>>17887869
>Gaelic
*Gaeilge, as Irish people know it is called, is indeed unrecogniseable to what Ancient/Medieval speakers would have understood. Just like speakers in the 1300s wouldn't have made much sense to those in the 9th Century, and those in the 1700s wouldn't have made much sense of those speaking it in the 16th century.
>>17888349
Because despite the state's complete apathy towards it, the idea is that as long as most kids at least recognise very basic phrases/terms then it will never truly die.
Most signs are bilingual (Irish/English) already. This is why my belief (and again, the beliefs of most of those trying to revive it) is that the best case scenario is
>>17886491. There'll never be a mongolot Irish speaking Ireland again-but the prevelance of Irish will inevitably go on the rise as little bits of it are worked into everyday language.
Most likely it'll be like one of those post-colonial places where everyone speaks English but phrases like yes/no/please/thanks/hello/goodbye etc are often in Irish.
>>17887408
If English colonial history in Ireland interests you I would highly recommend the following;
>Colonial Ulster: The Settlement of East Ulster (Gillespie)
>Cambridge History of Ireland (specifically Volume 2)
