Gaels

The Gaels (/ɡeɪlz/; Erse: Na Gaeil [ɡeːl]; Scots Gaelic: Na Gàidheil [ˈkɛː.el]; Manx: Ny Gaeil [ge:l]) are an ethnolinguistic group native tae Ireland, Scotland an the Isle o Man in northwastren Europe.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Gaels
 · Na Gaeil · Na Gàidheil · Ny Gaeil

Auries that war lingueestically an culturally Gaelic in the medieval, early modren, and modren eras (green); daurker shades seegnifee a langer an stranger presence
Tot population
c. 1.9 million (linguistic)
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Ireland	1,770,000 (lingueestic)[1]
United Kingdom	122,518 (lingueestic)[2]
United States	27,475 (lingueestic)[3]
Canada	9,000 (lingueestic)[4]
Australia	2,717 (lingueestic)[5]
New Zealand	670 (lingueestic)
Leids
Gaelic leids (Erse · Scots Gaelic · Manx) an aw non-Gaelic Inglis an Scots
Releegion
Christianity · Irreleegion (historic: Paganism)
Relatit ethnic groups
Norse-Gaels · Gaelicised Normans

Notes

1. Oreegin an migration theories aboot the Gaelic fowks vary, as dae thae aboot the Gaels as veectims o colonisation an the roles o the colonists.^[6][7][8]

References

1. "Census 2011: 1.77m say they are able to speak Irish". The Journal. 7 Februar 2014.
2. "Census 2011: Key Statistics for Northern Ireland" (PDF). Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 7 Februar 2014.
3. Osbourn 2006, p. 204.
4. "National Household Survey (NHS) 2011". Statistics Canada. 8 Mey 2013. Retrieved 7 Februar 2015.
5. "The Irish language in Australia: sociocultural identity in diasporic minority language use". Jill Vaughan. 7 Februar 2015.
6. Brown, Daniel Guy (2014). "The Highland Clearances and the Politics of Memory". Retrieved 2 Julie 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "The Scottish Highlands in Colonial & Psychodynamic Perspective". www.alastairmcintosh.com. Retrieved 2 Julie 2017.
8. Mackinnon, Iain (1 Mey 2017). "Colonialism and the Highland Clearances". Northern Scotland. 8 (1): 22–48. doi:10.3366/nor.2017.0125. ISSN 0306-5278.