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The Irish language is worth in excess of €136 million annually to the economy of Galway city and county, supports more than 5,000 jobs, and more than 90 per cent of city businesses believe that it is a unique selling point for Galway’s image and cultural identity.

These are the key findings of a study into the economic benefits associated with the Irish language which accrue to Galway city and to the Galway gaeltacht.

http://www.gaelport.com/sonrai-nuachta?NewsItemID=3516

Galway is a focal point of the Irish language movement. They have a local source of speakers, but also provide the cachet of a modern European city. I loved the city when I was there, except the traffic. Irish was very much the identity there, and I found no one opposed to it.

Glad to hear it.