10 Facts About Gaeltacht

The Gaeltacht districts were first officially recognised during the 1920s in the early years of the Irish Free State, following the Gaelic Revival, as part of a government policy aimed at restoring the Irish language.

Gaeltacht areas were recognised in seven of the state's 26 counties.

Gaeltacht boundaries have not officially been altered since then, apart from minor changes.

The study added that a significant number of Gaeltacht schools had switched to teaching in English, and others were wavering.

Critics drew attention to Section 7 of the Bill, which stated that all areas "currently within the Gaeltacht" would maintain their current Gaeltacht status, regardless of whether Irish was used.

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The report said that Irish in the Gaeltacht was now at its most fragile and that the State could not expect that Irish would survive as a community language if the State kept forcing the use of English on Gaeltacht communities.

Meath Gaeltacht is the smallest Gaeltacht area and consists of the two villages of Rath Cairn and Baile Ghib.

Meath Gaeltacht has a history quite different from that of the country's other Irish speaking regions.

The Rath Cairn Gaeltacht was founded in 1935 when 41 families from Connemara in West Galway were resettled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission.

Permanent North American Gaeltacht is an area in Tamworth, Ontario in Canada.