| Comment | I amn’t and you know I amn’t. The Gaelic isn’t being offered in this graphic or on any road sign or any statutory document as being the official name of a place. It’s being presented alongside the English. And you know that.
Gaelic speaking has been persecuted for hundreds of years. It was banned, it was illegal, it was not offered in school systems until the 70s, people were considered stupid if they spoke it. We had to conform, had to obey. And to this day people think Gaelic is somehow given preferential treatment.
My family has spoken Gaelic since records began. Officials, teachers told us for the last 50 years not to pass it on as it would hinder the next generation. I know of people in the 20th century who were beaten for speaking Gaelic. |
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