Gaeldom | History
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It is not clear how long Gaelic has been spoken in what is now Scotland. However, the consolidation of the kingdom of Dál Riata around the 4th century, linking the ancient province of Ulster in the north of Ireland and western Scotland, accelerated the expansion of Gaelic, as did the success of the Gaelic-speaking church establishment.
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Gaelic has a rich oral (beul aithris) and written tradition, having been the language of the bardic culture of the Highland clans for several centuries. The language suffered especially as Highlanders and their traditions were persecuted after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, but it has survived and Gaelic has now achieved a degree of official recognition with the passage of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.
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The picture to the left of the Gaelic monk, St. Columba, whose reintroduction of Christianity to Scotland in the Dark Ages laid the groundwork for the spread of the language across Scotland.
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It is not clear how long Gaelic has been spoken in what is now Scotland. However, the consolidation of the kingdom of Dál Riata around the 4th century, linking the ancient province of Ulster in the north of Ireland and western Scotland, accelerated the expansion of Gaelic, as did the success of the Gaelic-speaking church establishment.
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Gaelic has a rich oral (beul aithris) and written tradition, having been the language of the bardic culture of the Highland clans for several centuries. The language suffered especially as Highlanders and their traditions were persecuted after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, but it has survived and Gaelic has now achieved a degree of official recognition with the passage of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.
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The picture to the left of the Gaelic monk, St. Columba, whose reintroduction of Christianity to Scotland in the Dark Ages laid the groundwork for the spread of the language across Scotland.
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