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As of the 2022 census, English is the family and community language in the majority of the 156 Electoral Divisions of the Gaeltacht. The percentage of respondents who said they spoke Irish daily outside the education system in the 2011 census. The Gaeltacht districts have historically suffered from mass emigration. [21]
Gweedore (/ ɡ w iː ˈ d ɔːr / gwee-DOR; officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair [ˌɡiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ]) [1] is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district and parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland.
Ráth Chairn (anglicised as Rathcairn or Rathcarran) [1] is a small village and Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in County Meath, Ireland. [2] It is about 55 km northwest of Dublin . Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht was founded in 1935 when 27 families from Connemara , mostly from Ceantar na nOileán , were settled on land previously acquired by the Irish ...
The western end of the peninsula is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) that has produced and heavily influenced a number of storytellers, poets, and writers highly important to Modern literature in Irish; Piaras Feiritéar, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, Cáit Feiritéar, and Peig Sayers among others.
Baile Ghib (anglicised as Gibbstown or Gibstown) [1] is a small village and Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in County Meath, Ireland. It is about 70km northwest of Dublin city . Local Link bus route 186 was introduced in October 2024 and links the area several times daily to Kells and other villages in Meath & Cavan.
Kilrush (Irish: Cill Rois, meaning 'Church of the Woods') is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish [2] and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. Kilrush is one of the listed Heritage Towns of Ireland.
Údarás na Gaeltachta (Irish pronunciation: [ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠaːsˠ n̪ˠə ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠəxt̪ˠə]; meaning "Gaeltacht Authority"), abbreviated UnaG, is a regional state agency which is responsible for the economic, social and cultural development of Irish-speaking regions of Ireland. Its stated purpose is to strengthen the Gaeltacht ...
Connemara (/ ˌ k ɒ n ɪ ˈ m ɑːr ə / KON-ih-MAR-ə; Irish: Conamara [ˌkʊnˠəˈmˠaɾˠə]) [1] is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish -speaking Gaeltacht , which is a key part of the ...