Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

I was surprised at the amount of people, that when they found out I was going to Ireland, asked me: "What language do they speak there?"

English. They speak English. They speak English with a very very cute accent.

But, there is also Gaelic. (British rule and the famine drained the country of many of the native speakers.) The county is bilingual, but English is the spoken language everywhere expect for a few places called Gaeltachts. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht )

Again, my awesome travel guide has come in handy. It says there are still some words used in Gaelic. There was a list of useful words (most likely to see) in the back:

an banc - bank
an lar - town center
an tra - beach
ar aghaidh - go
bad - boat
bealach amach - exit
bealach isteach - enterance
dunta - closed
failte - welcome
fir - men
gardai - police
leithreas - toilet
mna - woman
oifig an phoist - post office
oscailte - open
ostan - hotel
siopa - shop
ticead - ticket
traein - train

Some road signs are in both English and Gaelic.






(A hundred thousand welcomes)




Until next Thursday! (I'll only be saying that for 5 weeks!)