Gaelige is a speech that differs a lot from its fellow European languages. Official language, with English, of the Republic of Ireland, it was spoken by almost 400,000 people in 2006. Family names are no exception to this instance and they obey to a set of rules that makes them quite unique and interesting.

Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Ní Raghallaigh, Ní Tuama, Ó hAonghusa,… Si vous ne savez pas comment lire et encore moins comment prononcer ces mots, c’est normal ! C’est même sans doute le cas de la majorité d’entre nous et pourtant, ces mots sont issus d’une langue européenne. Le gaélique est un langage particulièrement différent en comparaison aux [...]

There appears to be a common misconception abroad, that the Irish language is a dialect of English. Some people don’t realise that Ireland has 2 official languages.