The Irish Language and Gaelic

Many speak Irish in Ireland. From my research, apparently Irish is a language of its own and sounds different from Gaelic. Both languages have the same root. Some speak Gaelic in Northern Ireland and Scotland. When we visited a pub in County Mayo, we heard only Irish, not English, spoken. On their local radio station we heard Irish and English. We didn’t understand Irish, so we don’t know for sure, but research tells us Irish is spoken in these areas. County Mayo is on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland where Irish, the language, has survived through time. Pictured above is a cliff walk at Downpatrick Head, County Mayo.