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Yes. Many Irish people still speak Irish every day. It is a compulsory subject in Irish schools and required for some jobs.
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They did, but after the famine they were forced to speak english. This was because many Irish emigrated to england, America and Australia to look for jobs. In schools, the children were beaten if they spoke Irish in order to get them to learn it faster.
Thanks to those events, Ireland isn't really the same with Irish anymore.
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