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Learning Irish as a second language: 'I'm making friends all over the world'

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Rusty and David, who are both originally from the United States, are sitting exams after studying Irish as a second language

Two American men who are learning Irish as a second language say they are making friends all over Ireland and the US.

"I had some Italian and I had some French and I thought, 'Ah sure it's just another Germanic language'."But really you've kind of got to dive into it."David who is from Minnesota has traveled to Galway for his exam."I didn't have a lot going on and we had planned a trip to Ireland and I thought, 'I'll learn a cúpla focal before we go'.

"I thought, 'I'm retired now, this can be my hobby' - and it's turned into exactly that and much more so.

 

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