Language/Irish/Culture/Interesting-aspects-of-the-Irish-language

No formal form

Many Latin-based language speakers have told me "Anyway, in English you are informal with everyone with the word "you", you have no formal address". Wrong. You is the formal address. We no longer use the informal.
In Irish, on the other hand, there is no formal:
Rinne tú - you made (informal or formal)
Rinne sibh - You guys made (plural informal or formal)
Maybe would this explain the Irish disregard for authority, and not respecting the English planters? :D

There also doesn't seem to be, to my knowledge, different registers of language (except for common and slang). This is in sharp contrast to languages like French which has up to 6 registers, or more.

Small country, many dialects

Ireland as an island covers 84,421 km2 (74 thousand in the republic). And yet there are some 5 more or less distinct dialects in the Irish language (of which 3 main ones), each with their peculiarities. Some people in the government are pushing for a "standard". Others think that the standard should be their dialect.

Romance

Irish lovers are not possessive

At least in theory.
The common way to say "it/he/she is mine" coincides identically with "it/he/she is with me": tá sé/sí liom.
Similarly, "be mine" and "be with me", are said the same way: Bí liom
So, in the Clannad song Fairwell love, the line "Má bhíonn tú liom, bí liom" can be translate in 4 ways:
If you are mine, then be with me
If you are with me, then be mine
If you are with me, then be with me
If you are mine, then be mine
There are, however, other ways to express possession and ownership in Irish. See my lesson on Modals for more information.

Original endearments

a stór = Treasure
mo chuisle (mo chroí) = Pulse (of my heart)
You can see them presented and pronounced in this video.