Gaeilge Flashcards
Lack of speakers
Easpa Cainteoirí
The way it is taught
An tslí ina múintear é
Irish is our native language
Is í an Ghaeilge ár dteanga dúchais
We must be proud
Ba cheart dúinn a bheith bródúil aisti
The history of Irish is interesting but sad
Tá stair na Gaeilge suimiúil ach brónach freisin
Irish has been spoken in Ireland for 2,000 years
Tá an Gaeilge a labhairt in Eirinn le breis agus dá mhíle blian
Irish was the main language when the British were in power
Tá an Gaeilge an príomtheanga in Eirinn go dtí bhí na Sasanaigh i réim
The language declined
Tháinig meath ar an teanga
A lot of people who spoke Irish died in the famine
Fuair a lán daoine bás cé a labhairt Gaeilge le linn an Ghorta Mór
And a lot of other people emmigrated
Agus chuaigh go leor eile ar imirce
The English set up schools in Ireland
Bhunaigh na Sasanaigh scoileanna eile in Eirinn
They taught in english
Rinneadh an múineadh i mBéarla sna scoileanna
When the students spoke Irish they used a tally stick
Nuar a labhairt na daltaí as Gaeilge, úsaid na muinteoirí an mbata scóir
In schools and Gaeltachts is where Irish is most spoken
Is sa chóras oideachas agus sna Gaeltachtaí is mó atá Gaeilge in úsáid
There is an emphasis on Irish in the leaving cert
Tá béim ar Ghaeilge labhairt san Ardteist