Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
This is not the case in Northern Ireland (the British part), but there they have three official languages, two of which are dialects of Gaelic, including Ulster Scots, which is actually not a dialect of Scots, but a sort of Irish version of Scots Gaelic, although the latter is apparently hardly spoken by anyone (?). So with Scots Gaelic per se and Manx Gaelic I make that four official versions of Gaelic that exist in one country or another.
I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you there, Ulster Scots is a dialect of Lowland Scots, but has been influenced by Irish Gaelic and Middle English.
And not to argue too much, but when you get down to talking about the kinds of Gaelic spoken in Ulster, and not just Irish Gaelic, Scottish and Manx, you're talking about dialects, and not different kinds of Gaelic, as they are just Scots or Irish Gaelic with other influences.