What is the difference between Gaelic and Celtic?

In linguistic terms they are actually part of the same branch of languages. A Welsh scholar named Edward Lhuyd investigated the roots of Welsh and similar languages in the early 1700's and organised them into two groups - Q Celtic and P Celtic. read more

Difference Between Gaelic and Celtic. Generally speaking, Gaelic, also known as Scottish Gaelic, is one of the Celtic languages that belong to the Goidelic branch, and it is a native language in Scotland. Other Gaelic languages that belong to the Goidelic branch are Manx and Irish, which, together with Scottish Gaelic, originated from old Irish. read more

In the Q Celtic group are Gaelic languages such as Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic. In the P Celtic group are Brythonic languages which have evolved into modern day Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Although both groups are related I believe there is very little crossover between them so for example a Welsh speaker would find it very difficult to understand someone speaking Irish or Scotish Gaelic. read more

Irish Gaelic is also known as the Irish language. Here we tell you what's the difference between Gaelic and Irish. read more

Gaelic is a language, whereas, Celtic was a group of people with a specific culture that used the Celtic languages. Gaelic is a ‘subset’ of the Celtic languages, specifically belonging to the Goidelic family of Celtic languages. read more

Irish Gaelic is more specific than Gaelic. It refers specifically to the Irish language. read more