Over €1.1 million in funding has been announced for the Historical Dictionary of Irish or Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge project, which will produce an authoritative dictionary of the Irish language ...

The first major English - Irish dictionary in 60 years was launched on October 30, 2020 by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. The new dictionary, produced by Irish language body Foras na Gaeilge ...

The first major English-Irish dictionary to be published in over 60 years will be launched today by President Michael D Higgins . Dara Ó Briain, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mary McAleese and others will ...

A first of its kind Irish dictionary has been launched, which aims to end the need for words being understood "through the lens of English." The dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge was launched on Tuesday ...

On March 17th, the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB), is moving to an open access ...

Hit TV series Derry Girls has left its mark once again - this time in the Oxford English Dictionary as its use of the Irish vernacular ‘class’ has seen the term added to the latest version. ‘Class’ is ...

Leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. The word "leprechaun" is not a native Irish one, scholars have said. They have uncovered ...

The first major English-Irish dictionary to be published since 1959 is to be unveiled by the Irish President Michael D Higgins on Friday. Pádraig Ó Mianáin, chief editor of the Concise English-Irish ...

The Irish language is having its moment — from the first-of-its-kind dictionary aimed at ending the need to understand Irish words through the lens of English, to a new president devoted to the use of ...