Irish language Quotes
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“Wikipedia: Irish language”
“Tá léarscáileanna sa teanga dhúchais ar fáil i ngach tír a bhfuil féinmheas acu orthu féin.
• Translation: Every self-respecting country has their own language on their maps.”
“An t-aon fhadhb atá agamsa ná easpa tuisceanna i measc na heagraíochtaí Gaeilge mar gheall ar thábhacht cúrsaí margaíochta.
• Translation: The only problem I have is the lack of understanding among the Irish-language organisations regarding the importance of marketing.”
“Sarah Carey, The Irish Independent (2025)https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/sarah-carey-i-say-nil-to-nativism-bureaucratic-box-ticking-with-the-irish-language-only-embeds-discrimination/a272809837.html.”
“I conducted a little survey of government websites. I asked for page view numbers for English and Irish versions for some pages I picked at random. All figures are for January 2025. A HSE page about treating Covid-19 symptoms at home had 5,274 views in English and 23 in Irish. A Department of Health page on the menopause had 337 views in English and four in Irish. A Department of Social Welfare page about the fuel allowance for pensioners was viewed 13,892 times in English and twice in Irish. A Department of Education page on guidelines for school designs had 1,007 views in English and two in Irish.”