The Irish Wikipedia (), also known as An Vicipéid, is the

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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 7,000 articles having been created. As of December 2024, it was the 96th largest Wikipedia among 340 active Wikipedias. 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

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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

University of Galway The University of Galway () is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) () from 1908 to 1997 and as ...

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Vicipéid

Irish Wikipedia mobile version
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by Erik Zachte {{Wikipedias Wikipedias in Celtic languages

Internet properties established in 2003

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