The decline of our native tongue over the last 2 centuries, I find the maps rather than the reciting of statistics, gives a far better impression on the overall erosion of one of the biggest aspects of our culture, Irish itself.

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image showing The decline of our native tongue over the last 2 centuries, I find the maps rather than the reciting of statistics, gives a far better impression on the overall erosion of one of the biggest aspects of our culture, Irish itself.

jakobako on October 11st, 2019 at 17:49 UTC »

Wales has started reversing it, with funds applied in the right way, Ireland can too.

ShakalPayne on October 11st, 2019 at 18:08 UTC »

As a non Irish i gotta say, this hurts to watch.

CROguys on October 11st, 2019 at 19:51 UTC »

What caused the language to deteriorate even further when Ireland achieved its independence ?