The subject of urban Irish has been discussed here recently, and as luck would have it I received email notification from Cogar about a radio programme today.
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Hidden Irish: The Irish language in Dublin" by Gerry Counihan on Dublin City FM 103.2. Could only understand bits of it myself, but it features clips from a wide variety of speakers living in Dublin talking about their experiences.
Podcast: (28 minutes total)
http://gerrycounihanradio.podomatic.com/enclosure/2009-11-17T13_10_06-08_00.mp3 http://www.ionad.org/hiddenirish.html http://www.cogar.ie/default.aspx?treeid=351&ItemID=16&f=AC-3893-7767599-151470 quote:20 people cross over the threshold of the centre which is located in Connolly Books every Friday to have a chat As Gaeilge and a cup of tea in an informal and friendly atmosphere. A similar tale to that of other conversation circles which are quietly taking place across the country creating new connections and friendships between Irish speakers.
quote:He was struck mostly by the fact that there were very little young people in attendance.” The people each have their own story to tell with most of them being aged between 30-60 years old. Where are the young people? Do they go elsewhere to speak Irish? Or are they all abroad?” he says.
He also came across people who contradicted the usual stereotypes of Irish speakers. “ I met people like Peadar, a street cleaner and a 60 year old true dub who speaks English with a strong Dublin accent but who is also passionate about the language.. “People like Peadar get forgotten about “he says,
