Amid a boom in Irish culture across music, literature, film and fashion, the Irish language – Gaeilge – is also experiencing a revival. And yet many Ukrainians are of course learning and studying Irish – along with significant numbers of Poles and Latvians. Early Irish literature is among the oldest vernacular literature in western Europe. As a spoken language, Irish predates English by a millennium. There are dozens of words for penis in Irish, including bliúcán (a wild carrot).