Editing Connacht (section)

== Irish language ==
{{further|Connacht Irish|History of the Irish language}}
The [[Irish language]] is spoken in the [[Gaeltacht]] areas of Counties Mayo and Galway, the largest area being in the west of County Galway. The Galway Gaeltacht is the largest Irish-speaking region in Ireland, taking in [[Gaeltacht Cois Fharraige|Cois Fharraige]], parts of [[Connemara]], [[Conamara Theas]], the [[Aran Islands]], [[Joyce Country|Dúithche Sheoigeach (Joyce Country)]] and the [[Galway City Gaeltacht]]. Irish-speaking areas in County Mayo can be found in [[Iorras]], [[Acaill]] and [[Tourmakeady]].

According to the 2016 census, Irish is spoken outside of the education system on a daily basis by 9,455 people in the Galway County Gaeltacht areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp10esil/p10esil/ilg/|title=Census of Population 2016 – Profile 10 Education, Skills and the Irish Language. Irish Language and the Gaeltacht. The Gaeltacht|website=Central Statistics Office|access-date=2018-11-06|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208225214/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp10esil/p10esil/ilg/|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are 202,667 Irish speakers in the province, over 84,000 in Galway and more than 55,000 in Mayo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/saveselections.asp|title=Percentage of Irish Speakers and Non-Irish Speakers Aged 3 Years and Over 2011 to 2016 by Sex, County and City, Statistical Indicator and Census Year|website=Central Statistics Office|access-date=2018-11-06|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710165025/http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/saveselections.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also the 4,265 attending the 18 [[Gaelscoileanna]] (Irish language primary schools) and three [[Gaelcholáiste]] (Irish language secondary schools) outside the Gaeltacht across the province.{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}} Between 7% and 10% of the province are either native Irish speakers from the Gaeltacht, in Irish medium education or native Irish speakers who no longer live in Gaeltacht areas but still live in the province.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}