[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think Irish (certainly in the Republic anyway) is much more popular(?) though. We still have towns and Islands around Ireland (not loads but a good few) that speak Irish as their first language and also it's a subject taught all the way through both primary and secondary school. Most Irish people have at least a basic knowledge of the Irish language

tell that to RTE when they basically ignore Irish language, never even used it once (not even back in the years of own language rule) at ESC

TG4 on the other hand, they love using it at Junior ESC


a little something i myself do know