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Irish (Gaeilge) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. The language is sometimes referred to in English as Gaelic ( SAMPA: /"geIlIk/), Irish Gaelic, or Erse, but is more generally referred to in Ireland as the Irish language or simply Irish. Use of the term Irish also avoids confusion with Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig na h-Alba), the closely-related language spoken in Scotland and usually referred to in English as simply Gaelic ( SAMPA: /"gAlIk/).

Irish has recently received a degree of formal recognition in Northern Ireland, under the Good Friday Agreement alongside the varieties of Scots spoken in Northern Ireland.

There is an Irish language version of Wikipedia at http://ga.wikipedia.org.

Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge na hÉireann)
Spoken in:	Ireland
Region:	Gaeltachtaí
Total speakers:	260,000 (only 40,000 use as first language)
Ranking:	not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Indo-European Celtic GoidelicVisit and Contribute to the. Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). It is also known as Gaelic, or Q-Celtic because of the way that words in Brythonic that begin with "B" or "P" begin with "C" or Irish
Official status
Official language of:	Ireland
Regulated by:	Foras na GaeilgeThe Foras na Gaeilge is the governing body of the Irish language throughout all of Ireland. Specifically, they promote the language on the island (Irish is the official language of the Republic of Ireland and is also recognized as a regional language in N
Language codes
ISO 639ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ISO 639 consists of different parts, of which two parts are currently published. The other parts are works in progress. Parts of ISO 639 There are two items for I-1	ga
ISO 639-2	gle
SIL	GLI

1 Gaeltachtaí

There are pockets of Ireland where Irish is spoken as a traditional, native language. These regions are known as Gaeltachtaí (sing. Gaeltacht). The most important ones are in Connemara (Conamara), including Aran Islands (Oileáin Árann) in County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe), and the west coast of County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall), in Irish called Tír Chonaill, and the Dingle peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne) in County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí). Others exist in Mayo (Contae Mhaigh Eo), Meath (Contae na Mí), and Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge).

The numerically strongest Gaeltachtaí are those of Connemara and Aran. The highest percentages of Irish speakers are found in Ros Muc, Connemara, and around Bloody Foreland (Cnoc na Fola) in Tír Chonaill.

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