[3] As of early 2021, the organisation's website referred to it as the North American Gaeltacht or Ghaeltacht Thuaisceart an Oileáin Úir.

The Gaeltacht's opening ceremony was attended by the Irish ambassador to Canada, Declan Kelly, and by Helen Gannon of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

[5] A statement was also released by the then Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív.

[9] The project's stated aim is to "restore and maintain the language by having a place where speakers can make connections with each other, learn and practice Irish".

[11] Other objectives are to arrange exchanges with Gaeltacht families, to provide an Irish-language summer camp for children and to bring teachers from Ireland.