Oh dear oh dear oh dear! I seem to be making myself misunderstood. There is nothing wrong with learning a language - the more the merrier - but the point I'm making is that it is not necessary to learn gaelic to go to Ireland. In fact, it is a waste of time. If you were a, for instance, french speaker, it would make more sense to learn english if you were going to Ireland. English is not the language of the oppressor, it is the everyday language of the people. That is a fact. If people want to learn a dead language, then that is fine, but it is purely an academic study, nothing more. Satsifying to the intellect, maybe, but not something of any practical use.