MartinRyan, it is not at all bleeding obvious; but even if it is, it is still English. Why do people learn Irish when it would be more productive to learn French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, anything but bloody pointless Irish? I am quite aware of other cultures but it seems to me that if you go into any household in Ireland then the language that they will be speaking will be English. To try and comunicate in Gaelic will probablly be received with blank stares and in fact would be considered the height of rudeness. As my name states, I am only stating the bleeding obvious.