An Snáth na Gaeilge/The Irish Thread (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

buala bos

 

[IFF]

So, Sinn Féin's Irish Language Act. Is it worth hanging everything on this? Can't the subject of the Irish language be addressed at some other time?

listening to dup guys on thursday night, it seemed to me they werre looking forward to direct rule from westminister (and with them propping up may, why wouldn't they?)

These furst yins think aboot nawn but Irish and they dinne think aboot ar language and history, they cannae stan it yet they let oot with a rowth of blabber like crabbity wains as had noo supper. Let tha hare sit for noo.

is that ulster scots?

 

[ann post]

So, Sinn Féin's Irish Language Act. Is it worth hanging everything on this? Can't the subject of the Irish language be addressed at some other time?

well do you want the plantation to succeed or not?

What i really THINK* (not know!!) is that the SF's pulled out while Martin McGuinness was still the tactical brain. I suspect he had a plan, because he didn't really do unplanned. I suspect he died without being able to complete it and the power shifts that were already in progress have left the place in chaos. Its as good nail to hang any coat on because without having people who gave about half their career to negotiating devolution rather than stalling it present, it might collapse. Westminster has a huge stake now, if they capitulate while brexit negotiations are on the border will just be around england, scotland and wales and they will end up a more shrunken isolated entity than being a place with offland borders. the centrist majority in NI hate all this shit, but its unfortunately the war has evolved around a skirmish.

 

[chris d]

The DUP want to scrap the Good Friday Agreement because they see that the Nationalist voting majority is just around the corner.

If political parties had of all spent the intervening years on softening their stances and worked towards being sound with the aim of northern ireland becoming a successful and secular utopia it would have been good. Instead of belligerently heading towards a brick wall of shit.

 

[therealjohnny]

Listening to a reporter asking Belfast citizens what they think the Irish language earlier. The utter contempt they have for it was palpable. There's so much work to be done to allay fears etc . Surely it can be addressed at a later time?

We Protestants fear Gaelic, and we were raised to mock it