Do I need to learn the irish language to travel there?
If you stay within large cities of Ireland or Northern Ireland, such as Dublin, Irish is optional, and you can use English there. However, in small towns and villages, you may need to learn at least a high-school level of Irish if you don’t want to be excluded (cut out) by those Irish people. Basically, regardless of the level of difficulty, it is not impossible for anyone to learn a new language, either by another person who teaches you or by self-learning. But one thing for sure is you really need three things that are essential for learning another language: adequate and appropriate learning resources, understanding of the way you learn, and passion of learning. When you learn a language, two things you can’t do without are books and audio-visual media. Books can teach you mostly on written text, including pronunciation guide in purely written text, while audio-visual media, including DVDs, CD-ROMs, and DVD-ROMs, teach you mostly in oral language, including pronunciation, and not mu
