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Irish Language

Irish CD-ROM
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Where does Irish come from?
Irish is a member of the Goidelic Celtic branch of the Indo-European family of languages and is closely related to Manx and Gaelic.

Irish as a written language first appears under the hands of Christian monks.

How many people speak Irish?
Just over 1.2 million people have some degree of fluency in Irish of whom over 300,000 are fully fluent. There has been a concerted government effort in Eire to re-establish Irish.

In how many countries?
Just over 1 million people in the Irish Republic (Eire) speak Irish and a further 150,000 speak it in Northern Ireland. Irish speakers are also to be found in Manitoba (about 90,000) and London (about 30,000).

Irish Culture

Irish Music and Dance
Most traditional music is performed on fiddle, tin whistle, goatskin drum and pipes. Almost every village seems to have a pub renowned for its music where you can show up and find a session in progress.

The Irish version of the bagpipes, the uilleann pipes, and the penny flute are characteristic instruments.

Irish Food and Drink
Irish meals are usually based around meat - in particular, beef, lamb and pork chops. Irish breads and scones are also delicious, and other traditional dishes include bacon and cabbage, a cake-like bread called barm brack and a filled pancake called a boxty.

Black gold (Guinness) is the favoured drink of the Irish, along with whiskey. The Irish drink lots of tea.

Irish Attractions
Dublin Dublin is the Republic's capital, and its largest and most cosmopolitan city. It's a curious and colourful city of fine Georgian buildings, tangible literary history and extremely welcoming pubs, all on a scale that's very human. Trinity College is uppermost in the list of attractions south of the river.

Cork Cork is the Irish Republic's second largest city. Sights to the south include Protestant St Finbarr's Cathedral, the Cork Museum (largely given over to the nationalist struggle in which Cork played an important role), the 19th century Cork Jail, the City Hall and numerous churches, breweries and chapels.

Waterford Waterford has a decidedly medieval feel, with city walls, narrow alleyways and a Norman tower - Reginald's Tower. Georgian times also left a legacy of fine buildings. The famous Waterford crystal is created out of town at the firm's factory.

Belfast Superficially, Belfast is a big, rather ugly industrial city dating in the main from only last century. But politics, history and religion are inescapable parts of its fabric. The major central landmark is Donegal Square, surrounded by imposing remnants of the Victorian era.

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