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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]
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Gaeltacht na nDéise is one of the few Gaeltacht areas to have increased its number of daily Irish speakers in census 2016. Research into the status of the language in the area is carried out from time to time. The last such survey of the area was
The island is in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht and has a strong Irish culture. Much of the island is karst landscape and it has a wealth of ancient and medieval sites including Dún Aonghasa, described as "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe" by George Petrie. [4] The island is a civil parish of the same name. [5]
A map of the current official Gaeltacht areas in Ireland in 2021. The Gaeltacht Act 2012 (Irish: Acht na Gaeltachta 2012) is an Act of the Oireachtas of Ireland.The Act redefined the traditional Irish-speaking areas or Gaeltacht in the Republic of Ireland on linguistic criteria instead of on geographic areas which had been the position until 2012.
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
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