I do not argue that Irish culture is based in part upon the gaelic language.If you read my post instead of firing from the hip you would notice culture played zero part in my post. Irish Culture deserves far more than a one liner.
I took issue with the following:
"Irish kids (even the "brainwashed" ones) have managed reasonably well to become bi-lingual ansd anybody knows, once you develop linguistic skills to that level, it becomes much easier to learn other languages"
The statistics give the lie to that statement.