Through these links you can find some information on the classification and differences between Gaelic Languages. Gaelic can be a word to refer to some celtic family languages. As I found out, the word isolated in general refers to Scottish Gaelic - but officially we have Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (spoken mainly in the Island of Man).
Below, a didactic explanation provided by someone in a forum:
Normally the Irish language is called "Irish", not "Gaelic" (although some people do use that word.) The word "Gaelic" tends to be reserved for the language spoken in Scotland. If you buy a book called "Teach Yourself Gaelic", it will teach you Scottish Gaelic, not Irish. At one point, there was a language that language historians call "Celtic". Over time, that language split up into two languages, called Gaelic and Brythonic. The Gaelic language then split up into Irish, Manx, and Gaelic (Scottish), while the Brythonic language split up into Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. So there are six Celtic languages: Breton, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Irish, and Gaelic (Scottish), but only the last three are Gaelic languages. More information on the history here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Irish/History
To check this topic in the forum, check the link
http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/
On this website you can find a general explanation for Gaelic Language, its varieties, countries where they are spoken and the differences between them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Although wikipedia is a site where we cannot be sure if all information we find there are from reliable sources, they have a general and easy explanation on Gaelic.
http://www.omniglot.com/
In this site, through its main page you can find information on several laguages, including the differents ones related to Gaelic.
http://www.foreign-languages-school.com/Gaelic-Languages.html
In this website you can find very didactic information on languages, and this link directs you straight to the page explaining Gaelic. There is a option to translate the page into Portuguese. It has some mistakes after translation, but is possible to understand if you want a Portuguese version.
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