Culture Quote by 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

The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get…

— Lady Gregory

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

— Rhiannon Giddens

My first language is Gaelic.

— Enya

I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.

— Eddi Reader

When you get to speak Irish, you become more at one with yourself, you kind of have a spark when you use it, and…

— Glenn Quinn

I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.

— Robin Williams

I grew up with a very strong Irish accent.

— Dolores O'Riordan

I think I've got an Irish sensibility for language - I like how people talk. I'm not saying I've got it, but I'm obsessed…

— Roisin Conaty

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

— Barry Keoghan

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that…

— Saoirse Ronan

Inherently in us as Irish people, wherever you are in the world, when you hear an Irish accent, it's like a moth to a…

— Jessie Buckley