Irish Language Resources
DICTIONARIES
focloir.ie (search for words in English) + audio samples
teanglann.ie (search for words in Irish/English) + audio samples
tearma.ie (search for terms in Irish/English)
potafocal.com (dictionary)
dil.ie (dictionary of medieval Irish)
DATABASES
logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)
ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
seachtain (online weekly newspaper)
nos.ie (online cultural magazine)
comhar.ie (online literary and current affairs magazine)
tuairisc.ie (online news magazine)
meon eile (belfast based news and videos)
nuacht1.com (gathers news from various online sources)
peig.ie (information hub and news source)
TV
tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)
nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)
rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)
bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)
RADIO
raidió na gaeltachta (national Irish language station)
raidió na life (Irish language station located in Dublin)
raidió fáilte (Irish language station located in Belfast)
raidió rí-rá (Hit music station that broadcasts through Irish)
blas (bbc’s Irish language radio show)
raidió na dtreabh (online station based in Galway)
LANGUAGE COURSES
easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)
duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)
gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)
oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)
gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)
daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)
peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)
YOUTUBE
now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)
nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)
clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)
scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)
DOCUMENTARIES
des bishop: in the name of the fada (US/Irish comedian learns Irish for a year)
guth in eag? a lost voice (insight into the decline of the Tyrone native Irish)
an feidir linn? can we? (investigating the revival of the Irish language)
it’s a blas! (BBC NI presenter learns Irish to host radio show) [audio missing]
MOVIES
lipservice (short film)
yu ming is anim dom (short film)
cáca milis (short film)
clare sa spéir (short film)
poitín (first feature film entirely in Irish)
fíorghael (short film)
the wind that shakes the barley (available dubbed in Irish)
song of the sea (amhrán na mara) (animated movie available in Irish)
MUSIC
songsinirish.com (database of songs in Irish + English translations)
ceol’08 (Irish artists sing their songs in Irish)
tglurgan (language students perform popular hits in Irish)
rte2fm (various artists perform songs in Irish)
m. máire ó súilleabháin (Irish songs with translations)
SHOPS
siopa.ie (books, music, games and more)
cnagsiopa.com (books, dvds and more)
anceathrupoili.com (bookshop)
udar.ie (games in the Irish language)
gael linn (includes shop with books, dvds and more)
daltai.com (includes shop with some learning books)
cló lar-chonnacht (music, books)
SELF-LEARNING
rosetta stone (software or online)
living language Irish (books, cds, online, apps)
linguashop (software, cds, books)
MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING
mylanguages.org (basic introduction to various parts of the language)
omniglot.com (history of the language, vocabulary)
duolingo.com (course aimed at complete beginner, audio examples)
101languages.net (beginner overview)
wikibooks.org (beginnger course)
irishcultureandcustoms.com (phrases, vocabulary)
OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS
foras na gaeilge (responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout Ireland)
gaeilge.ie (information on Irish language organisations and services)
seachtain na gaeilge (Irish language week: annual national event)
udaras.ie (includes brief history of the language)
coimisineir.ie (includes more brief history)
APPS
getthefocal (two way translator)
cúla4 (aimed at children who are native speakers)
OTHER
list of Irish language media (wikipedia page)
ga.wikipedia.org (wikipedia in Irish)
abair.tcd.ie (turn written Irish text into speech)
lexilogos.com (many useful links!)






















