Our language is one of the most beautiful in the world. Through cultural suppression, British penal laws, and colonial oppression we nearly lost it. Now it’s back and by using an odd ‘Céad míle fáilte’ - A hundred thousand welcomes or ‘Go raibh míle maith agat’ - A thousand thank yous’ - we can keep it going.

The legendary Irish patriot Patrick Pearse once said “Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam.” - A country without a language is a country without a soul.