Post #461917

I suspect the sending of school kids to Gaeltachta damaged them. The promotion of Irish since 1922 seems to be largely not just a failure, but damaged it. Irish wasn't blocked in the 6 counties till Unionists took control. It's a myth that the British suppressed Irish. We did it ourselves before the end of the 19th C. in the belief English speaking was more important. I have some school books from the 1910 to 1913 era. One has a preface about the importance of resurgence of Irish. A Prod School!