title: Gaelic
text: # Gaelic
  
  Gaelic (pronounced /ˈɡeɪlɪk/ for Irish Gaelic and /ˈɡælɪk/ for Scottish Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to:
  
  ## Languages
  
  * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, including:
     * Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages
     * Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900
     * Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200
     * Irish language (Gaeilge), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600)
        * Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland
     * Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), historically sometimes called Erse in Scots and English
        * Canadian Gaelic (Gàidhlig Chanada or A' Ghàidhlig Chanadach), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in the Canadian Maritime region
     * Manx language (Gaelg or Gailck), Gaelic language with Norse elements
  
  ## Culture and history
  
  * Gaelic Ireland, the history of the Gaelic people of Ireland
  * Gaelic literature
  * Gaelic revival, a movement in the late 19th century to encourage both the use of Irish Gaelic in Ireland and the revival of older Irish cultural practices
  * Gaelic-Norse, a people of combined Gaelic-Scandinavian culture influential in the Middle Ages
  * Traditional Gaelic music, the music of the Gaelic people
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Gaelic Athletic Association the governing body of Gaelic games such as hurling and Gaelic football ( Éire / Ireland)
  * Gaelic games, traditional sports played in Ireland, notably Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, Hurling/Camogie, and Rounders.
     * Gaelic football, an Irish version of football
     * Gaelic handball, an Irish version of handball
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * A Gaelic Blessing, a 1978 choral composition by John Rutter
  * Gaelic Symphony, an 1896 symphony composed by Amy Beach
  * SS Gaelic, two ships of the White Star Line
  * SS Empire Gaelic, a ferry in service 1949-60
  