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Gaelic is a group of languages, not a religion.
Irish Gaelic is the form of Gaelic spoken in the island of Ireland; it consists of four distinct dialects and some local sub-dialects. There is no one form of Irish Gaelic.
The Protestant Churches (there are many types of protestant creeds) did not invent Irish language and the Protestant Churches do not own or rule any of the parts of Ireland where Irish is spoken.
The southern, larger portion of Ireland that is the Republic of Ireland (won by civil war in 1916) has designated Irish as its primary language, but most people do speak English as a first language.
The smaller, Northern portion (retained by the United Kingdom after the civil war) is ruled by Britain and has designated English as its primary language, but many people there do speak Irish as well, and they are both Catholic and Protestant.
Your question makes very little sense.
I hope this helps your confusion about the multiple issues. There are many good history books that can enlighten you and clear up any good questions you may have.

2007-02-17 14:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by CYP450 5 · 1 0

Republicans speak Gaeilge, Gaelic is an archaic term for the language, you either use Irish or Gaeilge. It is the First language of the Republic of Ireland and an official language of the EU.

The unionist's speak, Scots Irish. It's a dialect mixing Scots Gaelic, which is a dialect of Irish, with English.

And for the poster that said the Republic was won in the civil war of 1916. That's incorrect. What is now the republic won the War of Independence and declared the Irish Free State in 1921. We formed the Republic of Ireland in 1949.

2007-02-18 20:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 0 0

i live in northern ireland

gaelic is only spoken by a small proportion of people in ireland

the protestant church has nothing to do with the irish language

this question makes no sense

2007-02-17 21:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I've no idea what you mean but I do know that Gaelic(which you seem to have trouble spelling)by far outdates Protestantism.

2007-02-17 15:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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