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GAEILGE

Dia daoibh go léir,

Is mise Máire Nic Giollaphádraig. Conaím i gCill Eoin. Táim dhá bhliain déag d'aois agus téim go dtí Scoil Náisiúnta an Fraoch. Táim i rang a sé. Is maith liom peil agus ríomhairí. Tá cúigear i mo chlann; Mamaí, Daidí, Alva, Freda agus mé féin. Tá madra againn agus Flo is ainm di. Is maith liom Manchester United. Mí ó shin chuaigh mé go dtí Old Trafford agus chonaic mé Alex Ferguson.

Hello to everyone,

I am Moyra Fitzpatrick. I live in Killone. I am twelve years old and I go to the Heath National School. I am in Sixth Class. I like football and computers. There are five in my family. Mammy, Daddy, Alva, Freda and myself. We have a dog and Flo is her name. I like Manchester United. I went to Old Trafford last month and I saw Alex Freguson.

Irish (or Gaelic or Gaeilge ) is the first official language of Ireland, but only about 80,000 people speak it in their everyday lives. These people mostly live in the Irish-speaking areas along the west coast. An Irish-speaking area is known as a Gaeltacht. In recent years, there has been a huge increase in the number of Gaelscoileanna (all-Irish schools) outside the Irish-speaking areas. In 25 years, the number of these schools has jumped from 16 to 150. Today over 24,000 children attend all-Irish schools, so maybe in the future Irish will be more popular than it is now.

Here are some common Irish words:

IRISH

PHONETIC

ENGLISH

LAW

DAY

OÍCHE

EE-HA

NIGHT

MÁTHAIR

MAW-HIR

MOTHER

ATHAIR

AH-HIR

FATHER

SCOIL

SKULL

SCHOOL

MÚINTEOIR

MOON-TORE

TEACHER

LEANBH

LAN-EV

CHILD

DIA DHUIT

DE-A GWIT

HELLO

SLÁN

SLAWN

GOODBYE

Tá súil agam gur bhain sibh taitneamh as an leathanach seo. Slán go fóill,

Sharon Ní Dufaigh.

I hope that you enjoyed this page. Goodbye for now,

Sharon Duffy.

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