Posted on March 14, 2008 - by John

In the name of the Fada

In the name of the Fada premiered on RTE TWO yesterday (well premiered may be a bit of an overstatement its not a bloody film). Finally an attempt at brining some interest to the Irish Language to Ireland’s bebo generation. I have to say I loved the show, it follows Des Bishop as he tries to learn Irish with the idea that he will do a gig in Irish at the end of the 11 months learning process. In order to do this he moves to Connemara’s Gaeltacht area.

Its pretty funny and very enjoyable from what I have seen, although at times, I do feel a little insulted at his jibes of the Irish language, but its all in the name of the ‘craic’. What makes it more interesting is that as he arrived in Ireland in his teens, having lived in NYC previously, he did not lean Irish in school so its a new process to him, and a somewhat rediscovery of what it means to be Irish, he also investigates why so many Irish second level students resist learning Irish so much, inferring that the Irish curriculum
may be to blame.

A show to watch out for. You can watch it online also on RTE Live.

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