GAELIC is an English word for any of three languages which form one half of the Celtic language family group. These three Gaelic languages are Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic. These three languages are spoken in Ireland, Man and Scotland. The Gaels are the peoples who speak these languages or did so in the past. Gaelic was in danger of being exterminated in many of the traditional Gaelic speaking areas, but now a Gaelic renaissance has slowed this trend if not yet reversed it.