Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit

[Jose Echenique]

Happy St. Patrick´s Day from Mexico City!

Pepe.

[Seán]

Thanks Pepe.

[Jose Echenique]

Cheers Seán!

But why are you up so late? Here it´s only 19:38 :-)

[DonKC]

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit from Kansas City! I am 1/2 Irish from my mother. Cooking all kinds of good Irish treats this week.

[Jared]

yes, indeed! a warm St Patrick's Day to all my friends across the Irish Sea! Hope you all have a great time...

[Diapason]

Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all, Irish and otherwise!

[Seán]

Cheers Seán!

But why are you up so late? Here it´s only 19:38 :-)

Hi Pepe, I'm a night owl. I normally sleep from 2.00/2.30 until 8.30/9.00 on Friday/Saturday & Saturday/Sunday.

[Jared]

Now, I'm woefully ignorant on this, so please forgive the dumb question... but

Fergus & Sean, did either your generation or your kids learn any Gaelic in school in Dublin? My impression was that it was only really an active language around Kerry and Galway? Is there a movement to make it more widespread these days?

Thanks...

[Jose Echenique]

Cheers Seán!

But why are you up so late? Here it´s only 19:38 :-)

Hi Pepe, I'm a night owl. I normally sleep from 2.00/2.30 until 8.30/9.00 on Friday/Saturday & Saturday/Sunday.

I usually go to bed around 11:30 because my Newfoundland insists on being walked around 5:30 AM., especially in the summer.

[Seán]

Now, I'm woefully ignorant on this, so please forgive the dumb question... but

Fergus & Sean, did either your generation or your kids learn any Gaelic in school in Dublin? My impression was that it was only really an active language around Kerry and Galway? Is there a movement to make it more widespread these days?

Thanks...

Oh do not get me started on the Irish language please! Suffice it to say that Irish children have to do Irish throughout the entire primary and secondary level schooling and in my view is not taught well. Some people love it and then there are people like me. ;) I should say no more. My eldest struggled with it and my youngest found it easy but doesn't like it.

And now I am going to have a glass of one of Ivor's lovely red. :)