He's happy to be in Ireland.

[Morain42]

what did he say in irish?

[01467603]

@Morain42 he said he was happy to be in ireland with (so any) friends :)

[RonNYC100]

He is like Mary Tyler Moore. His smile lights up a room.

[FI5HR]

Gaelic is an Irish sport, Gaeilge is Irish for the Irish Language

[mustang99190]

who cares if its irish or gaelic.. if america calls it gaelic then fair enough.. at least there not saying how great england is or somethin.. which it isnt!! Ireland is the best!! its so awesome the way he spoke irish :D

[Aurongroove]

yeah I've spoken to Americans who call Irish "Gaelic", it's what they call it, get over it.

[ronanrocks10]

*as gaeilge , not "gaelic"

[TomEire1]

@ronanrocks10  @dogwatte13 Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels", including language and culture. As a noun, it may refer to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually.

"as gaeilge" means "In Irish".

Both are acceptable

[John1962R]

hes like a handsom shark

[americaisbacktrump]

That was a racist remark Obama made about Gaelic and English.

[CiaRaLuvzClozure]

Can't believe he spoke irish, fair play to him

[jeanhanrahan]

I'm happy to be with so many a chairde, lol, he did so well with our irish/gaelic language!! Dunno why people are getting thick over whether it's gaelic or irish, it's the same thing and fair play to Obama, he made the effort and he said it with style (",)

[conorucd]

@jeanhanrahan one is irish, one is scottish ie. not the same thing

[jeanhanrahan]

@conorucd it's actually called irish gaelic and the irish brought the langage to Scotland where there it became Scottish gaelic, so it is the same thing!

[mrbodhranhead]

@conorucd Indeed they have become two different things, but they didn't start out that way. Gaels from Ireland settled the Highlands and Islands. Over the centuries, the two languages separated and went their own ways. If you look at older Irish materials before the spelling reform, it looked a good bit more like Scots Gaedhlig. Native speakers from Ulster and the Hebrides get on pretty well, so I hear. Like the English and the Americans, they are separated by a common language.

[conorucd]

@mrbodhranhead @jeanhanrahan a large part of the two languages are mutually intelligible and I know the history, im just saying to distinguish the two it is usual to use gaeilge/irish and gaelic/gaidhlig/scots gaelic

[countchunkula]

GAY LICK!

[Transterra55]

dogwatte13 knows nothing about linguistics--research Goidelic or the Insular Celtic languages, and then make your comments.

[nemexol9]

Why Elin Krantz Was Murdered watch?v=kftWhl00Qgk

[Tonehook]

Right on Mr. President!!

[tranquilnightmares]

He even attempted the Irish 'r' sound. Fucking love him.

[brennan93]

He's happy to be with so many accordians

[flyboy933]

What a fraud

[Thaedydal2]

Tá sé ag cáint as Gaelgie.

[blackcherryutube]

he is copying kennedy.  remember kennedy came from berlin where he gave the the I am a Beliner speech, speaking German.

His words of yes we can fly in direct contrast to the I am a Berliner speech. Don't be fooled this men are 180 in their political ambitions.

[SeanOBriain]

Stop arguing over the name of the language. It has many names - Irish, Gaeilge, Gaelic, Gaoluinn/Gaelainn. All are equally acceptable. I'm an Irish language speaker.

[gleefanatic2011]

@TheVideosplease America wants him.. clearly you are not from here. so shut up and zip your toxic mouth from giving opinions on our behalf. And guess what, with relatively weak republican candidates, Obama could win 2012 for another term.

[rupeizluv]

I love the accent XD

[Ruest420]

listen people, hes not what you think.. hes as corrupt as they come. Ya hes got a good personality and somewhat charming, but in reality he is just a great actor. If this man loved the people of USA he would investigate 9/11 and the whole bush administration.

Its the same banks that caused a huge economy depression in Ireland, that was given a HUGE bailout in america. He works for the banks people... hes for the upper class....... sound familiar-----> watch?v=Tq1zpHF0J04

[ImNotYourFriend212]

@Ruest420 Thank you. All the fluff is cute and warm but what about the real work? When will that be done? I definitely want a 9/11 investigation to happen, but then again that would be telling on themselves, and their ow fake stories, and lies. So yeah, there we go.

[Ruest420]

@ImNotYourFriend212 very true.

[bobbaay]

err we call it Irish here not gaelic, stop re-enforcing the american sterotype, your all thick as shit :)

[partypadraic]

Yes, Ireland loves the Obama's!

[knoose]

Wow...big big fans in Ireland or what?

He is a good president...

[Sportymike]

I love this man, an absolute inspiration to every single one of us!

[mustang99190]

so proud of ireland <3 so proud to be irish <3 broken irish is better than clever english.. so true <3 Barack Obama is AWESOME!! <3

[ImaginedWriter]

@mustang99190 England conquered Ireland, England conquered most of the world, England gave the world Newton, England gave the world Shakespeare.

England is great, Ireland is just a collective for anti English hate. Ireland is shite, and without England it's not quite right.

[TheCelticNinja]

@ImaginedWriter Well you're a bit of a cunt, aren't you?

[mustang99190]

@ImaginedWriter lol seriously.. haha it sounds like your jealous.. england is just a stupid stuck up country who think they are so great.. were as in Ireland, we've got spirit.. spirit which will never die :) ohh yeah! YOU SHOULD BE JEALOUS!! IRELAND IS THE MOST AWESOME PLACE YOU'LL EVER GO :)

[Weezy10580]

@mustang99190 Barack Obama is a muslim.

[mustang99190]

@Weezy10580 didnt no that :/

[goscott4]

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[imasavageknack]

"gaelic" - you can't be serious.  You call yourself a serious news channel? Maybe you should concentrate on getting previous established things right before trying to find your next new 'news' feature.

[2xxash]

@imasavageknack ireland is great!

[floatingcompassmedia]

I came here to read the zombie comments...so far so good. Duh

[dorchester65]

fantastic!

[SilverIgnotus]

awesome :D a chairde!!

[aislingniriada1989]

I love the accent he puts on when he starts speaking irish!

[dogwatte13]

its calld irish not gaelic

[shaynaokane]

@dogwatte13 gaeilge :P 

[mike67098]

@dogwatte13 Irish (Gaeilge), also known as Gaelic or Irish Gaelic,[2] is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of the population. TAKE WIKIPEDIA!

[UntitledProject123]

@dogwatte13 its traditionally called gaelic.

[flyingmopdog]

@UntitledProject123

Not it's not. Gaelic covers an entire grouping of languages. Irish is a Gaelic language. Irish is not Gaelic.

[rdliwet7]

@dogwatte13 actually it's Gaeilge

[joeyjoejoe6w]

@dogwatte13 its called Gailge not irish

[xLaLaBeepBeepx]

@joeyjoejoe6w Gaeilge*

[colummcclelland90]

@dogwatte13

no its called gaelic ya dumb fuck

[solidmysnake]

@dogwatte13

Gaelic is an English word for Gaeilge

Gaeilge is an Irish word for Irish

[exhaustedfiles]

@dogwatte13 Its called Gaelic you fucking retard. I think i'd know because i was born and raised here in Ireland

[sammaher95]

@exhaustedfiles If you were born and raised in Ireland, you would understand that nobody calls it Gaelic, but rather we call it Irish.

[exhaustedfiles]

@sammaher95 Quite true, but none the less the correct name for our lands old language is Gaelic

[sammaher95]

@exhaustedfiles Yes this is true but if most of the people call it Irish why is dogwatte13 a fucking retard for saying so?

[MrSmackism]

@exhaustedfiles Yeah, i can tell....since every Irish person insists on cursing and using 4 letter words on youtube. Great way to represent our country.

[exhaustedfiles]

@MrSmackism Thank You! I do try! :D Now fuck off and learn your facts about my country's language!

[DiarmaidGNR]

@dogwatte13 It's the same thing.

[mrbodhranhead]

@dogwatte13 You're right, a chara -- the name commonly used to refer to the native language of Ireland is "Irish", but that word itself is 'as Bearla'. Gaeilge is the name in Irish. That's why you refer to a word as being 'as gaeilge '. For my money, it's not worth being upset about. A friend of mine from Drogheda would ask her sister the Irish name for something by saying "What's the OLD word for this?" Just speak it whenever you can. Tir gan Teanga -- Tir gan Anam.

[BrendanIsCool]

@dogwatte13 It is called Gaeilge in Irish, Gaelic in English.

[djryanie]

@dogwatte13 It's actually Gaeilge. Gaelic being a better translation than Irish.

[djryanie]

@dogwatte13 It's actually Gaeilge. Gaelic being a better translation than Irish.