Gaelic tongue slipping despite Irish drive

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Gaelic tongue slipping despite Irish drive
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfyDpHRG_mzMAGMpdm9TFlkg4Mlw
"The number of Irish people who claim to speak Gaelic is still slipping despite a major drive to revive the traditional language, according to figures released Thursday."

Use of spoken Irish declines - CSO
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/1004/breaking47.htm
"The number of people able to speak Irish has shown a slight decline since 2002, according to census figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today."

Irish speakers top 1.6 million
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=191789180&p=y9y78976x&n=191789789
"More than 1.6 million people claim to be able to speak Irish but most of them never use it, new research revealed today."

Most who can - don't talk Irish
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/most-who-can--dont-talk-irish-1115812.html
"The majority of Irish people who can speak Irish do not use it on a daily basis."