Gaeltacht regions of Ireland

E43121
Irish-speaking area cultural region linguistic region

The Gaeltacht regions of Ireland are designated areas, primarily along the western seaboard, where Irish (Gaeilge) is preserved and promoted as the community’s daily spoken language and a core element of cultural identity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Gaeltacht regions 4
Gaeltacht regions of Ireland canonical 3
Gaeltacht areas 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish-speaking area ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
linguistic region ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media ⓘ
Údarás na Gaeltachta ⓘ
contains Gaeltacht of Cork ⓘ
Donegal ⓘ
surface form: Gaeltacht of Donegal

County Galway ⓘ
surface form: Gaeltacht of Galway

Gaeltacht of Kerry ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ
surface form: Gaeltacht of Mayo

Gaeltacht of Meath ⓘ
Gaeltacht of Waterford ⓘ
coreFeature Irish as community’s daily spoken language ⓘ
strong Irish cultural identity ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
culturalActivities Irish dance ⓘ
Irish-language literature ⓘ
sean-nós singing ⓘ
traditional Irish music ⓘ
demographicTrend decline in daily Irish speakers in some areas ⓘ
designationBegan 1920s ⓘ
educationPolicy Irish-medium education is prioritised ⓘ
hasType island communities ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
includes Aran Islands Gaeltacht ⓘ
Connemara Gaeltacht ⓘ
Donegal Gaeltacht ⓘ
Gaeltacht of Kerry ⓘ
surface form: Kerry Gaeltacht

Múscraí Gaeltacht ⓘ
Ring Gaeltacht ⓘ
Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht ⓘ
languageVarieties Connacht Irish ⓘ
Munster Irish ⓘ
Ulster Irish ⓘ
legalStatus designated under Irish law ⓘ
locatedAlong western seaboard of Ireland ⓘ
nativeName na Gaeltachtaí ⓘ
officialLanguage Irish language ⓘ
policyResponse Gaeltacht regions of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas
purpose preservation of the Irish language ⓘ
promotion of Irish as a community language ⓘ
relatedTo 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010–2030 ⓘ
Official Languages Act 2003 ⓘ
supportedBy Irish government language policy ⓘ
tourismRole cultural tourism destination ⓘ
destination for Irish-language summer courses ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modern Irish → spokenIn → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
Pól → hasPopularityRegion → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
Irish language → hasRegion → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht regions
Gaelic Ireland → legacy → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht regions
Gaeltacht regions of Ireland → policyResponse → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas
Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland → officialLanguageStatus → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
subject surface form: Tourmakeady
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht
Connacht Irish → usedIn → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht communities
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht → responsibleFor → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht regions
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht → focusesOn → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht areas
na Gaeltachtaí → alsoKnownAs → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Gaeltacht regions
Official Languages Act 2003 → focusArea → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht regions
Gaeltacht of Cork → associatedWith → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Múscraí cultural region
Ring (An Rinn) → partOf → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
West Cork → knownFor → Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeltacht areas