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[[File:Bermuda - St. Peter's Church main steeple in St. George - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Architecture in Ardmore - Note the 24-hour clock rather than the 20-hour clock used in Coscivian areas]] | [[File:Bermuda - St. Peter's Church main steeple in St. George - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Architecture in Ardmore - Note the 24-hour clock rather than the 20-hour clock used in Coscivian areas]] | ||
Ardmore has an {{wp|Insular Celtic}} culture with noticeable traces of Pretannic influence from early in its history, shaped by local geographic and climatic conditions, the Catholic faith, and contact with [[Coscivian civilisation]] by virtue of its status as a Kiravian federal subject. The state is rather homogeneous: 88% of the population of New Ardmore are ethnic Gaels. Most of the remainder are Coscivian-Kiravians or of Levantine backgrounds other than Gaelic. | Ardmore has an {{wp|Insular Celtic}} culture with noticeable traces of Pretannic influence from early in its history, shaped by local geographic and climatic conditions, the Catholic faith, Levantine cultural imports (mainly Urcean and Calinthian) ,and in more recent decades contact with [[Coscivian civilisation]] by virtue of its status as a Kiravian federal subject. The state is rather homogeneous: 88% of the population of New Ardmore are ethnic Gaels, predominantly Garán Gaels. 8-10% are Kiravian Gaels or of other Gaelic origins. Most of the remainder are Coscivian-Kiravians or of Levantine backgrounds other than Gaelic. Garán Gaelic, which is only partially mutually intelligible with the Gaelic varieties spoken in the Kiravian Gaeltacht, Faneria, and Fiannria and contains many archæic and endemic features in its colloquial register, is spoken by 86.7% of the population as a first language. Kiravic Coscivian is an auxiliary state language and is widely understood in Dundalk and inner Rosmore, but long-term Coscivian residents in the islands find it necessary to learn Gaelic to get by. | ||
Most Ardmorean Gaels do not have static surnames and are identified instead by patronymics and clan names (e.g. ''Séamus Mac Néill Ó Séaghdha'', "Séamus, son of Neil, of the clan Séaghdha [lit. 'grandson of Séaghdha']"), whereas most other Gaelic communities, including those in Great Kirav and most - if not all - of Levantia, have converted such names into conventional surnames. | Most Ardmorean Gaels do not have static surnames and are identified instead by patronymics and clan names (e.g. ''Séamus Mac Néill Ó Séaghdha'', "Séamus, son of Neil, of the clan Séaghdha [lit. 'grandson of Séaghdha']"), whereas most other Gaelic communities, including those in Great Kirav and most - if not all - of Levantia, have converted such names into conventional surnames. | ||
The overwhelming majority of the population is of the Roman Catholic faith, and Levantian Catholic authorities visiting the island report that virtually the entire population attends Mass on Sundays. Intense cultural isolation has allowed for the preservation of religious rites and practices - some deriving from Insular Celtic Christianity and some of local origin - that have disappeared elsewhere in the Catholic world. A smaller number of parishes in New Ardmore belong to the [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Apostolic Communion]] and three to the Ancient Celtic Church in Kiravia. | The overwhelming majority of the population is of the Roman Catholic faith, and Levantian Catholic authorities visiting the island report that virtually the entire population attends Mass on Sundays. Intense cultural isolation has allowed for the preservation of religious rites and practices - some deriving from Insular Celtic Christianity and some of local origin - that have disappeared elsewhere in the Catholic world. A smaller number of parishes in New Ardmore belong to the [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Apostolic Communion]] and three to the Ancient Celtic Church in Kiravia. Most Insular Apostolic and Ancient Celtic Church parishoners are of mainland Kiravian or Kilikas background. | ||
===Sport=== | ===Sport=== | ||