In the USA, English is our main language, and Spanish is what I'd say is our second language. You will run into bilingual English-Spanish speakers almost anywhere you go. Most doctor's offices or government offices will have English and Spanish translation services available. I think you can even get a Spanish voting ballot in most states.
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In Ireland the main language is English, but we’ve our native language called Gaeilge (Gaelainn, Gaelic, Gaelig, Gaeilge – name changes depending the region).
Irish is a mandatory subject in primary/school to which people learn it to certain degrees. It’s spoken natively in the west and north of the island in areas called ‘An Ghaeltacht’. It’s absolutely everywhere from road signage, radio, TV – but you’d be hard pressed to find a fluent speaker in Dublin.