Handwriting Gaelic to English please

[dublin1850]

The Queen started her speech with a few words in what we in Ireland would call Irish (in the English language) or Gaeilge (in the Irish language).

People outside Ireland might call it Irish Gaelic, to distinguish it from Scots Gaelic.
The Irish language within Ireland is not usually referred to as 'Gaelic'.

[RedMystic]

Thanks for the clarification dublin1850. Fascinating things one learns.

[dublin1850]

Her Majesty's pronunciation was pretty good too. A hugely appreciated gesture in a truly historic visit.

[Kerryman]

Her Majesty's pronunciation was pretty good too. A hugely appreciated gesture in a truly historic visit.

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HM opened her address with just a few words of Irish, 'A Uachtarain, a chairde' roughly 'President, friends.'
As Dub 1850 said it was a hugely appreciated gesture. Great visit, pity security was so tight. Dublin was brought to a halt traffic wise for hours on end, almost no complaint. 99.999999% of the people wished her a great visit and were quite content to be a bit discommoded. Sadly a protest by about 30 hooligans got too much media attention, ironically they were wearing Liverpool and Manchester United football jerseys

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[Dulaigh]

Precision:- Not exactly as the English Bible versions are slightly different. Consider "Yet HAVE I NOT SEEN the rightous forsaken nor his seed begging bread" versus "Yet I HAVE NOT SEEN the rightous forsaken or their children begging bread." Still, the wisdom of years can assimilate these discrepancies. Bread=Aran can replace gcoda. Harking back the Chan was also used in Irish. You could show the written copy to the Isles people who may recognise local vernacular.

[RedMystic]

Hi all. I was working on tying up a few loose ends. I checked back to this thread and noted that I hadn't added a closing thank you for all your help. Hopefully better late than never, please know that  your efforts & insights are very much appreciated.