“UNLESS IRELAND FOCUSES SQUARELY ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION OF IRISH SPEAKERS IN THE NEW COMMUNITIES (AS A FIRST STEP), PARTICULARLY IN THE URBAN EAST, THEN THE RE-VENACULARIZATION OF IRISH IS DOOMED TO FAILURE.”
Diarmuid Ó Néill
“YOU COULD HAVE IN THE GALLTACHT... REAL GAELIC COMMUNITIES, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, BEATLES, SHEBEENS AND ALL. THERE MUST BE ONE BIG COMMUNITY IN DUBLIN. IT IS A CHALLENGE. ARE WE WORTHY TO TAKE IT UP? IF WE HAD FLOURISHING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS I SAY THROUGHOUT IRELAND, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG URBAN AREAS, THE GAELTACHT ITSELF - THE HISTORICAL GAELTACHT - WOULD NO LONGER BE ANYTHING EXCEPT ONE OTHER IRISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITIY.”
Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 1964
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