Why don't irish people want to speak irish language?

why don't irish people want to speak irish language?

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We do, but there's no practical reason to speak it nor easy way to learn it

why haven't you eradicated the anglo menace?

>there's no practical reason to speak your own language in your own country

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What's the point? English is all you need today.

If I could, i would forget my mother tongue. It's just a waste of memory.

They failed, we all failed.... for now.

Literally no benefits other than the fact no one speaks it therefore no one can decrypt your secret conversations. A shame the language is near dead though, was trying to learn it myself.

>nor easy way to learn it
Why isn't it your first language?

The Brits suppressed the language for centuries and once the Irish got their independence they all were speaking English and saw no real reason to switch back.

exactly the way it should be

>there's no practical reason to speak it nor easy way to learn it

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rare

Almost nobody is raised with Irish is their first language. Even Irish speaking parents barely get their kids to speak it when they're young. I'm extremely lucky to have it as my first language, but I'm one of under 80,000 who are L1 Irish speakers, a measly percentage of which are city dwellers. There are about 1.8 million L2 speakers though, but most L1s are West Coast rurals.

Many people also complain about the horrible way Irish is taught in schools, so they get discouraged from the language and grow a hatred of it. I cant prove this however as I went to an Irish school.

Maybe, but it'd be nice if they were at least bilingual, no reason not to be.
Could a Duolingo style app work in revitalizing the language or do you think said measure wouldn't be enough?

Said measure would be almost useless. I know lots of people who have tried to learn Irish on Duolingo but just like 95% of Duolingo users, many didn't make it to the first checkpoint. People have lives to live, and fitting an entire other language into your life in an Anglophone nation is damn near impossible unless you have a worrying amount of free time. However there has been a serious revitalisation in the last 10 years is more Irish language media and content is being produced. I could go on for hours about the Gaeltacht and Irish radio stations (and even memes, which is a wonderful indicator of a successful language)

I wasn't aware of how much the language was being revitalized, maybe once I'm done learning other stuff I can go back to learning Irish, hopefully it won't be too late by then.

Is that a monolith in the background?

>why haven't you eradicated the anglo menace?
Because they can't

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I wouldnt bet on it being *actually* relevant maybe ever. But more teenagers are getting into Irish covers of chart songs and there's more social presence, but almost none of those teens become fluent. You can look up TG Lurgan if you want. They do some really high production quality Irish songs.
PS, it'd be great to have some international speakers too desu

they want to but they can't
see above

At least Welsh is flourishing. I just wish that Scottish Gaelic (my grandparent's language) was more healthy. Tha mi a’ miannachadh!