Inscription on Spanish church is Gaelic

An inscription found on a 14th-century church in Spain has been identified as Gaelic, making it the first written evidence of the link between Spain and Ireland.

Researchers working for a private association called the Gaelaico Project now believe they’ve finally deciphered what it reads: “An Ghaltacht” or “Gaelic-speaking area”.

“If our interpretation is right, the inscription isn’t related to religious matters, but rather to the language that was spoken in Galicia at the time,” Proxecto Gaelaico head Martín Fernández Maceiras told local daily La Voz de Galicia.

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Story: The Local | Photo: Castro de Baroña by Feans/Flickr