The following is a list of media available in 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 ...

Television

Current channels

TG4

TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was formerly known ...

, originally known as Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), broadcasts on terrestrial television in both the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

and

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. It has an annual budget of €34.5 million. The station has an audience of an average of 650,000 people each day in the Republic, a fifty per cent increase on what it was in the 1990s. The station's anchor shows are the long-running soap opera ''

Ros na Rún () is an Irish soap opera produced for the Irish-language television channel TG4. The series is set in a fictional village called Ros Na Rún, located near to An Spidéal, and focuses on the domestic and professional lives of its residents. ...

'' (160,000 weekly viewership), popular teen drama '' Aifric'', nightly news programme ''

Nuacht TG4 ''Nuacht TG4'' (; Irish for ''TG4 News'') is a daily half-hour Irish TV news programme. It is broadcast on weekday evenings at 7pm, live from the studios of TG4 in Baile na hAbhann, County Galway. A shortened edition of the programme is broadc ...

'' (viewership circa. 8,000), current affairs programme '' 7 Lá'' and dubbed documentaries '' Fíorscéal''. Other popular programs include or have included a dating show, '' Eochair an ghrá'', a documentary about the Irish language abroad, ''Thar Sáile'', travel shows such as '' Amú Amigos'' (viewership 50,000), '' Seacht / Seven'' - a university drama set in Belfast (viewership 40,000), the dating game ''

Paisean Faisean ''Paisean Faisean'' ("Fashion Passion") is an Irish language television dating show broadcast on TG4. It was presented in the first three series by Aoife Ní Thuairisg, and in the fourth series by Bláthnaid Nic Dhonnchadha and Mairéad Ní ...

'', '' South Park'' in Irish, chat show '' Ardán'', talent show '' Nollaig No. 1'', and children's shows '' Cúla 4'' and '' Síle''.

Cúla 4

Cúla 4 is a digital channel and carries TG4's strand of children's programmes. Programmes are broadcast MondaysSundays from 7am to 9am, then from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. At the Tourism and Sports post-Budget briefing, Minister Catherine Martin announced Cúla 4 will have its own TV channel launched by TG4. It's scheduled for 2023.

RTÉ One

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has one channel,

RTÉ One RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís ...

, which broadcasts Irish-language programmes such as news bulletin '' Nuacht RTÉ le TG4'' and new programmes every year such as documentaries of various scandals that rocked Ireland '' Scannal'' and community programme '' Pobal''. It was reported on Tuairisc.ie in 2018 that circa. 70,000 viewers watch Nuacht RTÉ every evening on RTÉ One.

RTÉ News

'' RTÉ News'' is a digital 24-hour news service available featuring national and international news. It broadcasts news mostly in the English language but also ''Nuacht TG4 le RTÉ'', the daily Irish language news bulletin on RTÉ ONE television and repeats Nuacht TG4 at 11:30 each night.

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel Houses of the Oireachtas Channel ( ga, Bealach Thithe an Oireachtais) or publicly called Oireachtas TV is a public service broadcaster for the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). The channel was created under the Broadcasting Act 2 ...

or Oireachtas TV is a digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland which broadcasts live from both the Irish houses of parliament Dáil Éireann and

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

in Dublin and also broadcasts some Oireachtas committee meetings. It covers parliamentary debates in both official national languages English and Irish although it should be known that the vast bulk of Oireachtas debates take place through English.

BBC Two Northern Ireland

The Northern Irish variant of BBC Two has its own Irish-language department producing some well-known programmes such as: music programme for young people '' Imeall Geall'', music programme '' Blas Ceoil'', youth drama '' Teenage Cics'', documentary '' Isteach Chun An Oileáin'', cartoon '' Na Dódaí'', interior-decor show '' Gaisce Gnó'' and community programme ''

Féile an Phobail Féile an Phobail (''The Community's Festival''), also known as the West Belfast Festival is a community arts organisation known for its ''August Féile'' (Festival). The organisation is prominent for its promotion of Irish and international cul ...

''. It is funded by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund which has been given £12 million over a five-year period.

Radio

Radio stations entirely in Irish

There are four radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish:

National

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Inter ...

(RnaG) - a national radio station which is part of the RTÉ franchise broadcasting throughout the entire island of Ireland with an annual budget of approximately €13 million similar in size to BBC Radio Cymru

Youth

Raidió Rí-Rá Raidió Rí-Rá (; "Radio Fun"), founded in 2008, is an Irish language chart music radio station broadcasting on DAB in County Waterford and Dublin, on the Internet, and, for approximately one month a year, on FM radio. The station has offices on H ...

Conradh na Gaeilge (; historically known in English as the Gaelic League) is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. The organisation was founded in 1893 with Douglas Hyde as its first president, when it eme ...

-run youth-orientated chart music station, currently broadcasting on the

internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

and in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway on DAB. The station also broadcasts an hour long programme on weekday nights on Raidió na Gaeltachta and is the only youth radio station in a Celtic language. They hope to receive a national license to broadcast on FM.

Greater Dublin

* Raidió Na Life - community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the

Greater Dublin The Greater Dublin Area (GDA; Irish: ''Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath''), or simply Greater Dublin, is an informal term that is taken to include the city of Dublin and its hinterland, with varying definitions as to its extent. As of 2022, its ...

area. The station seeks to get a national license from the

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) ( ga, Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann) was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) ( ga, Coimisiún Craolacháin na hÉireann). The BAI is ...

to be able to broadcast across the Republic of Ireland on FM radio.

Greater Belfast

Raidió Fáilte Raidió Fáilte (; meaning "Welcome Radio") is an Irish-language community radio station, broadcasting from Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It started broadcasting under its current licence on 15 September 2006 having operated as a pirate radio ...

- community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the Greater Belfast area. The station seeks to get a national license from Ofcom to be able to broadcast across Northern Ireland on FM radio.

Online radio stations

- Conradh na Gaeilge-run Irish language chart music internet radio station which broadcasts in some areas on DAB. Conradh na Gaeilge hope for the station to receive funding and a national license for the station to broadcast across Ireland on FM.

Stations with daily/weekly Irish-language programming

Almost all other national, regional and local stations also have at least one (usually weekly) Irish-language programme such as the following radio stations: Outside Ireland: *

3ZZZ 3ZZZ (''3 Triple Zed'') is an ethnic community radio station in Melbourne, Victoria that currently broadcasts programs in over 70 languages on 92.3 MHz FM and is licensed to Mount Dandenong. 3ZZZ is Australia's largest community multilingual ...

;

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Community Radio, Australia: Saturday and Sunday *

WFUV WFUV (90.7 FM) is a non–commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York. The station is owned by Fordham University, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. WFUV first went on the air i ...

;

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Public Radio Station; Sunday morning National: *

RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 ( ga, RTÉ Raidió 1) is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926. The total budget for th ...

- They broadcast the news in Irish every day. *

RTÉ 2fm (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, whil ...

- They have a couple of bilingual programmes. * RTÉ Pulse - ''The Cosmo Show'' (bilingual

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gay community and scene news) * RTÉ Junior *

Newstalk Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Aut ...

''Splanc'' programme on Friday nights Regional / Community / Third Level: * BBC Radio Foyle - Foyle area *

Féile FM Féile FM was a community radio station based at Conway Mill in the Gaeltacht Quarter in west Belfast. The station first broadcast in July 1996 on a 28-day restricted service licence, operating as an outlet for the west Belfast community. Withi ...

- Belfast *

BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Ulster ( ga, BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC. It was established on New Year's Day 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4. It is ...

daily Gaeilge show BBC

Blas (Radio Ulster) Blas, is an Irish-language magazine programme, broadcast each weeknight on BBC Radio Ulster, from 7.03 p.m. Blas focuses on news and stories which are of interest to an Irish-speaking audience, including sport, arts and literature, politics and c ...

- Northern Ireland *

FM104 FM104 is an independent local radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, on the frequency 104.4 MHz. It is operated by Capital Radio Productions Limited (unconnected with, and not to be confused with, Capital Radio plc), and is a subs ...

- County Dublin *

Near FM Near FM (North East Access Radio) 90.3 FM is a BAI-licensed community media project operated by the not-for-profit media co-operative, Near Media Co-operative Society Limited. Membership in the co-operative is open to all organisations and ...

- Dublin City North-East * Wired FM - County Limerick * Connemara Community Radio - County Galway * Cork Campus Radio UCC Cork City * Flirt FM - County Galway *

Liffey Sound FM Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan, County Dublin and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz. The station is operated by Liffey Sound Communications Co-Oper ...

- Lucan area Dublin * ICR FM - County Donegal *

i102-104FM i102-104FM was a regional station in Ireland, launched on 7 February 2008. The station had won a licence – as part of a strategy by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to create a network of regional youth stations across the Republic – ...

- County Mayo * Kfm - County Kildare *

South East Radio South East Radio is an Irish radio station based in County Wexford, broadcasting at 95.6; 96.2, and 96.4 MHz., The station also broadcasts on the same frequencies into adjoining counties - including Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford. South ...

- County Wexford *

Midlands 103 Midlands 103 (previously known as Midlands Radio 3) is an Irish local independent radio station broadcasting to counties Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath. The station's offices and main broadcast studios are in Tullamore, County Offaly. It also ...

* Highland Radio - County Donegal *

Galway Bay FM Galway Bay FM is an Irish independent local radio station and operates under a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Established in 1989, the station broadcasts from studios in Galway, serving the city and County Galway. Programm ...

- County Galway * Ocean FM -County Sligo * Mid-West Radio - County Mayo * Shannonside FM - County Clare *

WLR FM WLR FM, or more commonly WLR (Waterford Local Radio) is the local radio station covering Waterford City and County, Ireland. It is Ireland's Local Station of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022. In addition to the official franchise area, the stat ...

- County Waterford *

Radio Kerry Radio Kerry is a full-service, licensed radio station that operates from the franchise area of County Kerry in Southwest Ireland. Radio Kerry was established in 1989 and began broadcasting on 14 July 1990. The station headquarters are in Tral ...

- County Kerry *

Tipp FM Tipp FM (Tipperary Local Radio), licensed since 1989 by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, is the local radio station covering County Tipperary. In addition to the official franchise area, the station also enjoys a listenership in neighbo ...

- County Tipperary * Live 95FM - County Limerick *

Clare FM Clare FM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to County Clare and the surrounding areas. The station has won many Irish radio awards. Clare FM broadcasts on frequencies 95 - 96FM including 95.2, 95.5, 95.9, 96.4 & 96.6. In the past, it al ...

- County Clare *

Belfield FM Belfield FM is University College Dublin's student radio station. The station began broadcasting in 1990. It was initially run as a part of the UCD Students' Union, under the remit of the entertainments office, before becoming an independent e ...

- UCD Dublin * Red FM - County Cork * Phoenix 92.5FM - Dublin 15 *

Westport Community Radio Westport is the name of several communities around the world. Canada * Westport, Nova Scotia *Westport, Ontario ** Westport Rideaus, local junior "B" ice hockey team ** Westport/Rideau Lakes Airport *Westport, Newfoundland and Labrador Ireland ...

- County Mayo * Radió Corca Baiscinn - County Clare * Dundalk FM - County Louth * Iúr FM - County Down

''Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' and ''Giotaí''

A company called Digital Audio Productions specialising in all aspects of radio programming has created two very successful '' Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' and ''Giotaí'' brands of Irish-language radio programmes. ''Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' (''Ireland's Official Top 40'') is a new phenomenon, and it has become increasingly popular to hear the Irish Top 40 hits being presented entirely in Irish on what are regarded as English-language radio stations such as: * East Coast FM * Flirt FM *

LMFM LMFM is an independent Local Radio station based in Drogheda, Ireland. In terms of listenership, It is the largest radio station in Ireland outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV Media ...

* Midwest Radio *

* Red FM * SPIN 1038 * Spin South West * Wired FM

Print

Newspapers

Weekly

''Seachtain''
- weekly supplement with the ''Irish Independent'' (Wednesdays).

Newspapers with Irish-language columns

In addition to these, other newspapers which have Irish-language columns include: * ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' - weekly Irish-language page entitled ''Bileog'' published on Monday and they publish other Irish-language articles and some Irish-language news in English on their ''Treibh'' page on their website * ''

Irish News Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

'' - Belfast-based daily newspaper for Northern Ireland; daily Irish-language pages * '' Andersonstown News'' - based in Belfast; Irish-language columns * ''

Metro Éireann ''Metro Éireann'' was an Irish multicultural tabloid newspaper. It was established in April 2000 by editor Chinedu Onyejelem and his colleague Abel Ugba, Nigerian-born journalists who had emigrated to Ireland. Based in Dublin, ''Metro Éireann ...

'' - Irish-language columns * ''

Irish Daily Star The ''Irish Daily Star'' (formerly known simply as ''The Star'') is a tabloid newspaper published in Ireland by Reach plc, which owns the British '' Daily Star''. The ''Irish Daily Star'' became known for its comprehensive in-depth coverage o ...

'' - Irish-language column (Saturdays) * '' Irish Echo'' - Irish-language columns * ''

Evening Echo ''The Echo'', formerly known as the ''Evening Echo'', is an Irish morning newspaper based in Cork. It is distributed throughout the province of Munster, although it is primarily read in its base city of Cork. The newspaper was founded as a bro ...

'' - weekly Irish-language segment * ''

The Connaught Telegraph ''The Connaught Telegraph'' is a weekly local newspaper published in Castlebar, County Mayo in Ireland. The paper is in compact format (six columns), and published every Tuesday. Frederick Cavendish founded ''The Connaught Telegraph'' or ''May ...

'' - Irish-language columns * '' The College View'' - Dublin City University student newspaper; Irish-language columns * '' An t-Eagrán'' - Dublin Institute of Technology student newspaper; Irish-language segment * '' An Focal'' - University of Limerick student newspaper; Irish-language columns * ''The Nationalist'' (Carlow) - Weekly Irish-language segment fro
Glór Cheatharlach

Magazines

*'' An Gael'' (print and digital) - international literary journal based in the United States * ''An Gaeilgeoir'' * ''An Lúibín'' - Australian fortnightly newsletter (language, culture, environment, current affairs); see Irish Language Association of Australia website
''An Músgraigheach''
- 1943–1945 * ''An t-Eolaí'' - science magazine * '' An Phoblacht'' - Sinn Féin magazine- has Irish-language page * '' An tUltach'' - "Ulsterman" magazine- run by the Ulster branch of

(The Gaelic League). *
Beo
' - topical monthly online magazine (now available in archived form only) * ''Càrn'' * ''Celtica'' * '' Comhar'' - monthly literary and current affairs magazine * ''Cumasc'' * ''Éigse'' * '' Feasta'' - monthly literary and current affairs magazine *
Gaelscoil
' - education magazine * ''Harvard Celtic Colloquium'' - 1981-1994 * ''International Congress of Celtic Studies'' - 1959–1995 * ''Iris na Gaeilge'' - magazine from the society Irish Cambridge * ''Journal of Celtic Language Learning'' * ''Journal of Celtic Linguistics'' * ''Luimne'' - Mary Immaculate College magazine, 1999–2000 * ''Muintir Acla'' * '' Nós'' - popular monthly youth magazine * ''Oghma'' *
Popnuacht
' - pop news *
Timire
' * ''Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie'' - 1987-1997

Irish-language publishers

An t-Áis AonadCoiscéim

Cló Iar-ChonnachtLeabhar BreacCois Life TeorantaAn GúmCló Mhaigh EoFuta Fata

An tSnáithid MhórCumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilgeAn Clóchomhar

Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireannAn SagartOllscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann Má NuadForsaiSáirséal - Ó Marcaigh

Cumann Seanchas Ard MhachaSliabh an Fhiolair TeorantaCló Chaisil

Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta
(FÁS)
Glór na nGael

Oidhreacht Chorca DhuibhneÉabhlóidTimire

Irish language online book shops

An Ceathrú Póilí An Ceathrú Póilí ( en, The Fourth Policeman; founded 1983) is an independent bookstore based in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road in Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter. The shop primarily sells Irish language books and Irish traditio ...

anceathrupoili.com
*

cnagsiopa.com
* Litríocht.ie
litriocht.ie
* Siopa.ie
siopa.ie
* Údar.ie
udar.ie
* An Siopa Gaeilge

Multilingual Irish publishers

Cló MercierDedalus PressO'Brien PressArlen HouseKilmainham Tales Teo.

Autobiographies

Ainm.ie

E-Newspapers

Tuairisc.ie (news website)

E-Magazines

NÓS.ie Young people's contemporary culture and lifestyle online magazineRTÉ.ie Gaeilge

Online news channels

Nuacht RTÉ
RTE.ie
Nuacht TG4
TG4.ie
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Nuacht Gaeltachta
RTE.ie
MOLSCÉAL
TG4
Meon Eile (Belfast-based news website with videos)

Social networking

Twitter in IrishFacebook in IrishGoogle in IrishGmail in IrishWordpress GaeilgeTearma.ie Terminology websitevBulletin version: 3.7.4 Internet forum software package

Online forums

Boards.ie (Learning Irish forum)Boards.ie Teach na nGealt (Irish language forum in Irish)Politics.ie (Political Irish-language forum including non-political discussion)Daon Phoblacht Chorcaí (Cork-based Irish-language forum)Slugger O'Toole (occasionally has articles in Irish)Daltaí na Gaeilge (U.S.A-based Irish language organisation with online discussion forum).

Dictionaries

Ó Dónaill & De Bhaldraithe (Gaeilge > Béarla Irish to English)

Pota Focal (ever expanding word and phrase dictionary)Duinnín (published in 1924 and still relevant)

Gogan (30,000 words not published in any other Irish to English dictionary)Tearma.ie (terminology dictionary)Dictionary of Irish language (Old and Middle Irish to English dictionary)Foclóir Nua (collecting and compiling ongoing)

Place name translator

Logainm.ie Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin City Street Names

Encyclopedia

Vicipéid (Wikipedia in Irish)Focal.ie- Gateway to electronic resources for the Irish language

Print to voice

Abair.ie

Software

Lunguashop Com/irish Several computer software products have the option of an Irish-language interface. Prominent examples include KDE, Mozilla Firefox,

Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client, personal information manager, news client, RSS and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation and operated by subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation. The projec ...

OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite. Active successor projects include LibreOffice (the most actively developed), Apache OpenOffice, Collabora Online (enterprise ready LibreOffice) a ...

LibreOffice LibreOffice () is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). It was forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite co ...

and various language packs for Microsoft products including

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VBulletin vBulletin is a proprietary Internet forum software package sold by MH Sub I, LLC doing business as vBulletin (formerly Jelsoft Enterprises and vBulletin Solutions). It is written in PHP and uses a MariaDB or MySQL database server. Similar pro ...

the most popular software for hosting online chat forums has an Irish-language option. The option of using it is available on PeoplesRepublicofCork.com.

Video games

In 2012 Derry City-based independent developer Black Market Games released '' Dead Hungry Diner'', a fast-paced action-puzzler video game. An Irish-language version of ''Dead Hungry Diner'', in conjunction with

Foras na Gaeilge (, " Irish Institute"; ) is a public body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was set up on 2 December 1999, assuming the role ...

, was subsequently made available for free from Black Market Games' website, with the intent of promoting learning through Irish. This is credited as being the first commercial video game to be released in Irish. Minecraft has an Irish language option in a game released in 2012 in version 1.3.1. In 2015 the video game developer

John Romero John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

released a remake of the 1980s PC platformer, Dangerous Dave, featuring Irish as one of its languages. Romero currently resides and works in

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...

. Another game on which Romero was a key developer -

Commander Keen ''Commander Keen'' is a series of side-scrolling platform video games developed primarily by id Software. The series consists of six main episodes, a "lost" episode, and a final game; all but the final game were originally released for MS-DOS in ...

- was used in 2005 by a fan called Benvolio to make a mod entirely in the Irish language
Bunny Basher 2

Mobile technology

In 2008 the mobile phone maker

Samsung The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...

said that it would create a mobile phone specifically for the Irish-language market, which would include Irish-language predictive text. Later that year Samsung announced that all of its new phones launched from 2009 onwards would have "Gael Fón" - a feature allowing Irish as a language option, including predictive text, which was developed by the company - as standard. Since 2012,

Adaptxt Adaptxt is a predictive text application for mobile phones, developed by KeyPoint Technologies, a UK-based software company. The application is designed to improve text entry on mobile devices by making it faster and error-free. It achieves this ...

, a predictive texting app for Android, also includes Irish as an available language.

Interactive iBooks

Slí Draíochta an Gha Ghreine

Irish language apps

TeachMe! Irish * Abair leat (Irish language social networking site app) * Ag Sparoi le Claude * Aibítear na nAinmhithe agus na nÉan * An Chraic * Bábóg Baby
Cliúsaíocht as Gaeilge
* Cúla 4 * CúlaCaint * Cúlacaint2 * Enjoy Irish * Get the Focal * Greann Gaeilge * Mo Shiopa Lidl * Olly an Veain Bheag Bhán

Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais

Once every year

Oireachtas na Gaeilge Oireachtas na Gaeilge (, “The Irish (language) Gathering”) is an annual arts festival of Irish culture, which has run since the 1890s. Inspired by the Welsh eisteddfodau, the festival has included different events connected with Irish lang ...

hold Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais which are the annual Irish language awards for the Irish language media.

References

External links

Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireannGiotaí
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Irish-Language Media Mass media in Ireland * Mass media in the Republic of Ireland Newspapers, Republic, Irish-language media