爱尔兰那么恨英国为什么不像其他独立的殖民地比如印度阿尔及利亚越南去英语全面恢复爱尔兰语？
在英国最强势的非英语是威尔士语，爱尔兰人在独立运动中渡海来到威尔士，发现同样是殖民地，怎么你们语言保存的这么好，我们爱尔兰人都不会说本土语言了。我们要向威尔士人学习，复兴本土语言。
当然原因我猜是爱尔兰说盖尔语的人非常少，不像威尔士本来就是凯尔特人在英伦三岛上的大本营，本土文化一直到工业革命后，工厂开进威尔士，以及英国推广义务教育前普及率都非常高。
具体可以参考下面这篇文章：
Celts divided by more than the Irish SeaAt the very moment that this shared Celtic identity was gaining acceptance on both sides of the Irish Sea, Irish cultural nationalists became increasingly aware of a major difference between the two nations when it came to the strength of their indigenous languages. As the number of people who spoke Irish declined dramatically, the Welsh language appeared to be in rude health. The number of Welsh speakers doubled during the 19th century, with 910,289 Welsh speakers recorded in the census of 1891. Naturally, those who were interested in preserving the Irish language looked to Wales for motivation and ideas.
During the Gaelic revival at the turn of the 20th century, the Welsh were held up as role models for the Irish to aspire to. In 1896, Eoin MacNeill declared that the Gaelic League wanted to do for Irish “what has been done for the Welsh language. We wish to make it a leading element in our national life and in our national culture . . . to create and foster the spirit of self-respect and self-reliance. All this has been done in Wales, why not then in Ireland?”.
至于为什么没有复兴成功，大概是应用场景太少了。随着工业革命，英格兰人来威尔士开工厂，威尔士人出去打工，原本强势的威尔士语也是越来越衰退的。现在的威尔士还是有母语是威尔士语的人，我甚至遇到过带着浓厚口音，名字也和其他英国人明显不一样的威尔士人。据她说，她们那个城市/镇所有人都是说威尔士语的，日常没人说英语。
但是，我看过几个英国威尔士演员的访谈，威尔士语在威尔士现在使用的越来越少了，即使在全威尔士人的城镇，大家也会默认说英语。哪怕交谈的两个人都是本地人，但是就怕对方其实不是本地人，而是从英格兰过来的，说了威尔士语对方就听不懂了。这个最强势的凯尔特语现在也是命运堪忧的。
