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    Il numero di famiglie Gaeltacht che allevano figli attraverso l’irlandese sta lentamente diminuendo

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    1. thereforewhat on

      It’s very hard to enforce whether parents are going to teach their children primarily through Irish. 

      One option is that you could prevent sales of property to those who could clearly evidence that they speak Irish on a regular basis or participate in Irish speaking communities. It could be a condition of sale on the title of the property. 

      It’s harder to guarantee that going forward. 

      What else would be possible? Are there any other countries that can be considered an example?

      The root though is that people have to want to speak Irish and if that’s no longer the case in many places any more any effort legislatively will fail. 

    2. IntentionFalse8822 on

      Maybe if we stopped spending tens of millions every year forcing every child in the country to sit the Irish exam for the leaving cert and instead spent that money encouraging a genuine interest in the language. We’ve been trying that mandatory stick approach for over 100 years and the language has never been weaker. Another 100 years of that and it will be like Latin. Only spoken in classrooms.

      Instead make it mandatory in Primary school and then optional in secondary school but perhaps offer double points for it in the leaving. And take the millions spent on it in secondary schools and spend that promoting life in existing and new gaelteacht areas.

    3. chytrak on

      Time to stop pretending the language will or should be more popular.

    4. olibum86 on

      Probably because the Gaeltachts are dying and being filled with holiday homes and English speakers

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