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The Gaels arrived in Ireland, from Spain according to myths. They were the Celtic people of Ireland. They later conquered Scotland and the Isle of Man. People in those countries, especially in Ireland, would still consider themselves to be Gaels.
They founded the Kingdom of Dál Riada (present day N. Ireland and NW Scotland).
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DNA research has indicated that there is truth to the Spanish origin: the Irish are genetically close to the the Basques. On the other hand, the findings of Santos Alonso et al indicate that there was no genetic link between Basques and Celtic populations beyond that provided by the Paleolithic ancestry common to European populations.
One view: Central Europe in the fifth century B.C.
Another view: While Central Europe is the textbook answer, there is now a theory that the Celtic languages may have originated in Portugal and moved east. Check out the Lusitanian language.
The language of Celtic Central Europe was not Gaelic. It resembled Welsh.
Another view: The modern Goidelic (Gaelic) languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx) all descend from Old Irish. All three Gaelic languages thus originate from Ireland, where Old Irish was spoken in the first millennium (having developed from earlier forms of the language).
In short: Nowhere.
In Scotland you can find Scottish Gaelic and in Ireland we speak Irish (commonly and wrongly referred to as Gaelic).
The confusion with the mis-naming of the Irish language is from the fact that the Irish name of the language is Gaeilge. Both are Indo-European languages from the Celtic branches that evolved from same.
Source: Is Gaeilgeoir mise féin/ I myself am a native Irish speaker.
Gaelic is widely spoken in the Hebrides/or Western Isles of Scotland. School children are taught in Gaelic medium - ie all lessons are now taught (history,geography maths etc) in Gaelic rather than in English. Go to the beautiful isles of Eriskay, Barra and the Uists to hear it.
Scottish Gaelic evolved from Irish Gaelic spoken by Irish clans who moved to Scotland from Ireland.
The Scottish Gaelic and Irish languages only came to England with Scottish Highlanders and Irish who spoke it. They are minority languages in England.
Scottish Gaelic: Scotland
Irish Gaelic: Ireland
Manx Gaelic: Isle of Man
Ireland
Gaelic is spoken is Scotland. [Gaeilge is spoken in parts of Ireland].
No... Gaelic is not even spoken across the whole of the UK (the UK being more than one country). Gaelic is pokemm in Ireland and Scotland.
Gaeilge
Variations of Gaelic are spoken in both countries, though English is the main language in both countries. Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are similar, but different. Within each country there would also be regional dialects.
Gaelic and English
No. They are completely different languages. Galician is a language spoken in Spain. Gaelic is spoken in Ireland and Scotland.
Gaelic is a language often spoken in the highlands of Scotland.
Yes. It is still spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man as well as in the countries to which Gaelic speakers have emigrated. BTW, 'Gaelic' is subdivided into three distinct languages; there is no single Gaelic language.
AnswerThe Celts originated somewhere in France and the different languages sprung from their language. Gaeilge is what is spoken in Ireland, Scots Gaelic is spoken in Scotland and Welsh is spoken in Wales.
AnswerThe Celts originated somewhere in France and the different languages sprung from their language. Gaeilge is what is spoken in Ireland, Scots Gaelic is spoken in Scotland and Welsh is spoken in Wales.
Both in Galloway in Scotland and Galway in Ireland, which you could mean, English is the main language spoken. Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are also spoken in those respective areas.
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