Just a FYI, Irish language is compulsory subject all the way through school until we are 17-19years old. And all of our signspost are in Irish and English. From living in various part of England the past 4 years, a lot of English people don't actually know the extent of the atrocities on the Irish because its not thought in their school, just the retaliation that happened as a result. Just 60 years ago when my uncle was living in London, there were still "No Irish, No Blacks, No dogs allowed" signs on business doors.
Sorry haha hit a nerve
Edit: just to clear up; I didn't mean that the IRA is taught in English schools, I don't know the curriculum here. Just the people hear about the bombings, and assume it was for the craic?
vertebrain on July 28th, 2019 at 14:16 UTC »
Just a FYI, Irish language is compulsory subject all the way through school until we are 17-19years old. And all of our signspost are in Irish and English. From living in various part of England the past 4 years, a lot of English people don't actually know the extent of the atrocities on the Irish because its not thought in their school, just the retaliation that happened as a result. Just 60 years ago when my uncle was living in London, there were still "No Irish, No Blacks, No dogs allowed" signs on business doors.
Sorry haha hit a nerve
Edit: just to clear up; I didn't mean that the IRA is taught in English schools, I don't know the curriculum here. Just the people hear about the bombings, and assume it was for the craic?
wishdish3291 on July 28th, 2019 at 15:43 UTC »
I am not that good at Irish but neither were my primary school teachers
MoeFuka on July 28th, 2019 at 16:30 UTC »
Everyone in Ireland knows it's history before 1910 as we are taught about it from the early 1000s onwards