| If you want to enjoy a truly unique cultural | | | | every day. There are Gaeltacht areas in Counties |
| experience on your visit to Ireland why not visit | | | | Antrim, Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, |
| the country's Gaeltacht (Gaelic speaking) regions. | | | | Waterford and Meath. |
| These areas are spread through Ireland, but are | | | | However, most visitors head for the Gaeltacht |
| most concentrated in west of Ireland. If you | | | | regions in Donegal, Galway, Kerry or Cork as |
| want to enjoy truly unique cultural experience on | | | | these combine amazing scenery and good tourist |
| your visit to Ireland why not visit the country's | | | | facilities. Connemara in Galway and the Dingle |
| Gaeltacht (Gaelic speaking) regions. | | | | Peninsula in Kerry are the most visited Gaeltacht |
| Thousands of Irish people still speak the Irish | | | | regions. |
| language on a day to day basis. A visit to these | | | | The first written examples of the Gaelic language |
| regions provides a different view on Irish life, and | | | | date back to the fourth century AD. The |
| traditional music and storytelling also tend to be | | | | language developed through the centuries through |
| very strong in these areas as well. The Irish | | | | Old Irish, Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish and |
| Government is actively involved with the | | | | Modern Irish. |
| promotion of the language through schools, | | | | There are a number of dialects of Irish in modern |
| courses, television and radio. | | | | Ireland, and it is closely related to the form of |
| An estimated 85,000 live in Gaeltacht regions and | | | | Gaelic spoken in Scotland. |
| the majority of these speak the Irish language | | | | |