Gaelic

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.

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Manx English - Modern Anglo-Manx Lexicon
... The task of identifying dialectical usage is complicated by the large cross-over between Manx Gaelic, idiomatic usage and technical/organisational terms ... At – In possession of (from Gaelic usage) ... He's got a nice house at him (from Gaelic description of possession) Aye – Yes Boy – Common address from one male to another, originally an unmarried male (from Gaelic usage).Hey,Boy! is a ...
Clan Armstrong - Gaelic
... It is unknown if any of the early Armstrongs spoke Gaelic, but the language persisted in Galloway, Carrick and the Western Borders well into the seventeenth century ... The Armstrong name is sometimes rendered in Gaelic as follows MacGhillielàidir (Surname) Clann 'icGhillelàidir (Collective) These Gaelic names ... However, Armstrong has been historically associated with the Ulster Gaelic name, Mac Tréan-Labhraidh, a branch of the Ó Labhradha family ...
Medieval Gaels - History - Today
... The two comparatively 'major' Gaelic nations in the modern era are Ireland (which in the 2002 census had 185,838 people who spoke Irish "daily" and 1,570,894 who were "able" to speak it) and ... However, a large proportion of the Gaelic speaking population now lives in the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, as well as Donegal, Galway, Cork and ... There are about 2,000 Scottish Gaelic speakers in Canada (Canadian Gaelic dialect), although many are elderly and concentrated in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island ...
Gaelic - Other Uses
... Gaelic Athletic Association, governing body of Gaelic games such as hurling and Gaelic football RMS Gaelic, two ships of the White Star Line ...
Medieval Gaels - History - Expansion
... In the 5th century, the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata emerged on the west coast of Scotland ... It has long been held that Dál Riata, and Gaelic language in Scotland, came about due to a migration and/or hostile conquest from Ireland ... Gaelic language and culture soon spread to most of the rest of Scotland and eventually became the dominant one ...