Gaeltacht
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A Gaeltacht is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The Gae
An Ghaeltacht 1926; areas of the island of Ireland which would have qualified for Gaeltacht status according to the first Coimisiún na Gaeltachta
Traffic sign, meaning "Give Way" or "Yield", in Ring, County Waterford
Traffic sign, meaning "Stop"
An Ghaeltacht 2007, zones within Category A
Irish language
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Irish, also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language within the Indo-European language family native to the Irish people and indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the first l
Gaeltacht
…GAYL-təkht, Irish: , pl. Gaeltachtaí) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The Gaeltacht districts were first officially recognised during the 1920s in the early years…
The distribution of the Irish language in 1871
Bilingual sign in Grafton Street, Dublin
Bilingual road signs in Creggs, County Galway
A sign for the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland, in English, Irish and Ulster Scots