seachtain na gaeilge

[Singlemalt]

I wish I had more to use, I am afraid I only know the same few phrases everyone else does from pub culture.

My father had much more and could sing songs and hymns in Scots Gaelic. My grandfather was fluent and could and actually did conduct church services and give sermons in Gaelic. He was a Presbyterian minister and a couple of times a year through the 1950's and 60's provided a Gaelic service for the old people in the rural Ontario community I grew up in.

I know from both my Native and French-Canadian friends that much of a culture is lost when you loose the language. Sadly my family is a typical example.