tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post2471200837646289810..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Sunday Tribune and the Irish Language IndustryThe Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-63366468587362122182008-06-22T15:20:00.000+01:002008-06-22T15:20:00.000+01:00PS.I also find it funny that a prat such as Hector...PS.<BR/>I also find it funny that a prat such as Hector is considered "cool" by the TG3, gaelscoil generation.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-2507833002267639452008-06-22T15:13:00.000+01:002008-06-22T15:13:00.000+01:00Hi Ange - thanks for your comments. I take and res...Hi Ange - thanks for your comments.<BR/> I take and respect your point, but would reply that there are also people who hate it - mainly due to the methods of promotion applied by its adherents and the State (lots of examples on this blog). <BR/> <BR/>Surely, if there is a genuine love for Irish/Gaelic, why all this stuff? Why does it need so much taxpayers' money spent on it? Why a need to construct an industry to keep the thing going? Why the - discriminatory, in my view - incentives? Why the compulsion?<BR/><BR/>It's all that stuff that gets me going!!!The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-75881883917673100812008-06-21T23:35:00.000+01:002008-06-21T23:35:00.000+01:00Some people do actually have a love for the langua...Some people do actually have a love for the language and it is not all about getting extra points in the Leaving Cert or working for RTE. Those of us who were fortunate enough to be brought up with the language are very proud of it as I'm sure the like of Hector, Blathnaid, GrĂ¡inne Seioge are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-66675788011869736682008-02-07T18:31:00.000+00:002008-02-07T18:31:00.000+00:00Can't help thinking that providing education throu...Can't help thinking that providing education through Irish, in an increasingly multicultural environment where many immigrants do not even speak English, is failing proper educational provision. Of course Gaelscoils are run on tax payers money - so its not all about 'dedication' of parents and teachers. But the responsibility of the State is to provide education to all of its citizens. The best way to do that is through the vernacular, which by definition is the language we all speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-1549365242774089782007-10-26T11:56:00.000+01:002007-10-26T11:56:00.000+01:00And aren't the Gaelic schools a handy, free, middl...<I>And aren't the Gaelic schools a handy, free, middle-class route to third-level education?</I><BR/><BR/>Outside South Dublin this is definitely not the case. Have you been to the Gaelscoils in Ballymun for example?<BR/><BR/>Indeed there are many Gaelscoils throughout the country that have no official recognition and are only running because of the great effort of parents and teachers. So this 'Stalinist State' promotion of Gaelic is a fallacy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231108504741533849noreply@blogger.com