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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 693
Registered: 06-2005
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breakingnews.ie
Irish language courses are more popular than ever with a record number of people attending the Gaeltacht this year.
Over 25,000 people studied in the Gaeltacht in 2006, the most there has ever been.
A thousand of those attending Irish language courses were adult learners, while the rest were young students going to summer colleges.
Gaeltacht Minister Eamon O Cuiv was very happy with the news.
“Certainly Irish is alive a kicking,” he said.
“A number of things have happened to strengthen the language in recent times: TG4, the Language Act and the recent statement by the Government in relation to the language are all major boosters.”
A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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