Freelang Irish Gaelic-English dictionary

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Irish Gaelic is spoken in Ireland, by approximately 500,000 people, as a second language for most of them (there is only a small minority of native speakers). Irish is the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland and it is an official language of the European Union.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Irish Gaelic-English and the English-Irish Gaelic lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

The last update was made with data from Hoganstand's online dictionary.

Irish Gaelic > English: 10,040 words
English > Irish Gaelic: 11,445 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: February 16, 2002

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Irish Gaelic on the web

Daltaí na Gaeilge has got a lot of resources concerning Irish, including grammar, basic words and phrases, proverbs and games. Finally, Irish Northern Aid offers 128 free lessons in Irish Gaelic. It is a political website, but you can skip the political sections if you are not interested.