Aiste - An Ghaeilge agus an cultúr gaelach

As soon as I saw

Chomh luath is a chonaic mé

The title of the essay

Teideal na haiste

I was excited

Bhí mé ar bís

to put my pen to paper

chun mo pheann a chur le páipéar

Firstly

Ar an gcéad dul síos

I am an Irish person

Is Éireannach mé

Therefore

Mar sin

I love Irish at school

Is aoibhinn liom an Ghaeilge ar scoil

As the saying goes

Mar a deir an seanfhocal

A country without a language is a country without a soul

Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam

I agree with that statement

Aontaím leis an ráiteas sin

I think that Irish is strong in Ireland and around the world

Ceapaim go bhfuil an Ghaeilge láidir in Éirinn agus timpeall an domhain.

Irish is alive in this country

Tá an Ghaeilge beo sa tír seo.

I will be writing about

Beidh mé ag scríobh faoi

Social Media

Na meáin shóisialta

irish movies

Scannáin Gaeilge

irish music

ceol gaelach

technology

teicneolaíocht

Firstly

Ar dtús

We see a lot of Irish movies in the cineama

Feicimid a lán scannáin gaeilge sa phictiúrlann

Nowadays

Sa lá atá inniu ann

In recent years

Le blianta beaga anuas

We saw Arracht, Róise and Frank and The Quiet Girl

Chonaiceamar Arrach, Róise agus Frank agus an Cailín Ciúin

The movies evoke interest in the language

Spreagann na scannáin suim sa teanga Gaeilge

It is very positive for the language

Tá sé an- dearfach don teanga.

Irish is going from strength to strength

Tá an Ghaeilge ag dul ó neart go neart.

Furthermore

Anuas air sin

There are more trad groups than ever

Tá níos mó grúpaí traidisiúnta ná riamh

More modern

Níos nua-aimseartha

We see groups like....

Feicimid grúpaí cosúil le.....

These groups promote interest in irish culture

Spreagann na grúpaí seo suim sa chultúr gaelach

Here in Ireland

Anseo in Éirinn

Successful

Rathúil

controversial

Conspóideach

A lot of young people go to Kneecap concerts

Téann a lán daoine óga go dtí ceolchoimreacha Kneecap

They enjoy the music in irish

Baineann siad taitneamh as an gceol as gaeilge

It is a positive thing for the language

Is rud dearfach é don teanga

Chomh maith leis sin

Furthermore

Fortunately

Ar an deauair

Influencers

Tionchairí

Online

Ar líne

Typical daily life

Gnáthshaol laethúil

These accounts

Na cuntais seo

They see Irish as a living language

Feiceann siad an Ghaeilge mar theanga bheo

Times have changed

Is mór idir inné agus inniu

Everywhere

i ngach áit

Students

Scoláirí

To learn new words

Chun focail nua a fhoghlaim

Their Irish improves

Tagann feabhas ar a gcuid Gaeilge

Podcasts

podchraoltaí

Enjoyable

taitneamhach

For many years now

Le blianta fada anois

Irish courses

Cúrsaí samhraidh

Broken Irish is better than clever English

Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste