"And so Irish was kicked down from its perch. It was once a high-status language, with bards and monks guarding it. Now it was the language of the poor. Even Irish speakers, if they had the most rudimentary English, would sometimes choose never to speak Irish to their children."
Nous devons protéger notre langue.
Michael Brendan Dougherty: My Father's Language - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/michael-brendan-dougherty-my-fathers-language/588349/