(, lit. "Beside the Sea"/ "Seaside"), previously spelled , is a coastal area west of

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

city, where the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

is the predominant language (a ). It stretches from , , to . There are between 8,000 and 9,000 people living in this area. The area is most often included within the definition of

Connemara Connemara (; )( ga, Conamara ) is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, ...

, but some say that Connemara does not come as far south as the Galway Bay coast. The accent is different from the (south Connemara) accent - was defined at a time when Gaeltacht was not considered part of Connemara. The proportion of Irish speakers ranges from 24% in to 84% in . The headquarters for the Gaeltacht development authority is located in . , a Gaeltacht village, is regarded by some as a suburb of Galway City due to its proximity, but there are still Irish speakers in its hinterland, and it still retains its Gaeltacht status. is majority Irish speaking and is the tourism centre of the region. Near is , home of the Irish language TV station TG4.

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* {{Gaeltacht Gaeltacht places in County Galway Irish dialects