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[–] 66 points 1 year ago (17 children)

The president in Ireland is more of a head of state than a policy maker. The head of the government is the Taoiseach which is basically the PM.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    fuck if I ever make a country the head of the government will be called the prumen dowekk kumquat

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    It’s Irish, they have their own language that the Brits tried to stomp out but thankfully is still here. Regardless, good luck on your new state

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    language is harder to steal than physical relics

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I dunno, English is pretty good at stealing bits of other languages.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    One of Britain's most commonly used political words is of Irish origin: Tory.

    When you look into the etymology, and consider the historical relationship between Britain and Ireland, it makes sense that that would be the one we (Britain) heard often enough to copy.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But it's more of copying, isn't it? The peoples that the British "take" words from still keep those words.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Didn't they rebuild the language from scholarly texts after declaring the Free State in 1918?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not to my knowledge. Irish never stopped being the language of daily life in parts of west Ireland and as far as I know the resurgence of the language started in the 1800’s with the Gaelic League and the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. I wouldn’t be surprised if the latter did some work on codifying certain things into a conventional framework but I’m definitely over my skis at this point.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ireland has always had a tiny population of Irish speakers some are even first language speakers

    I believe they are trying to grow it with little success? I'm sure someone with boots on the ground can tell you whats actually going on

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