In order to produce a one-volume dictionary, over a third of the content in the online dictionary (which contains 48k entries and 145k word senses) had to be left out and the remaining content had to undergo significant editing and reformatting. “When the online version was completed, production of a printed version began. The New English-Irish Dictionary has been online since 2013 and now attracts over 2 million users worldwide annually, with over a quarter of them from overseas. “The New English-Irish Dictionary brings Irish-language lexicography into the third millennium with its emphasis on currency in both Irish and English and its coverage of all levels of language use, from formal to informal and from written to spoken. I congratulate Foras na Gaeilge, the dictionary team, and everyone who was involved in this historic achievement.”Ĭhief Editor Pádraig Ó Mianáin said of the new dictionary: They allow communities to express themselves confidently and effectively in their own language, while also preserving the richness – the saibhreas – of a language. This dictionary follows on in a proud tradition of Irish-language lexicography, including famous works by Niall Ó Dónaill, Tomás de Bhaldraithe and Pádraig Ó Duinnín.ĭictionaries are critical tools for any language community. “It was a privilege to launch the New English-Irish Dictionary website in 2013 and I’m delighted to be able to celebrate the final stage of the project today, the Concise English-Irish Dictionary. a broad range of language from the most technical to the most informal.Ĭommenting on the launch of the dictionary, President Higgins said:.

the main dialects of contemporary Irish.current usage not only in Irish but also in English as it is spoken in Ireland.The aim of the dictionary project is to produce a comprehensive modern dictionary which would represent: The entries are derived from the hugely popular New English-Irish Dictionary website, which attracts over two million visitors a year. Produced by Foras na Gaeilge, the dictionary is the first major English-Irish Dictionary to be published in over sixty years (since Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s seminal English-Irish Dictionary in 1959). The new dictionary contains 1,800 pages, over 30,000 entries, 85,000 word senses and 1.8 million words in contemporary English and Irish. Joining us will be personalities and household names such as, Dara Ó Briain, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mary McAleese and many more as they share their experiences with, and grá for our national language.

Higgins will officially launch the Concise English-Irish Dictionary. In an online event at 1pm today Friday, on Foras na Gaeilge’s Facebook Page, President Michael D. Banana bread, selfies and social distancing: the first major English-Irish dictionary in over 60 years published

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