"I conducted a little survey of government websites. I asked for page view numbers for English and Irish versions for some pages I picked at random. All figures are for January 2025. A HSE page about treating Covid-19 symptoms at home had 5,274 views in English and 23 in Irish. A Department of Health page on the menopause had 337 views in English and four in Irish. A Department of Social Welfare page about the fuel allowance for pensioners was viewed 13,892 times in English and twice in Irish. A Department of Education page on guidelines for school designs had 1,007 views in English and two in Irish."
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Irish (An Ghaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic particularly outside of Ireland, is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a res
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