Sentence examples for gaelic from inspiring English sources
The word "gaelic" is correct in written English when referring to the Celtic language or culture associated with Scotland and Ireland
It can be used when discussing language, culture, or heritage. Example: "She is learning Gaelic to connect with her Irish roots."
adjective
Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.
The project would have transformed part of the 54 hectare (133 acre) site just outside Lisburn, south-west of Belfast, into a shared national stadium for the province's three main sports - football, rugby, and gaelic football.
In another of his Hebridean poems, MacCaig commended the "seagull voice" of his Gaelic Aunt Julia, so rooted in the terrain of Harris that she came to think with and speak in its birds and climate.
It was entitled "Some Lewis Moorland Terms: A Peat Glossary", and it listed Gaelic words and phrases for aspects of the tawny moorland that fills Lewis's interior.
This impoverishment has occurred even in languages that have historically paid close attention to place, such as Irish or Gaelic.
Elliott points to a leaflet Sinn Féin distributed reminding nationalist voters that he caused controversy by stating that he would never attend a Gaelic football or hurling match – sports played in the main, though not exclusively, by nationalists and Catholics in Northern Ireland.
"They forgot to tell people that I have worked very hard with local GAA clubs to get them improved facilities and have backed many planning applications for gaelic clubs in the county," he says.
Professor Meek grew up on the Gaelic-speaking island of Tiree, but says his parents thought it was "not worth the bother" for him to learn the language.Welsh suffered from the same inferiority complex but managed to overcome it.
The new study, using elderly participants, found that Asian-language-plus-English bilinguals in Scotland, as well as Gaelic-English bilinguals, did no better than monolinguals on a task that required ignoring a visual distraction.
When he then wrote a letter overruling them, they forgot to post it.Gaelic campaigners are asking for more Gaelic-medium education (where all subjects are taught in the language).
The Gaelic-speaking, SNP-voting Western Isles delivered another early snub to the separatists.
Basque- and Gaelic-speakers tweet to connect with other far-flung speakers.
