Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With all due respect, I am an Irish speaker living in the Gaeltacht. My family are Irish-speaking. It is our language. We are living the dream, as they say. In all other aspects of life I do not see myself immersed in something that everyone else is as well. People in Kilkenny are immersed in hurling. What is more native than that? People in Clare are into music. I still find this very nebulous. The big difference between a Gaeltacht and somewhere that is very dúchasach in all sorts of other ways is the language. I do not get the idea that I would immerse myself in something else that half the country is immersing themselves in anyway. Look at Kilmacud Crokes. They have two county championships in their culture.