Spiddal (An Spidéal)

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Spiddal (An Spidéal in Irish) is a large village located 12 miles west of Galway city in Ireland. The Irish language is often heard in daily use here. Within recent years many people from beyond the local area have made the village their home, which has lead to a sharp increase in the population and a decrease in the vitality of the Irish language there.

Baile beag Gaeltachta is é an Spidéal, suite 12 míle siar ó cathair na Gaillimhe, in Éireann. Bíonn an Ghaeilge in úsáid ag an chuid is mó de mhuintir na háite (de réir an daonáirimh 2006). Le blianta beaga anuas tá ardú suntasach ag teacht ar dhaonra an bhaile, le scaifte bhreá daoine ag tacht chun cónaí sa cheantar arbh as ceantair eile ó dhúchas iad, rud nach gcabhraíonn le beocht na teanga Gaeilge go háitiúil. Is de bhunadh an cheantair seo é mórscíbheoir na Gaeilge, Máirtín Ó Cadhain.