I've lived here a year and still the only thing I can say in Irish is 'Is aoibhinn liom mo ciocha'
But dare I? No. Only as a party trick.
Was delighted to see
Irish-language issues highlighted on
MetaFilter today. Why? I don't know. It's not a pressing issue for me specifically, but it is representative of the debate of Irish identity currently raging, passive-aggressively, via things like the
citizenship referendum.
The whole case plus more discussion
here, at Crooked Timber.