Im Irish, and as I type this, im listening to the dvd on my laptop
There are no spoken Irish words (why do Americans always say "gaelic" when they are speaking about the Irish language - its "Irish" not "gaelic"!)
The movie is... the girl saying:
I cant afford to lose finn, sure 130 thousand is plenty - slainte
Jackie says:
Come on now, we're almost at the top, we can sleep it off later like the rest of them...
Shall we all have a drink...
Here morris, take a drink and remember the man
Raise your spirits to the sky, raise them to Ned Devine... etc...
Then they all say "to ned"
And singing starts, there is no speaking in Irish...?
Unless my version of the movie is different to everyone else's?
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sophiatwoK
16 years ago
Not in the film, but on the soundtrack's final version of that song, there IS some Irish talk, spoken by a beautiful soft male voice. (I switched on the 'Repeat One' playmode on my player - this is the song that keeps me goin' today...)
I did some research, some say the words come from a poem called Forever in your debt.
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brendacomeaux
16 years ago
I am an Irish American and you should know, Gaelic is a language spoken in parts of Ireland and Western Scotland. So by definition, it is an Irish language, though its' use is rare due the widespread use of English.
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DTWD
16 years ago
It's on the soundtrack, about 2:15.5 in. I always thought it was part of the song, but maybe not. It's certainly not on any of the lyrics found on the internet.
Regards
Paul
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McVillen
12 years ago
Good prayers to those who blew the wind
And all those who steered the ship
We brought it in against the beach
thanks until the day of my death.
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megArnold
11 years ago
FWIW, not entirely correct. "Gaelic" is a language family comprising the Irish language, the Manx language (once spoken on the Isle of Man) and Scottish Gaelic language.
If you say "Gaelic" colloquially you mean Scottish Gaelic (in order to distinguish it from Scots), while the Irish language is just called "Irish" and the Manx language is just called "Manx", as there can't be any confusion about what is meant.
Calling the Irish language "Gaelic" means the same as calling the English language "Germanic". It is correct in a certain sense, but not here.
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