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The project's stated aim is to "restore and maintain the language by having a place where speakers can make connections with each other, learn and practice Irish". The site is intended to be used for Irish language immersion weeks and to build a learning centre. Other objectives are to arrange
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Erinsville was settled by the Irish, and its first five mayors were Irish. As of early 2021, the organisation's website referred to it as the North American Gaeltacht or
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Following its launch, the project received some news coverage, primarily for the claim that it was the first of its kind outside Ireland, including by
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I would like to congratulate the Canadian people for establishing a Gaeltacht in Canada, the first outside Ireland.
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families, to provide an Irish-language summer camp for children and to bring teachers from Ireland.
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Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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16 June 2007 (as the first official Gaeltacht outside Ireland)
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Craobh Chláirseach Theamhrach Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
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This site was the first and only officially sanctioned
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Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
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Signage at the site entrance

44°30′06″N 76°59′04″W / 44.50167°N 76.98444°W / 44.50167; -76.98444
Canada
Province
Ontario
Time zone
UTC-5
Irish
Irish speakers
Tamworth
Erinsville, Ontario
Gaeltacht
Declan Kelly
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Éamon Ó Cuív
RTÉ
TG4
BBC
Globe and Mail
language immersion
Neo-Gaeltacht


"About Us - Gaeltacht an Oileáin Úir | North American Gaeltacht"
"Bualadh bos... Gaeltacht goes global"
"Gaeltacht Thuaisceart an Oileáin Úir"
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