Gaelicization (NAE or CwE) or Gaelicisation (CwE) is the act or process of making something Gaelic. As Gaelic today is primarily a linguistic concept, this usually refers to language, but can refer to the transmission of any Gaelic cultural feature. North American English is a collective term to describe the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. ... Commonwealth English is intended as a collective term for the perceived standard English language used in the Commonwealth of Nations1, applying in theory to Australian English, British English, Caribbean English, Canadian English, Hiberno-English (Irish English)2, Hong Kong English3, Indian English (includes Pakistani English), formal Malaysia English, New Zealand... Commonwealth English is intended as a collective term for the perceived standard English language used in the Commonwealth of Nations1, applying in theory to Australian English, British English, Caribbean English, Canadian English, Hiberno-English (Irish English)2, Hong Kong English3, Indian English (includes Pakistani English), formal Malaysia English, New Zealand... The Gaels are an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic (Goidelic), an Insular Celtic language. ... Gaelic as an adjective means pertaining to the Gaels, whether to their language or their culture. ...

Historically, this was a "natural" process, and was the famous fate of the Picts, many of the Hiberno-Normans and Scoto-Normans, and perhaps most famously of all, the people who became known as the Norse-Gaels. Today, Gaelicization is more often an artificial process, particularly present in Ireland, whereby placenames, surnames and given names are Gaelicized, or more often, re-Gaelicized, in order to prevent the further decline of the modern language. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The term Hiberno-Norman is used of those Norman lords who settled in Ireland, admitting little if any real fealty to the Anglo-Norman settlers in England. ... The term Scoto-Norman (also Scotto-Norman, Franco-Scottish or Franco-Gaelic) is used to described people, families, institutions and archaeological artifacts that were of Norman, Anglo-Norman, French or even Flemish origin, but came to be associated with Scotland in the Middle Ages. ... In geography and cartography, a toponym is a place name, a geographical name, a proper name of locality, region, or some other part of Earths surface or its natural or artificial feature. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ...

See also

• Goidelic languages: Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic
• Norman Ireland
• Scotland in the High Middle Ages
• Statutes of Kilkenny

The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) are one of two major divisions of modern-day Insular Celtic languages (the other being the Brythonic languages). ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig; IPA: ) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Manx (Gaelg or Gailck), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man. ... Norman Keep, Trim Castle - before renovation A tower house near Quin. ... Map of Comital and other Lordships in Medieval Scotland, c. ... The Statutes of Kilkenny were a notorious series of thirty-five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed at curbing the alarming decline of the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland. ...

Bibliography

• Ball, Martin J, & Fife, James, (eds.), The Celtic Languages (Routledge Language Family Descriptions Series), (2002)