Louise O'Neill: 'What’s the best way to learn Irish as an adult?'

I can’t just ask to use the toilet, over and over again. That’s the sort of behaviour that freaks people out.
Louise O'Neill started attending an online Irish class with Gaelchultúr. Picture: Miki Barlok

Louise O'Neill started attending an online Irish class with Gaelchultúr. Picture: Miki Barlok

It’s a rather damning indictment of our education system that after fourteen years of learning Irish, the only thing I still remember how to say is – “An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas?” 

Mention the words ‘Peig’ and the ‘modh coinníollach’ to anyone who has gone to an Irish school and the majority will take a step back, their faces paling. 

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