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Usually but not necessarily. Traditionally Republic of Ireland is not considered part of the Anglosphere, if you want to get technical.

MattGaiser 6y ago
They generally reject English where possible. Irish is the first official language.
- Macha 6y ago
  > Irish is the first official language. Which outside of a few details like bilingual signs or legislation, is more aspirational than reality. On the legislation point, while it is translated into Irish and legally speaking the Irish version takes precedence, it's usually drafted in English and translated. This has caused issues such as embarrassment for the government where they had to update the proposed constitutional amendment required to legalise same sex marriage as the Irish translation accidentally legalised _only_ same sex marriage: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-language-version-of-same-sex-vote-text-changed-1.2133577 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-language-vers...
  - VBprogrammer 6y ago
    > Which outside of a few details like bilingual signs or legislation, is more aspirational than reality. You could say the same for Wales. Not sure if they are included or excluded traditionally. On a slight tangent, it makes me giggle to see the Gaelic versions of towns on the outskirts of Glasgow. If Ireland is aspirational, Scotland is comically optimistic. The average Glaswegian knows more Spanish or French than they do Gaelic.
    - DonaldFisk 6y ago
      From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic#Modern_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic#Modern_era "The locality with the largest absolute number is Glasgow with 5,878 such persons, who make up over 10% of all of Scotland's Gaelic speakers." Of course, they all speak English and many if not most nearby town names are of non-Gaelic origin. But throughout the Highlands and Western Isles, Gaelic toponyms do dominate, with no English equivalent, e.g. here, not far from Glasgow: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a58ce425-2098-47f0-b9e0-8bc90b3db0bc&cp=56.1257~-4.548714&lvl=13&style=s&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a58ce425-2098-47f0-b9e0-8bc90...

MattGaiser 6y ago

They generally reject English where possible. Irish is the first official language.

Macha 6y ago
> Irish is the first official language. Which outside of a few details like bilingual signs or legislation, is more aspirational than reality. On the legislation point, while it is translated into Irish and legally speaking the Irish version takes precedence, it's usually drafted in English and translated. This has caused issues such as embarrassment for the government where they had to update the proposed constitutional amendment required to legalise same sex marriage as the Irish translation accidentally legalised _only_ same sex marriage: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-language-version-of-same-sex-vote-text-changed-1.2133577 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-language-vers...
- VBprogrammer 6y ago
  > Which outside of a few details like bilingual signs or legislation, is more aspirational than reality. You could say the same for Wales. Not sure if they are included or excluded traditionally. On a slight tangent, it makes me giggle to see the Gaelic versions of towns on the outskirts of Glasgow. If Ireland is aspirational, Scotland is comically optimistic. The average Glaswegian knows more Spanish or French than they do Gaelic.
  - DonaldFisk 6y ago
    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic#Modern_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic#Modern_era "The locality with the largest absolute number is Glasgow with 5,878 such persons, who make up over 10% of all of Scotland's Gaelic speakers." Of course, they all speak English and many if not most nearby town names are of non-Gaelic origin. But throughout the Highlands and Western Isles, Gaelic toponyms do dominate, with no English equivalent, e.g. here, not far from Glasgow: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a58ce425-2098-47f0-b9e0-8bc90b3db0bc&cp=56.1257~-4.548714&lvl=13&style=s&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a58ce425-2098-47f0-b9e0-8bc90...