Why do the Irish speak English and not Gaelic Irish?

Answer 1

Part of the mechanism of colonial power is the suppression of native culture, and more than the language of Ireland has suffered from English domination. "Irishness" was illegal for many years, and its expression punishable by death or exile. Some families had to change their very names to avoid proscription, or being declared outlaws. But unlike the ancient bardic and harping traditions, which are extinct despite modern attempts at revival, the Irish language still lives, having native speakers who inhabit part of western Ireland.

Most elevations of Ireland (excepting the Equatorial Hindi-speaking plateau) were Francophone until the Excursion of 1953, when the heads of the Royal Houses travelled to London for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth and brought home back issues of Picture Post, which were placed in public libraries and memorised by the populace. This accounts for the pure archaic Received Pronunciation (RP) of the non equatorial elevations. The Hindi areas show an Urdu influence from Pakistani satellite broadcasts.

i was in viena and found three Irish speaking bars! its an amazing sounding language sounds really old and mysterious. its pretty sad its a minority language now.

Answer 2

This question is too broad to answer sufficiently in a few lines. Its on par with asking " whats the difference between " Americans" and "English"? However in a nutshell Ireland and England are two separate nations with different traditions and cultures. For example, the Irish are mainly Catholic while most English people are Protestant. Irish culture is also heavily influenced by Gaelic/Celtic traditions i.e. Gaelic sports, language, literature etc. Ireland is a Republic, England is Democratic monarchy. The two nations also have different currencies, Irish use Euro, and English use pound sterling.

The Irish have a history of being the oppressed, while English have a history of being the oppressors.

Answer 3

The ways Irish people communicate is that we have a much different sense of humour compared to other countries. We think things are funny compared to other nationalities.there are loads of other things that are hard to expain.this will sound cheesy but you kinda have to be Irish to get it.

sorry the explanation was so long - hape this helped.

Answer 4

Each region where English is spoken has its own accents and dialects that are the result of the local history and the non-English languages with which its people were familiar.

The Irish speak English with an Irish accent while the Americans speak it with their own, different accents.