Sadly it’s not as applicable to Ireland. When is really was created, you had people from all over Europe, England, USA mixing together with little way of communicating. Add to this the horrors of what they suffered in Europe during WW2. Means that Hebrew was the natural language of choice for the state of Israel.
In contrast most people in Ireland can speak English fluently through colonialism and migration. Which also decimated the Irish language in the first place so any of the dispora that travels from abroad to Ireland can get along perfectly fine without having to speak a word of irish.
IMHO the best way to help Irish is to do little things, like saying slán, go raibh maith agat, céim mé tú/sibh, Mais é do thoil a etc pepper your everyday speak with Irish it helps you and helps with visibility of the language.
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Sadly it’s not as applicable to Ireland. When is really was created, you had people from all over Europe, England, USA mixing together with little way of communicating. Add to this the horrors of what they suffered in Europe during WW2. Means that Hebrew was the natural language of choice for the state of Israel.
In contrast most people in Ireland can speak English fluently through colonialism and migration. Which also decimated the Irish language in the first place so any of the dispora that travels from abroad to Ireland can get along perfectly fine without having to speak a word of irish.
IMHO the best way to help Irish is to do little things, like saying slán, go raibh maith agat, céim mé tú/sibh, Mais é do thoil a etc pepper your everyday speak with Irish it helps you and helps with visibility of the language.