> separate language, not a dialect of English Of all the languages spoken in the UK and Ireland that argument attracts, I've never heard anyone claim that abou

> separate language, not a dialect of English Of all the languages spoken in the UK and Ireland that argument attracts, I've never heard anyone claim that about Irish - an actual Gaelic language. > The vast majority of graduates, after about 13 years of mandatory Irish classes, cannot functionally speak it. They just need to get out their word book - that's right, their focal leabhair ♫ oh get out your focal leabhair, get out your focal leabhair and we'll have you speaking Irish in a half-an-hour Sea means yes and Níl means no get out your focal leabhair and we'll all have a go ♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNZbmrMg7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNZbmrMg7M