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Gaels
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The Gaels are a group of Insular Celtic ethnic groups native to Ireland, parts of Scotland, and the Isle of Man, and historically, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Gaels
- Ethnic group.image
- The Gaels.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Areas which were linguistically and culturally Gaelic c. 1000 (light green) and c. 1700 (medium green); areas that are Gaelic-speaking in the present day (dark green)
- Ethnic group.population
- 2.1 million(linguistic grouping)
- Ethnic group.region1
- Ireland
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 1,873,997 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.region2
- United Kingdom
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 122,518 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.region3
- United States
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 27,475 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.region4
- Canada
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 9,000 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.region5
- Australia
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 2,717 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.region6
- New Zealand
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 670 (linguistic)
- Ethnic group.religions
- ChristianityIrreligion(historic: paganism)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Gaelic languages(IrishScottish GaelicManxSheltaBeurla Reagaird) also non-Gaelic English and Scots
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Geschichte des Kostüms (1905) (14597696020).jpg
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26 sectionsContents
- Ethnonyms
- ''Gael''
- ''Irish''
- ''Scots''
- Population
- Kinship groups
- Genetics
- Demographics
- Diaspora
- Origins
- Origin legends
- History
- Antiquity
- Early Middle Ages
- Later Middle Ages
- Imperial era
- Modern era
- Culture
- Language
- Religion
- Pre-Christian
- Christianity
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Gaels are a group of Insular Celtic ethnic groups native to Ireland, parts of Scotland, and the Isle of Man, and historically, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic.
Gaelic language and culture originated in Ireland, where Celtic culture mixed and integrated with the native Irish stone age people, extending to Dál Riata in western Scotland. In antiquity, the Gaels traded with the Roman Empire and also raided Roman Britain. In the Middle Ages, Gaelic culture became dominant throughout the rest of Scotland and the Isle of Man. There was also some Gaelic settlement in Wales, as well as cultural influence through Celtic Christianity. In the Viking Age, small numbers of Vikings raided and settled in Gaelic lands, becoming the Norse-Gaels. In the 9th century, Dál Riata and Pictland merged to form the Gaelic Kingdom of Alba (Scotland). Meanwhile, Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King often claiming lordship over them.