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Irish Survey - Google Forms

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What year are you in school ?

Second

38

25%

Third

25

17%

Transition

22

15%

Fifth

41

27%

Sixth

24

16%

Rate your level of Irish

Excellent

15

10%

Good

61

41%

Fair

53

35%

Poor

21

14%

In general how do you feel towards the Irish language ?

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Very positive

27

18%

Positive

62

42%

Neutral / Don't know

47

32%

Negative

12

8%

How important is the Irish language to your identity ?

Very

33

22%

Somewhat

45

30%

Neutral

34

23%

Not very

24

16%

Not at all

14

9%

Rate your ability to speak Irish

The odd word

10

7%

A few simple sentences

21

14%

Parts of conversation

60

40%

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Most conversations
Native speaker ability

50

33%

6%

How frequently would you say you use Irish outside of class time and school
i.e. listen and speak

Daily

12

8%

Weekly

22

15%

Occasionally

35

23%

Rarely

57

38%

Never

23

15%

How frequently do you use Irish at home.

Daily

17

11%

Weekly

14

9%

Occasionally

28

19%

Rarely

47

32%

Never

43

29%

How often do you read Irish

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Daily

14

9%

A few times a week

45

30%

Less often

49

33%

Never

40

27%

How would you rate the usefulness of the Irish language in daily life.

Extremely useful

3%

Very useful

37

25%

Don't know

69

46%

Not useful

40

27%

If the Gaeltacht dies out,the language will die out also.

Agree

80

53%

No opinion

52

35%

Disagree

18

12%

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Irish is a dead language.

Agree

27

18%

No opinion

47

32%

Disagree

75

50%

Irish is a dead language

Agree

27

19%

No opinion

44

30%

Disagree

74

51%

Most people see all things associated with the Gaeltacht as old fashioned

Agree

62

42%

No opinion

48

32%

Disagree

39

26%

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Any attempts to revive the language are bound to fail

Agree

16

11%

No opinion

52

35%

Disagree

80

54%

Would you attend an Irish language activity in school ?

Yes

55

37%

No

35

23%

Maybe

60

40%

What do you think the main reason people wouldn't attend an Irish language
activity in the school ?

Find such activities boring

54

36%

Don't speak Irish well enough

56

37%

Don't have enough time

16

11%

5%

16

11%

Don't like people associated with Irish speaking activities

Other

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Number of daily responses

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