In Dublin such gatherings can number up to 300 people, and similar events have been held abroad.
[2] The objective was to provide a space in which Irish speakers could chat freely without feeling obliged to switch to English for the benefit of any non-Irish speakers present.
[3] In a study of the phenomenon Stiofán Seoighe has argued that such a project must be seen in the context of validation of the identity of non-traditional speakers of a minority language, and that this is a continuous process.
Of these, almost 15,000 live in Dublin, comprising almost 20% of daily speakers nationally.
[3] It was the intention of the founders of the Pop-Up Gaeltacht that even the less confident of those speakers should have a public space in which they could converse at their ease.