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hibernianroots · **Posted:** Sun 16 Mar 2014 1:12 pm

pennyrat wrote:

I too remember you, itamedragons. Nice to see faces from the old place find this one. Fáilte!

Go raibh maith agat pennyrat. I wouldn't have thought my limited participation in IGTF was very memorable but it is nice to have been noticed :oops:

franc 91 · **Posted:** Mon 17 Mar 2014 6:49 pm

Yes I remember that name as well - fáilte romhat a chara

hibernianroots · **Posted:** Wed 19 Mar 2014 12:00 pm

franc 91 wrote:

Yes I remember that name as well - fáilte romhat a chara

Go raibh maith agat, a franc. I'm looking forward to examining the various topics within the forum; and maybe even contributing something useful to them in time !

Matty lll · **Joined:** Tue 01 Apr 2014 5:43 pm **Posts:** 10

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew and at this point in time I don't speak a lick of Gaelic. I'm not sure exactly why I decided I want to learn it, considering I come from a place just outside Belfast, born to two protestant parents (My dad was even an RUC/PSNI officer) and was of course raised as a protestant. Mostly to do with studying Irish history I'd say, including the Gaelic Revival.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 01 Apr 2014 9:51 pm

Matty lll wrote:

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew and at this point in time I don't speak a lick of Gaelic. I'm not sure exactly why I decided I want to learn it, considering I come from a place just outside Belfast, born to two protestant parents (My dad was even an RUC/PSNI officer) and was of course raised as a protestant. Mostly to do with studying Irish history I'd say, including the Gaelic Revival.

Hi Matthew, tá fáilte romhat! (You are welcome!) :wave:

There seems to be a great revival going on in the six counties - it is brilliant to see!

An Cionnfhaolach · **Joined:** Fri 09 Mar 2012 6:16 pm **Posts:** 1527

Matty lll wrote:

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew and at this point in time I don't speak a lick of Gaelic. I'm not sure exactly why I decided I want to learn it, considering I come from a place just outside Belfast, born to two protestant parents (My dad was even an RUC/PSNI officer) and was of course raised as a protestant. Mostly to do with studying Irish history I'd say, including the Gaelic Revival.

Hi Matty, your very welcome to the forum.

The Irish language is part of our "shared heritage" and belongs to us all. Wolfe Tone a protestant, and a person who fought and died for Irish independence, for both Catholics and protestants, spoke Irish. Likewise, the Brave 13 who closed the gates of Derry would have probably spoken Irish as their first language also. It is high time that our language stops being used as a political football.

Fáilte again, I hope you stick around for awhile.

Cian.

ConanLloyd · **Joined:** Wed 02 Apr 2014 1:51 pm **Posts:** 28

Greetings folks, glad to find this forum. I'm very interested in my Gaelic origins and am focusing on Irish as my particular branch of the Lloyd family traces back to the emerald isle. In addition to beginning to learn Irish Gaelic I'm teaching myself to read Ogham.

I have to admit that my desire to explore my Irish roots was kindled by reading a series of books by Kevin Hearne. He uses some Irish Gaelic in his books and also mentions Ogham, this combined with my already simmering desire to explore my roots and caused me to dive deeper. Now I'm hooked.

~Conan

ConanLloyd · **Joined:** Wed 02 Apr 2014 1:51 pm **Posts:** 28

My apologies, I meant to put this in the "Introduce yourself" thread. Can a mod move it or close it?

~Conan

An Lon Dubh · **Joined:** Fri 30 Sep 2011 10:08 pm **Posts:** 1313

There you go Conan, welcome to the forum!

ConanLloyd · **Joined:** Wed 02 Apr 2014 1:51 pm **Posts:** 28

Thank you very much, my apologies for the mistake. It's especially sad that I made it considering I have moderated a couple other forums :oops:

~Conan

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