Cainteoir dúchais Miolbhácaí! :

Thóg mé liom é go Toys R Us den chéad uair an tseachtain seo caite agus phléasc mé amach ag gáire nuair a scread sé os ard i nGaeilge: "Mamaí, féach ar an siopa seo! Tá gach rud acu anseo!" Agus bhí! Chuir sé lúcháir orm é a chloisteáil ag labhairt as Gaeilge i measc na siombailí uilig den chultúr tomhaltais sa tír seo.
http://www.beo.ie/2006-06/?page=teanga_agus_cultur&content_id=78

-- I brought him to Toys RUs for the first time last week and I burst out laughing when he shouted at me aloud in Irish "Look at this shop Mammy. They have everything here" And it was all there! I was delighted to hear him speaking in Irish amongst all of the symbols of consumerism here in this country.

Pertinent to another thread here, I know of a native speaker from an Ulster county other than Donegal, who is bringing up his children with Irish in NY. I wouldn't mention the county or the speaker without knowing them personally. I know his father and sister.

Is mór an gar í Seosaí agus an dearcadh folláin sin aici i leith an dátheangachais i dtír thar lear.

Aw cool story; wish I could read the Irish more. Thanks for posting!!

A Sheosamh

"Cainteoir dúchais Miolbhácaí"
? 'native speaker of milwaukeese?'


these links may be of further interest........

http://www.irishfest.com/culturalvillage/gaeltacht.htm

http://www.wfuv.org/wfuv/archive/index.html
(choose 'mile failte' from SHOW bar; select show from may 27 '06)

Kids will learn English soon enough anyway, whether it be in Ireland or America. So it is grand that people with Irish are bringing up their children with Irish. Most people raising the kids with Irish probably do it in conjunction with English, like at the same time. But I think it is especially neat when parents use exclusively Irish with their kids. As I said above they'll learn English soon enough anyway. Really grand that Irish who have come to America value the language and are passing it on. That is after all how a language survives, being spoken to the next generation.

Beir bua agus beannacht.