We need new learners. Those who began two years ago are fluent by now. Some of us are slowing down. We need others to carry on, add to the store of knowledge, do things much better than we ever did in our time. Pay more attention to good pronunciation. Avoid Béarlachas when good idiomatic expressions lie waiting in the literature, the prose, poetry, proverbs, folklore. There's a lot to be discovered, rescued from oblivion, used in everyday life. It is easier now. Leaving Ireland doesn't mean leaving Irish. Cad é an Ghaeilge ar absence makes the heart grow fonder?