(n.sing. & pl.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.
Example Sentences:
(1) But there will be as much as George Osborne as Ed Balls or Miliband in today's budget delivered this afternoon in the Dail by two ministers: Fine Gael's Finance Minister Michael Noonon and Labour's Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin.
(2) A backbench revolt by Dáil deputies from the main ruling party Fine Gael is only going to amount to up to five of its Teachta Dálas with the protection of life during pregnancy bill likely to be passed on Thursday morning.
(3) The relatively poor horizontal acuity of the Gaels was not correlated with astigmatism.
(4) The Fine Gael-Labour government, alongside the main opposition parties, said it was confident Ireland would vote yes despite strong campaigning in the past few days by those opposed to same-sex marriage.
(5) Fine Gael had 73 seats and will lose at least 20, while Labour has crashed from a historic high of 33 in 2011 to under 10, possibly even as low as six seats.
(6) The Fine Gael-led minority government said on Thursday it “deeply regretted” the lack of visible progress on establishing institutions to deal with the fallout from more than a quarter of a century of violence in Northern Ireland.
(7) "The preservation of the Waterford Crystal factory in the city is something the Ggovernment needs to take seriously as it has represented an integral part of Waterford and its people for generations," said John Deasy, Fine Gael TD for Waterford.
(8) City also make four changes: Vincent Kompany, Gael Clichy, Jesus Navas and Edin Dzeko came in for Joleon Lescott, Aleksandar Kolarov, James Milner and Alvaro Negredo, who willall be tracksuited and booted behind the red brick wall surrounding the visitors' bench at Old Trafford.
(9) Meanwhile on Sky Sports, my new favourite pundit Paul Scholes expresses his disbelief that Antonio Valencia won't be galloping up and down the right flank, having a go at Gael Clichy tonight.
(10) 12.01pm BST A little news story on KLM's "adios amigos" tweet , which caused outrage everywhere, especially from actor Gael García Bernal (the article doesn't state however that he later deleted his tweets and apologised.)
(11) But the party would not take up any ministerial positions or sit in a cabinet with Fine Gael having the final say in decisions.
(12) Rosewater focuses primarily on the relationship between Bahari (Gael García Bernal) and one particular jailer, played by Kim Bodnia (Martin in Scandinavian TV thriller The Bridge).
(13) Olivia Mitchell, TD for Fine Gael, believes Dublin residents will pay disproportionately for local services because of the "huge inequity" in the way the new local property tax is calculated.
(14) Not only would the party’s Stalinist-like discipline compare favourably with the chaos and backbiting that would infect the coalition government, but the Shinners would play it all to their advantage in other ways.” With senior Fianna Fáil personnel baulking at the prospect of a formal coalition government with Fine Gael and remaining on the opposition benches, it appears so far that they will not be gifting any “grand coalition wet dream” to Sinn Féin in the near future.
(15) Dr Gael Claquin, national protection officer for TB in the World Health Organisation's Mozambique office , sounds one note of caution, pointing out that improving diagnosis across the country will increase the workload for health services as more people need care.
(16) The actor Gael García Bernal tweeted back: “I’m never flying your shitty airline again.
(17) When the Fine Gael-Labour party government drove the legislation through the Irish parliament last year, they might have hoped that the abortion controversy, while not disappearing entirely, would fall far down the political agenda.
(18) The leader of Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin, who is widely regarded to have had the best campaign of the four main party chiefs, as well as former Fianna Fáil ministers such as Willie O’Dea and a number of newly elected TDs, have come forward over the weekend to dismiss speculation of formally joining Fine Gael in government.
(19) It will happen when people know a referendum is coming, as happened with marriage equality.” The Irish Labour party, the junior partner in government with Fine Gael, has offered its support for a new referendum to repeal the 8th amendment.
(20) Although critics from the left have accused the Fine Gael and Labour parties of not going far enough, the expected passing of the bill does mark another defeat for the temporal power of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Gaelic
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.
(n.) The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Irish (Gaelic) is the first official language of Ireland.
(2) They are not just saying, 'This is Gaelic so I should like it.'"
(3) An applicant could seek a declaration that it was contrary to the Belfast agreement.” Sinn Féin wants the act to be a “standalone”, meaning it would only concern the rights of Irish speakers and giving the Gaelic language equality in law with English.
(4) Sinn Féin wants an Irish Language Act to be a “standalone” one, which means that the legislation would only concern the rights of Irish speakers and the issue of putting the Gaelic language on an equal par in law to English.
(5) The census also suggests that recent efforts by successive Scottish governments to invest in Gaelic schools may be saving the language from decline.
(6) We’ve gone to watch Gaelic football and hurling, and to Irish bars.
(7) Coming from a culturally nationalist Scottish background with a Gaelic speaking father, I don’t have any difficulty understanding the appeal of independence, let alone the demands for social justice and democratic accountability that are swelling support for it.
(8) That said, I was recently told that the gaelic for whiskey ( uisce beatha ) means “water of life”, which makes me wonder if I shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
(9) Unfortunately, the DUP maintained their position in relation to blocking equality, delivery of equality for citizens - that was the problem.” The Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland was referring in particular to issues such as her party’s demand for an Irish Language Act to give Gaelic the same legal power as English in the region.
(10) He knew some people would think he was taking a risk in making his film in Gaelic.
(11) Gaelic Singer and chief executive Feisean nan Gdheal.
(12) After all, doesn't the Scottish government already part-fund the Gaelic channel, BBC Alba ?
(13) He spoke to them in Gaelic, guided them to the house, then took to his tree.
(14) At the same time he took on the editing, with Robert Crawford, of the massive New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse (2000), with its abundance of poems in Gaelic, and a handful of other languages, faced by distinguished English translations.
(15) The Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, condemned the threat to Campbell as well as the DUP MP’s attitude towards Gaelic.
(16) We also decided to put the sketches in Gaelic to give it a proper rural Ireland feel, so Tom Cruise became Thomás Crúise and twerking "ag twearchach".
(17) Funding for the SBS will come from Scotland's share of licence fee income (£320m a year) and BBC commercial arm BBC Worldwide's profits (£13m), plus £12m annually provided by the Scottish government for Gaelic broadcasting.
(18) The music policy – The Proclaimers' 500 Miles, followed by Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl, followed by The Proclaimers' 500 Miles – has stayed unchanged for years now, as has its dress code: check shirts for boys, Gaelic football jerseys for girls.
(19) Though their genepool has been modified to some extent by immigrant genes, it is suggested that the Orcadians represent the remains of a relict population, in the same way as, but different from, those of the Gaelic fringe.
(20) At Glasgow's Thistle Hotel on Friday night a 22-piece Gaelic choir sang Highland Cathedral.