heartwarming language revival story

[trochee]

in the New Year, a new old language: Language Hat points out "Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí? [Where are all the Gaelic speakers?]", the story of the author's attempt to get around Ireland speaking only Irish. The younger generation's new adoption of Irish is quite fascinating, especially in light of adult Dubliners' overt hostility to Gaelophones.

Go read it!

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much my thinking. I used to work for an LEA (==school board) in east London, and it was always the reason we gave why the church schools did generally better than the non-church schools: you have to give some kind of a damn about your child's education to opt to send them to a non-default school, which in itself is a good indication that your child will be thriving.

(I should mention, though you are probably aware of it, that in England church schools are often run from public funds.)