Gaelic
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Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels
", including language and culture. As a noun, it may refer to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually.
When referring to Irish Gaelic or Manx Gaelic, it is usually pronounced ˈ. In Scotland, "Gaelic" is usually pronounced ˈ or ˈ; ˈɡalɪk in Scots and Scottish English.
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
", including language and culture. As a noun, it may refer to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually.
Gaelic languages
- Goidelic languagesGoidelic languagesThe Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages are one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, the other consisting of the Brythonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland through the Isle of Man to the north of Scotland...
or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Celtic languages; they include:- Irish languageIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
- Manx languageManx languageManx , also known as Manx Gaelic, and as the Manks language, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, historically spoken by the Manx people. Only a small minority of the Island's population is fluent in the language, but a larger minority has some knowledge of it...
( or ) - Scottish Gaelic , sometimes called in Scots and English
- Irish language
When referring to Irish Gaelic or Manx Gaelic, it is usually pronounced ˈ. In Scotland, "Gaelic" is usually pronounced ˈ or ˈ; ˈɡalɪk in Scots and Scottish English.
Gaelic culture and history
- GaelsGaelsThe Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
, the Gaelic peoples; the ethno-linguistic group traditionally predominant in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, and the Isle of Man - Gaelic IrelandGaelic IrelandGaelic Ireland is the name given to the period when a Gaelic political order existed in Ireland. The order continued to exist after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans until about 1607 AD...
, the history of the Gaelic people of Ireland - Gaelic-Norse, a people of combined Gaelic-Scandinavian culture influential in the Middle Ages
- Gaelic gamesGaelic gamesGaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
, traditional sports played in Ireland, notably Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, Hurling, and Rounders- Gaelic footballGaelic footballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
, an Irish version of football - Gaelic handballGaelic handballGaelic handball is a sport similar to Basque pelota, racquetball, squash and American handball . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...
, an Irish version of handball
- Gaelic football
- Gaelic revivalGaelic RevivalThe Gaelic revival was the late-nineteenth-century national revival of interest in the Irish language and Irish Gaelic culture...
, a movement in the late 19th century to encourage both the use of Irish Gaelic in Ireland and the revival of older Irish cultural practices - Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland
See also
- Differences between Scottish Gaelic and IrishDifferences between Scottish Gaelic and IrishScottish Gaelic is closely related to Irish. Most dialects are not immediately mutually comprehensible, though many individual words and phrases are, and speakers of the two languages can rapidly develop mutual intelligibility....
- Galicia (disambiguation)