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   From: basil@spamspamspam.com   
      
   On 2017\05\07 14:34, kat wrote:   
   >   
   > My daughter is about to go and live there for 2 to 3 years.  Her   
   > children are too young to be affected, though they will be taught it in   
   > school ( they will be 5 and 6 ), but she said that in order to go to   
   > university they have to have passed the equivalent of a GSCE in the   
   > language.  If she is right, and I don't know for sure, that might   
   > indicate "can".   
   >   
   > The latest census shows 40% "can" but far fewer actually do it,   
   > especially in urban areas.   
      
   When my mother was at school in the 1930s, all lessons in all subjects   
   were in Irish, even though it was a completely English speaking area,   
   and the kids were punished if they were heard speaking English in   
   school. She's hated the Irish language ever since.   
      
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