antispy

thank you!!!

-trish-

I'm sure you can gather from my comment that I am Irish, but if you were to write the other side to your argument there is a quote by Oscar Wilde "The English took our land and left it desolate, we took their language and made it beautiful"

-trish-

i think you need to consider writing a more balanced analysis. If you are commenting on modern Irish living, both rural and urban you may need to look into your sources of information on the description of urban contemporary living. You speak about religious influence as though it were fact, "The Churches have more power in the government of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland" - do you have any information to back this up? "Divorce, re-marriage of divorcees, contraception and abortion are not part of society like they are in England". I would like to know the source of this information, granted abortion is not legal in Ireland but by no means is contraception (or divorce for that matter) not a part of Irish society. What do you mean by "Even the English spoken in Ireland is different to the English spoken in England"? There are different dialects of the same language in many countries, Spain being a good example, also in England you have cockney rhyming slang which is specific to an area in England and is not widely spoken across the entire country. When you mention about the Irish way of speaking "There is more imagery and richness - or so the Irish claim". This does not represent a balanced argument and sounds condescending. Sorry for being so critical but the wording of this document comes across as though it is factual when you don't actually have anything to back up your points and many are just stereotypical generalisations.