Top ten Irish hotties - our list of the most beautiful Irish people - PHOTOS

frankly, this is not a very inspiring group of women to be a countries best.

ó mo Dhia, cad é mar a déarfá "pedantic" as Gaeilge? ;)

Any Irish person, not just those who hate Irish, will call the language Gaelic. Only idiots who know Iirsh from school and have no culture in it outside of education hate the term Gaelic. Hiberno English, as in the Irish way of speaking English has no official status, though Ulster Scots does in the North of Ireland. English is the official second language, and there are more Polish and Chinese speakers in Ireland than Gaelic speakers. When used as the Irish language, its short for the Irish Gaelic language. It itself is a combination of three distinct dialects, that if Slavic would be considered seperate languages themselves. There is more difference between Munster, Connaught and Ulster Irish than between Czech, Moravian and Slovak, and they form what is called in linguistic sectors as a Language Continium... where languages A and C are understood by speakers of B, but A and C cant understand each other fully. Germanic examples would be Friesen - Dutch - Pflatz - Allemannic - High German. Official Irish is a hybrid of the three dialects, and to purists makes no sense in either dialect. Thought in schools in a read - write - speak format, the focus is on exams. They way its taught, and its lack of relevance outside of school is the reason for hatred of it. Many including myself learned a love of it only after school, and the Gaelscoileanna are brining a speak - read - write format for students and are gaining rapid ground, shaming the state as they are voluntary establishments.

I have been to ireland a lot of times. I was in a Taxi and the driver was telling us his children go to school and they have the language in a class . I'm trying to think of what it was but used a lot in the Aran Islands. I don't think it was called Gaelic

I think posters who are attacking ciaran1433 are missing a subtety of Irish discourse. We can see that in gaelphoncan--he hasn't lived long enough in Ireland to understand this stuff. That is that Irish people who hate the Irish language usually call it "Gaelic". Perhaps their motive is to deny that it is in fact the IRISH language. They often tell us that English (or more absurdly "Hiberno-English") is the true Irish language. Reecently some have even been telling us that the alternative Irish/English language is actually Polish! Now I don't think ciaran1433 is accusing Malone of hating the Irish language, he is simply alerting him to the fact that his choice of words is unfortunate. And inaccurate, since there are three Gaelic languages.

A Chiaráin, a mhac bán, ná bí chomh saoithíneach sin. I've often heard the Irish in Britain and Irish-Australians refer to teanga bhinn na nGael as 'Gaelic'. I also know lots of nationalists from the Six Counties and even native Irish speakers from the Donegal Gaeltacht who refer to the language in English as 'Gaelic' (which should be no surprise as 'Gaeilic' or 'Gaeilg' are the most common Ulster dialect forms for the name of the language in Irish). Is cuma liom féin cibé acu 'Irish', 'Gaelic', 'Gaeilge', 'Gaeilic' nó 'Gaoluinn' a thugtar ar an teanga seo againne, a fhad is a labhraítear í!

i have to disagree with most of these choices - you can't call them top 10 hotties and then pick them men that you did!!!

@Ciaran1433, Cad chuige a bhfuil an t-ainm "Gaelic League" i mBearla ar "An Conradh na Gaeilge"? (Why is the Gaelic League the English name for the Conradh na Gaeilge?) I think we all know what the writer meant and you are needlessly rude. Kindest Regards, An Irish American...... agus atá Gaeilge agam. Agus tusa?

@ciaran1433 ... was it really necessary to be so mean in your comment? your type give us a bad name.

Irish language, also called Erse, or Gaelic, Irish Gaeilge, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts.

Message for Bernie Malone. I notice you've described Des Bishop as being fluent in Gaelic. Can you please help me out and tell me what language that would be? I'm guessing you're Irish American because this is so very typical for them to describe the Irish language as Gaelic. I suggest you take a trip to Ireland and see how far your description of the language as Gaelic gets you.

Is this list for those currently living only? Then I have less of an opinion. But if you want to list the most beautiful people of Irish descent all-time, then there is no contest. For males; Jim Morrison of The Doors. For females: Gene Tierney, famed Hollywood actress. Thanks Ireland!