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Everyone in Ireland has to learn Irish as part of the school curriculum. (Unless you move to Ireland after you are 10 years old) Most people learn it at school and very rarely use it again.
But people in the Gaeltacht (which means Irish-speaking region) people speak mainly Irish.At the moment only about 2 ½ percent of Irish people live in the Gaeltacht.
The reason so few people speak Irish is because when England decided to try and take over Ireland, speaking Irish was banned. You could be imprisoned or even shot for speaking in Irish, playing Irish music or playing Irish sports.
When my great great grandmother was in school each child had a board. If they spoke Irish the teacher put a mark on the board and at the end of the day that's how many times you were caned. Which was a lot because most of the children knew very little English.
Oh and finally! No body in Ireland calls it Gaelic. We call it Irish
Well I disagree with that I'm form Eire and i call it Gaelic! But otherwise you are right! XD
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoMany speak some as it's required in school. You'll find most native speakers in the west, in counties Kerry and Galway. A region where Irish is spoken as a first language is called a "gaeltacht"
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∙ 12y agoAs of 2018, there are about 2 million people in the world with at least some working knowledge of Irish. Only about 30,000 or less speak it with native fluency.
The main groups of Irish speakers are in the GaeltachtaÃ, which are mainly in the west coast of Ireland and have a total population of 82,715, 76.3% of whom speak Irish.
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∙ 14y agoEnglish - at least 99%
Irish - about 10% speak it fluently
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