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National Geographic did an article on the Celtic resergence and the article pointed out serveral place in the Scottish Islands where it is still spoken. I believe it was April or May's issue of this year. Hope it helps.
-Tim
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Check these out:
Gaelic:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/
Welsh:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/default.stm
obviously there is some sensitivity to these languages at the Beeb....although it could be that they are obliged by law to provide it.
Best
AA
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Apart of the use of gaelic in Ireland, scottish isles and some parts of Wales, there's also a gaelic language spoken in French Brittany.
...yes... I can just call this "my cent".
”Salud!
T O N O
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Another example for you is the British Royal Website (www.royal.gov.uk) . It's available in English, Welsh and Gaelic.
Interestingly HRH The Prince of Wales' website is only available in English. 
Dee
Ferret ad astra virtus
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The rough numbers of native speakers are for Scotland 65,000; Wales 600,000; Nova Scotia 1, 000; Republic of Ireland 1,500,000; Northern Ireland 142,000; Isle of Man 650; Britanny 1,000,000.
A kilted Celt on the border.
Kentoc'h mervel eget bezań saotret
Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum ęgerrume desinere.
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Well, as Clan Morrison is an Isle of Lewis tribe, I'll chime in on this thread if you don't mind.
Many Hebridean Web sites carry an English and a Gaelic version. Here are a few examples:
The West Highland Free Press
An Lanntair (art center)
The Gaelic Arts Agency
Ness Historical Society
And even when the Web site is in English, Gaelic can clearly be seen as a part of the culture by its liberal use. In this example, for most of the place names: Ness - Isle of Lewis, which states that "Rural Lewis has traditionally been Gaelic speaking, which has largely shaped the unique culture and way of life of the Nisich the people of Ness." And in this example: Fios - Ness Community Newspaper.
Gaelic is far from being a dead language.
Regards,
Scott Gilmore
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Irish (Gaelic) is the official first language of the Irish Republic... 
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10th July 06, 09:36 AM
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Maybe somebody from the East Coast can confirm this, but I have heard there are still some Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia and the maritimes of Canada.
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10th July 06, 09:58 AM
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 Originally Posted by Colin
Maybe somebody from the East Coast can confirm this, but I have heard there are still some Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia and the maritimes of Canada.
That is correct. See post #18. 
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10th July 06, 10:07 AM
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After a trip to Dublin a couple of years ago, I took an interest in learning something about Irish Gaelic. Found a computer program package called "Teach Me Irish" from a place called www.Linguashop.com that offered a CD ROM, and Audio CD and some other hints.
I didn't get too far into it because we moved. I did like one feature which allowed you to speak a word, and it showed visually how close your pronunciation was to the sample. You need a microphone with your computer, but I already had this from something else.
I'm sure this is not the best way to learn, but I've picked up some Italian, French and Dutch over here and studied German formally. So I wanted to learn a few words and phrases in Irish.
Perhaps some others have made efforts to learn Gaelic and can give recommendations on how to go about it?
Tom
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