2007-02-10 10:37:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Gaelic is generally used to describe the Gaelic language speaking areas of both Ireland and Scotland. Celtic on the other hand is usually used to describe the linguistic group of Celtic languages and the culture of the areas where such languages are still spoken (Celtic languages are Irish or Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish and Manx). There was also a Celtic church for many centuries until it was absorbed into the Roman church in the 600s AD. In Ireland the Gaelic speaking areas are in the West and in Scotland Scots Gaelic is spoken in parts of the Highlands and the Western Isles.
2007-02-10 10:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Celtic is a made up concept for the Pre-Roman tribes of Northern europe. They never formed a cohesive social, political or racial unit.
Gaelic is a language of Scotland and Ireland.
2007-02-10 18:42:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gaelic is Irish
Celtic is Scottish
2007-02-10 18:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by Gerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋