"Irish" language????

Question

When Irish people refer to "Irish" as a language, do they mean what I would call Gaelic, or do they mean the "Father Ted dialect"?

Answer 1

hahaha Sarah - sure yer a roiht eejit.

Noo - by Irish we do mean Gaeilge.

Answer 2

No they mean Gaelic, Irish English is another issue altogether

Answer 3

They mean what you would called Gaelic. Actually its called Gaelge but the english translation is Irish. Say way what you would call French is Francais to the people of france.

The father ted dialect is just a hilarious irish accent.

Answer 4

Well, better they call it Gaelic than--shudder---Erse!

Answer 5

Irish is what the language is called in English, Gaeilge is what it is called in Irish, Gaelic for Irish people is a sport.

Hiberno-English is the variant of English that Irish people speak, as you said Fr. Ted dialect.

I saw Clara's post and I couldn't get over her being told by Americans that there is no such language as Irish, its called Gaelic.  I was horrified, every child in Ireland is taught the language and you'd think we'd know.

Answer 6

Gaelic actually wouldn't be what us Irish would say. We either say Irish or Gaeilge.

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Answer 7

Oh Tis Gaelic to be sure, but it'd really be called Gaeilge.

Cad a cheapann tú? - An bhfuil Gaeilge é?? Bí cuin! Ceart go leor. An bhfuil tu as do cinn?

Can u imagine going into an irish exam and instead of writing Gaelige you wrote a paper based on the "Father Ted Dialect" Lmao

Answer 8

When we refer to irish as a language we mean Gaeilge.The father ted dialect is just the sound of our accent but it is still english.Gaeilge is its own language,it is on our roadsigns,taught in our schools and spoken on tv (it is also spoken at home in specific areas of the country)Hope dat helped.Slan Leat(goodbye)

Answer 9

well here in ireland we call our native language Irish!! i think that is what you call gaelic but as we learn in schools all across ireland it is called the irish language!! i was writing on this and some american told me that there is no language as irish but what the h**l would they know!! i learn it every day so i think i would know more about my language than some american who probably can't speak a word themselves!

Answer 10

We mean Gaelic but the Irish form of it is called Gaeilge.

HAHAHA!That Father Ted joke really made me laugh!!

Answer 11

Of course we mean Gaeilge (only foreigners call it gaelic).  I can't believe you would think the "Father Ted dialect" is actually a language.  Where are you from!  It is not even a dialect, the guy who played Ted and is now dead was a Dub (Dubliner)  and most of the accents are put on so it is just a skit.  did you not realise that.  I sometimes despair about how little people know about Ireland.