Class Quote by Dolores O'Riordan

I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly.

— Johann Lamont

Gaelic football is a very Irish sport, which I played.

— Sheamus

When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I…

— Rosemary Mahoney

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

— Shane Filan

I've been canyoning, snorkelled a shipwreck, and learnt to Irish dance, all in the same week.

— Ashley Roberts

My first language is Gaelic.

— Enya

“This may come as a surprise to generations of Irish pupils, but the Irish language wasn't invented just to infuriate people forced to learn…

— Darach Ó Séaghdha

Well, I couldn't speak English before I went to Belfast. So I learned English with a Northern Irish accent.

— Katie Melua

I grew up with a very strong Irish accent.

— Dolores O'Riordan

When I do Gaelic music, I've learned about Gaelic culture; I've tried to learn the language. Whenever I do mouth music and there's Gaelic…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I made loads of English and Irish friends at university and all they wanted to do was have a good time.

— Chris de Burgh