Beannachtai na Féile Pádraig Options

[JimiJimi]

Beannachtai na Féile Pádraig as Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh, Corcaigh, Eireann! Tá mé i mo chonai anseo leath den bhliain. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge go mall, ach déanaim iarracht. Tá brón orm má tá mo Ghaeilge briste!

An bhfuil Gaeilge ag aon duine eile?

[Daria]

I was told 2% of the Scottish population can speak Gaelic, but Wikipedia says 1.2 according to the last census.
Gaelic was never the predominant language where I am (Aberdeen) but you still occasionally get dual language signs and schools as part of drives to keep the language going. Up here, people mostly speak a form of Scots called Doric - it's taken me about 3 years to be able to follow a conversation in it. I keep finding phrases in my head that sound ridiculous if I were to say them (in my English accent) but that are really useful. Like calling someone a "bam", or saying "ging feil" (go crazy) if someone asks you if they can have something.