quote:BÁC is not the biggest "Gaeltacht" as it is sometimes claimed
It depends on what is meant. Your figures show that it is the town with the largest
number of daily speakers, although the percentage is small. It also has a larger number than all gaeltacht areas - which is what is usually meant by the claim. (Cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, as an administrative area, is much smaller than the built up area which is what is meant by the claim. All the areas in Italics in county dublin are built up)
But it is anyway not a meaningful claim, since those ~8000 speakers are too thinly spread to count as a "pobal", rather they are a number of occasionally interacting networks.
What is usually meant by comparing the relative strengths of gaeltacht areas is the percentage of the local population who are daily speakers.