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Junior Cycle Irish: An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge

How often An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge comes up on the Irish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.

An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge.

(a)Cén stáisiún teilifíse a chraolann cláir i nGaeilge ó mhaidin go hoíche?
  1. BBC One
  2. TG4
  3. Sky Sports
(b)Cén contae ina bhfuil Gaeltacht Chonamara?
  1. Ciarraí
  2. Dún na nGall
  3. Gaillimh
(c)Duine a d'fhoghlaim Gaeilge sa bhaile ón gcliabhán:
  1. cainteoir dúchais
  2. aistritheoir
  3. foghlaimeoir fásta
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(a) TG4

(b) Gaillimh

(c) cainteoir dúchais

Your turn: Higher Level questions on An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge.

Higher Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q9
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q4

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, 2 marks

Ar chúrsa samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht, cá bhfanann formhór na ndaltaí?

  1. in óstán mór
  2. i bpuball ar an trá
  3. le bean an tí
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le bean an tí

Most students on a Gaeltacht course stay in a local house with bean an tí (the host mother), with ranganna by day and céilí at night.

An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, 2 marks

Cén mhí ina mbíonn Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl den chuid is mó?

  1. Deireadh Fómhair
  2. Márta
  3. Meitheamh
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Márta

Seachtain na Gaeilge is held every March, around Lá Fhéile Pádraig (17 Márta), with Irish-language events in schools and towns at home and abroad.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Q6
2023Q6
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, 3 marks

Cad is brí le 'Chaith mé trí seachtaine sa Ghaeltacht'?

  1. I spent three days in the Gaeltacht
  2. I spent three months in the Gaeltacht
  3. I spent three weeks in the Gaeltacht
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I spent three weeks in the Gaeltacht

Seachtain = week, and after trí it becomes seachtaine. Lá = day and mí = month. Chaith mé = I spent.

An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, 2 marks

Sa Ghaeltacht, cé hí 'bean an tí'?

  1. The owner of the shop
  2. The woman of the house
  3. The head of the school
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The woman of the house

Bean an tí = the woman of the house, who looks after the students staying in a Gaeltacht house (teach Gaeltachta).

An Ghaeltacht & an Ghaeilge, 2 marks

Cad is brí le 'céilí'?

  1. A night of Irish dancing
  2. A day of Irish sports
  3. A night of Irish films
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A night of Irish dancing

A céilí is a night of Irish dancing (rince Gaelach) with live music, a highlight of most Gaeltacht courses.

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