Day 2: Tuesday February 18th. 10922 steps
Ireland has two official languages. Irish and English. The Irish language is also referred to as Gaelic and is part of the Celtic language family. If you take the bus, Luas (tram) or DART (train), you will hear a woman’s voice announcing the stops in both languages. Walking around in Dublin, you will notice all signs have both languages. As a tourist or a non-native Irish speaker, you will easily find your way around the city.
Here are some Irish phrases with the English translation so you can see the difference between the two languages.
‘Céad míle fáilte’ means ‘a hundred thousand welcomes’ and ‘sláinte’ (prononciation: slawn che) translates to ‘health’ but it means ‘cheers’.
Yesterday was our second day in Dublin and we visited the Guinness Enterprise Centre and Aviva Stadium. At the GEC, we listened to Ronan and Alicia. They explained the start up ecosystem and how they help people get their businesses off the ground.
At the Aviva Stadium, we were guided by Rala. He showed us around the Stadium and told us fun facts about Dublin, football and rugby.
In my opinion English with an Irish accent is not that hard to understand. If you happen to ask an Irish person to repeat what they said, they will gladly do it.
F.Y.I. So far I haven’t heard any Irishman say ‘Top o’ the morning to ya’.
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