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Brilliant , Jim is an inspiration for me,
I am Irish and live in Ireland , and although i am a very proud Irish man , i can sometimes forget how lucky i am to live in this beautiful magic land, go raibh maith agat a Jim 🇮🇪👍
Go raibh maith agat, a chara!
Bhi sé go maith!
Go hiontach, a chara 🙂
Lovely conversation, Aisling and Jim. Admire your passion Jim.
Glad you enjoyed it, Christine!
Absolutely beautiful interview ! I enjoyed it immensely & it is truly inspiring <3 Go raibh mile maith agaibh !
Happy you liked it, Evelyn. Thanks for your comment 🙂
Could you have a better interview! Such passion which can only be infectious. Jim reminds me of when I was 10 years old and had a passion to learn guitar – only problem – I had no guitar and was poor. I found a 2″ by 4″ scrap of wood about 18″ long and glued a page to it and drew on lines for the strings and lines for the frets. On one end I put a paper bag held on by an elastic band. This was just so I could hear some sort of rhythm as I ‘strummed’ across the ruffled bag. And I placed my fingers where they needed to go to make a chord. In this way each day I would practice songs, learning how to move from one chord to another with a beat in my head so as to keep time, as I ‘strummed’ the crumpled paper. Every 2nd week a friend of my older brother allowed me to borrow his guitar for an hour – only then I could I hear if all my practice paid off – surprisingly it did. I relate this not to make any boast but this experience on reflection helped me to see if you are passionate about learning something – you will do all sorts of things to get around any barriers. And Jim certainly did, and does that, even to the extent of creating his own Gaeltacht in his home! Great idea!
Great interview. I am just starting my journey of reuniting with my mother tongue and his passion is most encouraging – thank you Jim for sharing. Go raibh míle maith agat!
Go raibh maith agat for your lovely comment, a chara! Glad you enjoyed the interview.