Gaelic was the mother tongue of both of my parents. Until his death when I was six my grandfather lived with us and, although he was fluent in English, he would speak to me in Gaelic, so that I would learn it. After his death I had lost and forgotten much of what I had learned. As an adult I am trying to re-learn what I have lost. I live in a part of the world (Cape Breton Island) where there still dwell fluent Gaelic speakers. Therefore I will not sing phonetically but only if I understand and comprehend every word because people know the difference. The phonics of Gaelic are much different than English and the written word is full of a different lenition. All that being said I almost always sing in English.