Incorrigible.
This Day In Irish History tweetz:
This day 119 years ago – 19 February 1901 – Thomas O’Donnell, MP for West Kerry, spoke Irish in the House of Commons during his maiden speech. The Speaker of the House, William Gully (top), interrupted, saying O’Donnell could not “address the house in any other language than English.”
But what did he say, anyone?
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Well, Curry my yoghurt!
: )
I suppose if no one to translate what point is there
Imagine polish or Hindi speeches given in dail
It’s not quite the same though, is it? Wee bit of contextual difference there.
I’d imagine it really massively pissed off quite a lot of people there. So there is that.
“As an Irish person from a place that speaks Irish, a man from a nation with it’s own language and that is still trying to achieve freedom” nílim go hiomlán cinnte, ach focal cosúil leis atá i gceist?
Ná bí buartha Blueswannabe. Tá an ceart agat.
“…atá fós ag deunadh chum saoirse d’fhagháil.”
Tá mé dall ar fad ar an scéal.
What is lovely to see is the old Irish letters being used, in the days when a séimhiú was still common, and the letters distinctive! I would love to see that coming back especially as now with computers it is not an issue. I am assuming that this pic is of an Irish publication, not an English one?
We are European and we must look to the future
We are also a multicultural ireland not a nationalistic society that is exclusive only to those who
Speak Gaelic
We learn from history not repeat it
it’s a nice alphabet and not so distinct that it’s illegible, the seimhiú dot definitely welcome.
European countries all hold onto their languages. What’s your problem?
Well let’s all abolish English then