Neo-Gaeltacht
Area outside of the Gaeltacht where Irish is used as a spoken language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Neo-Gaeltacht (Irish: Nua-Ghaeltacht) is an area where Irish has a strong presence as a spoken language but is not part of the officially defined or traditional Gaeltacht areas.[1] It has been argued that non-Gaeltacht activist groups wishing to establish an Irish language community need to show that it is large, permanent and formally organised and that it has a growing number of people using Irish as their first language.[2] Another objective is a situation in which children use Irish among themselves and with other Irish speakers in a natural way while being able to deal with a largely English-speaking world.[3]
Under the Gaeltacht Act 2012, the Republic of Ireland's Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has said that areas outside the traditional Gaeltacht areas may be designated as Líonraí Gaeilge/Irish Language Networks, subject to them fulfilling particular criteria. In 2018 Foras na Gaeilge announced that Carn Tóchair in County Londonderry was going to be one of the first five Líonraí Gaeilge (areas with Irish-speaking networks) on the island of Ireland, along with networks recognised in West Belfast, Loughrea in County Galway, Ennis in County Clare, and Clondalkin in Dublin.[4][5]