Teenagers are taking an interest in the Irish language as TikTok stars across the country are using their platform the promote our native tongue. The primary school teacher said he thinks younger people are more engaged with the language than they used to be, as there has been a great reaction to his ‘What is the Irish for?’ videos. He knew he wanted to learn the Irish language as soon as he arrived, and began posting about his journey on TikTok under the username ‘cedrusk’, as well as some other interesting facts about languages in general. "I moved to Ireland three years ago and I started wanting to learn Irish right away,” he said. None of my co-workers speak Irish.”Despite some people telling him to tone down his accent, he said the feedback to his TikTok videos “has been great”.

Source: Irish Independent March 14, 2022 03:55 UTC