Does the Royal Mail in N.I cater for letters with Gaeilge addresses? Or is Foras na Gaeilge an exception? How does this work? I can't find anything ar an Gréasán.

http://www.gaeilge.ie/

Foras na Gaeilge
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Royal Mail will deliver letters with addresses in Irish as long as you get the postal code right.

But as with an Post, there is some risk involved!

He he. Thanks for clearing that up.

Did you know that there will soon be a requirement for North-South bodies (including Foras) to have the addresses on their stationery in English, Gaeilge and Ulster Scots? That should be a challenge for An Post!

It is absurd to put all the addresses into Ulster Scots. If they are going to have Ulster Scots - a dialect of English - there should be a requiremnent to have everything in dialectal Irish as well as standard Irish...

It's all part of the Good Friday Agreement. As it was agreed that Foras na Gaeilge would have an all-island remit, the notion of "parity of esteem" was applied in setting up the Ulster Scots Agency (both organisations are part of the Langauage Body - An Foras Teanga - or Tha Boord of Leid in Ulster Scots)

There are is a very rich Ulster Scots heritage on both sides of the border, and this should be recognised and promoted, but I think resources should go into the cultural aspects of the heritage rather than paying translators to produce government stationery.

But then, that's politics

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Did you know that there will soon be a requirement for North-South bodies (including Foras) to have the addresses on their stationery in English, Gaeilge and Ulster Scots?

That is a step in the right direction - It will be tough for the mail service, though! :)

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It is absurd to put all the addresses into Ulster Scots.

Why not? Their dialect is just as valid as anyone else's. Anyway, Ulster Scots is a major dialect in the north of Ireland that is spoken by many people (in varying degrees) from both communities (Nationalist and Unionist, that is).

B'fhéidir go bhfuil an ceart agaibh.
Ar an gcaoi chéanna, cad iad na tíortha eile in ar cheart dúinn éileamh a dhéanamh ar stadas oifigiúl don Ghaeilge? SAM? Albain? Sasana? An Astráil? An Fhionnlann?
Aon moltaí eile agaibh?