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Baile Ghib
Village and Gaeltacht in County Meath, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baile Ghib (anglicised as Gibbstown or Gibstown)[1] is a small village and Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in County Meath, Ireland. It is about 70km northwest of Dublin city.
Baile Ghib
Gibbstown | |
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Community | |
![]() Irish-language road sign on a road junction in Baile Ghib | |
Coordinates: 53°42′36″N 6°45′00″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Meath |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 142 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
The Baile Ghib Gaeltacht was founded in 1937 when 52 families were settled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission, followed by a further 9 families in 1939 who settled in Clongill. In all 373 people moved to the area.[2][3]
Baile Ghib has since grown into a village with a GAA club (Bhulf Tón CLG), a village hall, a shop, a church, and a gaelscoil (primary school).
Today, it and the nearby area of Ráth Chairn make up the Meath Gaeltacht. At the 2022 census the villages of Ráth Chairn and Baile Ghib had a combined population of 420.[4] The Meath Gaeltacht had a population of 1,857 in 2016, representing 1.9% of the total population of Ireland's Gaeltacht.[5] According to the 2016 census 15.9% of the population of Baile Ghib and Ráth Chairn spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[6]