The Irish Wikipedia ( ga, Vicipéid na Gaeilge) is the

Irish-language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the ...

version of

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, run by the

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and established in October 2003, with the first article being written in January 2004. The founder of Vicipéid was Gabriel Beecham. In September 2005 over 1600 articles had been written, with 173 contributors (both regular and irregular) having written material. By March 2007, about 20 regular Wikipedians were writing articles, with up to seven thousand articles having been created. In February 2021, it was just under the 55,000 article mark, making it the 94th largest Wikipedia by article count. The Vicipéid now encompasses a wide range of subjects, including topics as diverse as philosophy, genetics, Aboriginal bark canoes and maritime terminology. The Vicipéid draws (with permission) directly from ''Fréamh an Eolais'', an Irish-language encyclopedia of science and technology, written by Matt Hussey.

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The Vicipéid has been favourably received by some Irish-language media. In his paper on ''Putting the learning back into learning technology'', Barry McMullin of

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its ...

suggested that while the Irish Wikipedia is never likely to contain as many articles as the Wikipedias in the world's most widespread languages, it is still a useful resource. Other academic sources have emphasised the site's educational value. The role of the Vicipéid as an educational tool at tertiary level has been acknowledged in the context of

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use, involving projects supported by

NUI Galway The University of Galway ( ga, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. A tertiary education and research institution, the university was awarded the full five QS stars for excellence in 201 ...

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Vicipéid

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by Erik Zachte {{Wikipedias Internet properties established in 2003 Irish encyclopedias Irish-language websites Wikipedias by language

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