Gaeltacht

emerged as a powerful force Technically, it is inaccurate to call the Armstrongs a “clan,” a designation reserved for Gaels from the Gaeltacht, that is, Highlanders, with a recognized chieftain-based dynasty thought to be descended from the heroes of the Celtic past and with customs and traditions of governance, law, and society all of their own.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

emerged as a powerful force Technically, it is inaccurate to call the Armstrongs a “clan,” a designation reserved for Gaels from the Gaeltacht, that is, Highlanders, with a recognized chieftain-based dynasty thought to be descended from the heroes of the Celtic past and with customs and traditions of governance, law, and society all of their own.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

emerged as a powerful force Technically, it is inaccurate to call the Armstrongs a “clan,” a designation reserved for Gaels from the Gaeltacht, that is, Highlanders, with a recognized chieftain-based dynasty thought to be descended from the heroes of the Celtic past and with customs and traditions of governance, law, and society all of their own.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

emerged as a powerful force Technically, it is inaccurate to call the Armstrongs a “clan,” a designation reserved for Gaels from the Gaeltacht, that is, Highlanders, with a recognized chieftain-based dynasty thought to be descended from the heroes of the Celtic past and with customs and traditions of governance, law, and society all of their own.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

It is not permitted to set up a Gaelscoil in the 'Gaeltacht' by the way.

Slugger O'Toole 2009

It is not permitted to set up a Gaelscoil in the 'Gaeltacht' by the way.

Slugger O'Toole 2009

Further east along the coastline is the pretty fishing village of Baltimore—far removed from the urban landscape of its American counterpart—from where you can reach the scenic Gaeltacht Irish speaking island of Cape Clear.

A Luring Wild Otherworldliness John Crowley 2011

But this is the land of the clans, of the Clearances, the land of the ever-diminishing Gaeltacht.

A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010

He also learned Irish in prison and, after his release in 1946, he spent some time in the Gaeltacht areas of Galway and Kerry, where he started writing poetry in Irish.

brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008

Anyway, if you yearn on your computer to hear this mellifluous tongue, check our Radia na Gaeltacht, which, when Irish is not being spoken, has some of the coolest and hippest music, outshining any college or ‘progressive’ radio station, check out:

Ireland’s Language Remains on Life Support - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009