Tag: Irish

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil (the Official Standard) is the Irish Government’s state sponsored guidance for writing in the Irish Language. First publish…

this is an English-to-Irish dictionary, so the search function is best designed for English search terms. Searching through Irish is also possible, bu…

The government quickly established a Gaeltacht Commission to investigate the current standing of the language in the Gaeltacht areas. Their report in …

Sometimes referred to as the “Irish Chekhov,” Brian Friel is considered by many to be one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, in both I…

Lughnasadh, meaning the ‘Assembly of Lugh’ signifies the beginning of the harvest season and gives its name to the Irish word for August, ‘Lúna…

Cló Gaelach is believed to have been developed from the Latin alphabet and initially designed in the 16th century. Its first authentic version emerge…

this is an English-to-Irish dictionary, so the search function is best designed for English search terms. Searching through Irish is also possible, bu…

Ani, an Irish learner in Turkey, compares similarities between Irish and Turkish, and helps us to pick up a few Turkish words in the process!