Luke Ó Scolaidhe wrote:
Dia dhoibh gach daoine. Luke Ó Scolaidhe is ainm dom agus is as an Inse i gcontae na Mhí mé. Bhí mé ag foghlaim gaeilge ar faigh dhá bliann anuas. Nior thuigim a lán gaeilge riamh sin ach bhí mé i gconnai ag iaraidh a bheith gaeilge a chaint. Mar oichhe amhain nuair a bhí mé amach leis mo chara agus bhí mé ar meisce, Bhímuid ag caint leis faoí ár theanga féin agus duairt mé go raibh an brónach. Cén fath? Mar nior feidir lion geailge a chaint ar cur ar bith! Tar eis sin, thosaigh mé ag foghlaim mo theanga fein mar bhí nairaigh orm.
Chuaigh me go rang geailge i colaiste Geal Linn i Baile Átha Cliath ar faigh sé seachtainn ach ní bhainn me móron eoilais as. Bhíonn me ag múinadh mé féin ó shin ach tá eagla orm anois go bhuil táim ag foghlaim gach rud cearr. Ní aon múinteoir agam agus tá sé an crúa. Tá suil agam go bhuil tá sé sin ceart go leor? Ta a huis agam go geailge ufasach agam!

Sorry, I should have translated that!
Hello everyone! Luke Ó Scolaidhe is my name and I am from Laytown in co. Meath. I have been learning Irish for two years. I didn't understand much Irish before then but always wanted to be able to speak it. One night when I was out with my friend and I was drunk we were talking about the Irish language and I said that I was sad. Why? Because I could not speak any Irish. After that I started learning my own language because I was embarrassed.
I went to an Irish class for six weeks in Geal Linn in Dublin but did not learn a lot from that. I have been teaching myself since then but I am afraid I am learning everything wrong. I have no teacher and it is hard. I hope that that is OK? I know my Irish is awful but I am really trying to learn!