Irish Weather Report

i recorded this off the evening news in limerick, republic of ireland

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[jedispy]

Wow....Okay I learned something today. I sincerely apologize for being a naive American, but I didn't know people still spoke Gaelic in an official capacity like this. I just assumed that everyone in Ireland spoke English for everything. Thank you for sharing this video

[akropiss]

@JonnyLightning ...Scottish Gaelic is being taught again in primary schools in the maritimes with government funded courses, you can even choose it as an elective in secondary school. finally the highlanders are allowed to speak their language without being beaten in class, score one for the highlanders.

[jedispy]

@ConbonJD With pretty weather ladies like her, I'd be willing to learn it.

[ConbonJD]

@jedispy Well actualy you where kind of right. Very few people in ireland can speak the language fluently. Except for small areas dotted along the west coast collectively known as the gaelteacht. But people who live here are bilingual so speak english anywhere outside these areas. This weather forecast was broadcast on TG4 wich is an irish language tv channel wich was set up in 1996 to promote speaking gaelic.

[Mssinead]

@L2rsSwc like sportymike said.........it came from that name, it has since been anglicized(made to sound/look more english)

[L2rsSwc]

@Sportymike Okay but my name is spelled connely :(

[Sportymike]

@L2rsSwc Connolly is indeed Irish. It's from the Gaelic Ó'Conghaile

[NicoleMcCarronxx]

@HesseJamez It's not all rain :L I hear Summer is on a thursday in 2012

[odunadhaigh]

@xhemexx

Manx, Irish and Scots Gaelic are all Gaelic, and are relatively unlike Welsh, Cornish, Breton or Cumbric. Manx is like the dialect of Scottish Gaelic that was spoken in Galloway in the south west of Scotland. Manx has an anglicised spelling which makes it look different from the two other Gaelic language.

[Slic3R1]

why does this video exist?

[xhemexx]

Are Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages closer to eachother then either is to Manx Gaelic, because I have seen written Manx Gaelic and it looks very different from Irish and Scottish Gaelic, it looks alittle more Brythonic Celtic like Welsh and Cornish. Anyone else agree?

[FieldMarshalRommel23]

@HesseJamez Haha - it doesn't rain half as much as people make out! God just makes it rain when ya want to do something outside and when one is working he makes it sunny. Ireland is where God has fun playing with people! :)