0 the parts of Ireland where many people speak Irish (= Irish Gaelic) as a first language:
In the Gaeltacht areas of the Republic of Ireland, only the Gaelic versions of place names are used on road signs.
Some people are moving out of the Gaeltacht.
a summer school in the West Donegal Gaeltacht
Speakers outside of the official Gaeltacht areas tend to identify with one of the three major dialects.
There are Irish speakers throughout the English-speaking world, though most are concentrated in the Gaeltacht on Ireland's West coast.
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