A Gaeltacht Service Town (Irish: Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta pl. Bailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta) is an area designated under the Gaeltacht Act 2012, situated in or adjacent to Gaeltacht areas in Ireland, that have a population of over 1,000 people, and which play a significant role in providing public services, recreational and commercial facilities for Gaeltacht residents.[1]
Cork CityGalway CityLetterkenny, County DonegalDingle, County KerryCastlebar, Co. MayoNavan, Co. Meath.Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
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In 2016 it was announced that Galway City, Dingle and Letterkenny would be the first designated Gaeltacht Service Towns subject to local networks co-formulating and adopting approved Irish language plans in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na Gaeltachta.[2][3] Údarás na Gaeltachta fund Gaeltacht Service Towns plans within the Gaeltacht and Foras na Gaeilge fund the plans in the towns outside of the Gaeltacht.
gaeltacht, service, town, irish, baile, seirbhíse, gaeltachta, bailte, seirbhíse, gaeltachta, area, designated, under, gaeltacht, 2012, situated, adjacent, gaeltacht, areas, ireland, that, have, population, over, people, which, play, significant, role, providi. A Gaeltacht Service Town Irish Baile Seirbhise Gaeltachta pl Bailte Seirbhise Gaeltachta is an area designated under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 situated in or adjacent to Gaeltacht areas in Ireland that have a population of over 1 000 people and which play a significant role in providing public services recreational and commercial facilities for Gaeltacht residents 1 Cork City Galway City Letterkenny County Donegal Dingle County Kerry Castlebar Co Mayo Navan Co Meath Dungarvan Co WaterfordHistory editIn 2016 it was announced that Galway City Dingle and Letterkenny would be the first designated Gaeltacht Service Towns subject to local networks co formulating and adopting approved Irish language plans in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge and Udaras na Gaeltachta 2 3 Udaras na Gaeltachta fund Gaeltacht Service Towns plans within the Gaeltacht and Foras na Gaeilge fund the plans in the towns outside of the Gaeltacht In August 2020 the Department of Media Tourism Arts Culture Sport and the Gaeltacht announced that Dingle and Letterkenny have been officially recognised by the department as the first two Gaeltacht Service Towns 4 5 6 There are now 16 Gaeltacht Service Towns including Cork City and Galway City and the others being Clifden Athboy Navan Ballinrobe Castlebar Belmullet Donegal Town Dungloe Dungarvan Macroom Tralee and Cahersiveen 7 See also editUdaras na Gaeltachta The Gaeltacht Authority Foras na Gaeilge All island public body established as a cross border body under the Good Friday Agreement Lionrai Gaeilge Irish Language Networks outside the Gaeltacht whose development was also legislated for under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 Irish language outside Ireland Scottish Gaelic Gaeilge na hAlban Gaidhlig na h Alba References edit Gaeltacht Services Towns FAQ Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht Retrieved 8 September 2020 Duchas Daingean Ui Chuis website Retrieved 1 March 2018 Letterkenny announced as Gaeltacht Service Town Donegal Now Archived from the original on 2 March 2018 Retrieved 1 March 2018 An chead dha bhailte seirbhise Gaeltachta aitheanta ag an stat RTE News 31 August 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2020 Letterkenny designated a Gaeltacht Services Town Highland Radio September 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2020 Letterkenny officially named as Gaeltacht Services Town Donegal Daily 31 August 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2020 Gaeltacht Service Towns Gaelphobal 21 January 2024 Retrieved 21 January 2024 nbsp This article about an organisation in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gaeltacht Service Town amp oldid 1207029663, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
