Interesting situation over there - hopefully someone who lives there can chime in. So, I've spent a good deal of time in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland back when I was working on airplanes. I got to know some of my native coworkers pretty well. They told me some interesting things regarding Gaelic and its use in their respective countries.
The older guys told me that when they were school children, Gaelic was strictly forbidden in their schools. Speaking it with one's classmates would earn a rap on the knuckles and a trip to the principle's office. Today, all three countries are in the midst of a Gaelic revival, or at least an attempt at one. Driving around, one will quickly notice the road signs are bilingual - with the Gaelic on top. As alluded to above, it's apparently the law (at least in Ireland) that any public official respond in Gaelic to any citizen who wishes to speak it. Last time I was in Ireland there was some particularly contentious debate taking place in their Parliament, and one of the delegates insisted in addressing them in nothing but Gaelic. It was pretty easy to tell that the vast majority had no idea what he was saying and had to rely upon their translators... he was obviously stubbornly loving it.
It turns out, however, that a very, very small fraction of the populations of any of these countries self identify as "Gaelic speaking". Like well under 10%, with somewhat less than 1% "fluent" in that they speak, read, and write competently in Gaelic. I don't think the numbers are increasing, either. I got the impression it was mostly confined to some of the smaller islands as well, like the Aran Islands off the shore of Ireland for example. Seems possibly a losing battle, although I wish them well.
Maybe if they shortened some of their place names it might have a better chance:
