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una flanagan's avatar

Is fior-mhac Éireann tusa, Stephen. Go n- éiri an t- ádh leat, le gach rud a bhfuil tú ag deanamh. Maith an fear!

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DANIEL BUCKLEY's avatar

Well done Stephen,the journey to revive our native tongue has begun with a small step ,may it flourish and bloom.

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jer Savage's avatar

Saw this years ago & it resonated.

"Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam"

A land without a tongue, is a land without a soul"

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

Tíocfaidh an anam ar ais

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Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

Padraig H MacPiarais

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Danu's Irish Herb Garden's avatar

Go h'aillin. I agree 100%.i feel the exact same way. You have written my unspoken thoughts. Go raibh maith agat xx

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Fionnuala Murphy's avatar

Hiya Terry

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Felicity McMahon's avatar

Go hailinn ar fad, buiochas Stephen agus the others for making the effort. There certainly was draíocht there! 🙏

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

is dóigh liom é freisin

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Lizlyn 🌻's avatar

I love the Irish language Stephen. I unfortunately cannot speak it. I did learn in school, many years ago but not very well.

I am inspired after reading this to start learning again.

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

All are welcome to tag along I’m not a fluent speaker either but plan to be by next year. I was surprised by how well I held my own with the Gaeilgeoirí in the group. I was able to understand most of what they were saying. I want to grow this apolitical movement so please come to the next one. It was a great bit of fun.

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Fionnuala Murphy's avatar

When is it on Stephen. I'm not on Facebook though

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

Tá súil agam Gach coicís 🙏🏻

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

Give me a text when you’re back Fionnuala I can meet up with you for a coffee

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Fionnuala Murphy's avatar

Día dhíbh a cháirde Gael, conas atá sibh inniú? Táim ar fheabhas. Tá an aimsear go dona annseo so Spáinn. Tá se ag stealladh baistí le gaoth láidir. Bhí stoirm mór athréar. Bhí toirneach agus tintreach i rith na hoiche. Tá na tonnta go hárd ar an trá

Glad ye all had a wonderful and spiritual time. You have great intent Stephen and you give inspiration. You're a true Gael with your heritage from your inner city childhood and music. Perfect for now. Teamhair na Rí a perfect place to meet up. I won't say what the stone looks like 😜but I think it comes from the Pharoahs, it's like a small oblisk. They put them everywhere. I could be wrong about this. I'm researching. There's even a mini oblisk in the carpark in this town. They're telling us they're still in charge

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

I understood all that at first glance! Definitely making progress. All good here Finn.

Bhí an siúlóid go hálainn. Bhí me ar bís ar feadh an lae ina dhiadh.

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MADRARUA's avatar

Maith an fear stiffen,go raibh maith agat.an bhfuil aon brigade gaeilge in munster.

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

Not yet that will be the plan to take this nationwide

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Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

Ar fheabhas ar fad. Maith sibh.

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

An bhfuil tú líofa Anne?

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Richard Kelly's avatar

Is mhaith liom " draíocht na Tallamh" it's what I have imagined in my head to do here on my little patch of talamh na hEireann.

Go raibh mhaith agat Stephen.

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

We need to embrace the language, I’m convinced it’s the key component that’s been lacking.

Beidh sé deachair agus beidh sé obair chrua, ach beidh sé fiú é, ag deireadh an lae.

It will be difficult and it will be hard work but it will be worth at end of the day (in the end)

A nationalist movement is incomplete without a national language.

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Stephen  Sutton's avatar

Go raibh míle maith agat

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jer Savage's avatar

It was beaten in to us like times tables - ensuring we avoided it thereafter like the plague. Only officialdom & shinners used it & the odd fanatic which further drove the stake firmly in to its heart.

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