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Official Gaeltacht regions in Ireland. A Gaeltacht (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l t ə x t / GAYL-təkht, Irish: [ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠəxt̪ˠ], 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. [1]
This category brings together the places in which the Irish language was still spoken as the main language when Gaeltachts were created. These places are known collectively as the Gaeltacht . Subcategories
The name "Inishmore" was "apparently concocted by the Ordnance Survey for its map of 1839" as an Anglicization of Inis Mór ('big island'), as there is no evidence of its use before then. [ 7 ] Because the island is in the Gaeltacht , Árainn is the only legal placename in Irish or English as declared in the Official Languages Act 2003 .
Until a few centuries ago, the Gàidhealtachd would have included much of modern-day Scotland north of the Firth of Forth and Galloway (up until the 18th century, and maybe later), excepting the Northern Isles, as evidenced by the prevalence of Gaelic-derived place names throughout most of Scotland and contemporary accounts.
Ireland is an unincorporated community in Coryell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 60 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area .
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Location map of the Iveragh Peninsula. The Iveragh Peninsula (Irish: Uíbh Ráthach) is located in County Kerry in Ireland. It is the largest peninsula in southwestern Ireland. A mountain range, the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, lies in the centre of the peninsula. Carrauntoohil, its highest mountain, is also the highest peak in Ireland.