List of Irish-language media
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TG4

"TG Ceathair
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....

", originally known as Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), broadcasts on terrestrial television in both the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 with a potential population reach of 5-6 million. The station has almost 800,000 people tuning into the station each day in the Republic, almost double what it was in the 1990s with an annual budget of €38 million. The station's anchor shows are the long-running soap Ros na Rún
Ros na Rún
Ros na Rún is an Irish soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4. It broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week.It airs in Ireland, Scotland and the United States.-Show history:...

 (160,000 weekly viewership), popular teen drama Aifric
Aifric
Aifric is an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers, directed by Paul Mercier.The first of the weekly thirteen-part series began broadcasting on 31 October 2006, the date of TG4's tenth anniversary....

, dating show Eochair an ghrá
Eochair an ghrá
Eochair an ghrá is a television programme broadcast by Ireland's TG4, an Irish language network. The programme is a dating series where the presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile and pschyologist Kevin O hEaghra, together with a guest, visit three houses, with the guest choosing the owner of one of the...

, documentary about the Irish language abroad Thar Sáile
Thar Sáile
Thar Sáile is a series of television programmes which explores the status of the Irish language in some of Europe’s major cities...

 , reportage Fíorscéal
Fíorscéal
Fíorscéal is an Irish language documentary series broadcast on Irish language television channel TG4 about aspects of world current affairs and other topics...

, documentary Anamnocht
Anamnocht
Anamnocht Documentary series of hour-long treatments of personalities, movements, places and ideas that have shaped modern Ireland or that reveal a hidden or repressed aspect of our cultural, historical or social heritage....

, crazy travel show Amú Amigos
Amú Amigos
Amú Amigos is an Irish-language TV travel show with a mainly young audience. It got huge ratings and brought many non-Irish speakers to the channel for the first time. Hector's style is unique, as he travels to various countries, meeting and chatting with the locals in English/Spanish and then...

 (viewership 50,000), Seacht / Seven
Seacht / Seven
Seacht is a college drama series following the lives of seven college students at the Arts Department of Queen's University in Belfast....

 - university drama set in Belfast (viewership 40,000) the dating game Paisean Faisean
Paisean Faisean
Paisean Faisean 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 Chuaig...

, South Park in Irish, chat show Ardán
Ardán
Ardán is a weekly Irish language chat show produced by RTÉ for TG4. It is presented by Páidí Ó Lionáird and is broadcast on Sundays at 20:30. Ardán is also the name of 211 Limited companies.- Overview :...

, music programmes Pop 4, talent show Nollaig No. 1
Nollaig No. 1
Nollaig No. 1 was an Irish-language talent show, the winner of which will got the opportunity to release their winning song to the general public for Christmas 2008....

, and children's shows Cúla 4
Cúla 4
Cúla 4 is branded children's block on Irish language public broadcaster TG4. The strand was first established in 1996 as Cúlabúla; with the rebrand of TnaG to TG4 in 1999 Cúlabúla was renamed as "Cúla 4"....

, Síle
Sile
Şile is a small holiday city on the Black Sea, 70 km from the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Şile is the also the name of the district and the municipality that contain the city center of Şile...

 and the news programmes Nuacht TG4
Nuacht TG4
Nuacht TG4 is a daily half-hour Irish language TV news bulletin produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs for the Irish language Television station TG4. The programme is broadcast weekday evenings at 19:00, live from the studios of TG4 in Baile na hAbhann, County Galway...

 (viewership 35,000) to mention but a few.

Cúla 4

Cúla 4
Cúla 4
Cúla 4 is branded children's block on Irish language public broadcaster TG4. The strand was first established in 1996 as Cúlabúla; with the rebrand of TnaG to TG4 in 1999 Cúlabúla was renamed as "Cúla 4"....

 carries a strand of children's programmes on terrestrial and satellite television with programmes in Irish, with a range of home-produced and foreign dubbed programmes. Programmes are broadcast Mondays-Sundays from 7am - 9am, then from 2.30pm-5.30pm.

RTÉ News Now

RTÉ News Now
RTÉ News Now
RTÉ News Now is a 24-hour news television network in the Republic of Ireland operated byIrish public service broadcaster RTÉ. The channel launched as RTÉ News Now available exclusively online on June 12, 2008. The channel began broadcasting as a free-to-air channel on October 29, 2010 on...

 is a 24 hour live news service available on the RTÉ website featuring national and international news. It offers a mix of Irish language, English language and Irish sign language TV news bulletins and political programmes. It broadcasts the following programmes: Cinnlínte Nuachta, Nuacht RTÉ
Nuacht RTÉ
Nuacht RTÉ is one of two Irish language television news services broadcast by RTÉ News and Current Affairs in Ireland...

, Nuacht an Lae, Cinnlínte Nuachta, Nuacht TG4
Nuacht TG4
Nuacht TG4 is a daily half-hour Irish language TV news bulletin produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs for the Irish language Television station TG4. The programme is broadcast weekday evenings at 19:00, live from the studios of TG4 in Baile na hAbhann, County Galway...

, Pobal
Pobal
Pobal is a bilingual English-Irish current affairs programme broadcast each Sunday evening at 17:30 on RTÉ One. It acts as the bilingual sister to Nationwide. It has been presented by Síle Seoige, now one half of Seoige. Each show is filmed from a different location in rural Ireland and it is now...

, Timpeall na Tíre and 7 Lá
7 Lá
7 Lá is an Irish-language weekly current affairs show. All topics are discussed but particular focus is given to regional and Gaeltacht affairs....

.

RTÉ International

RTÉ International
RTÉ International
RTÉ International is the working title of an international television service, to be created by the national broadcaster of Ireland, Raidió Teilifís Éireann , when economic conditions improve....

 is a new digital TV station that is expected to be on air as of 2010. It will also contain some Irish language programmes from TG4 and will be available in Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

, Europe and North America for the Irish expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...

 community.

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel
Houses of the Oireachtas Channel
Houses of the Oireachtas Channel or informally Oireachtas TV is a public service broadcaster for the two houses of the Oireachtas . The channel was created under the Broadcasting Act 2009 for broadcast on the proposed roll out of Irish Digital Terrestrial Television...

 is a proposed digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland from 2009, which will show live broadcasts from the both Irish houses of parliament Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...

 and Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...

 in Dublin. It will cover parliamentary debates in both Irish and English.

Any complaints regarding the provision of services, including media in Irish within the Republic can be directed to An Coimisinéir Teanga (The Language Commissioner).

BBC Two Northern Ireland

BBC Two Northern Ireland has its own Irish language department producing some well-known programmes such as:
music programme for young people Imeall Geall, trad 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
Feile an Phobail
Féile an Phobail , also known as the West Belfast Festival is a community arts organisation known for its August Féile . The organisation is prominent for its promotion of Irish and international culture...

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

RTÉ One

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has one channel, RTÉ One
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

, which broadcasts Irish language programmes such as: news bulletin RTÉ Nuacht, docuseries of various scandals that rocked Ireland Scannal and community programme Pobal
Pobal
Pobal is a bilingual English-Irish current affairs programme broadcast each Sunday evening at 17:30 on RTÉ One. It acts as the bilingual sister to Nationwide. It has been presented by Síle Seoige, now one half of Seoige. Each show is filmed from a different location in rural Ireland and it is now...

.

Radio stations entirely in Irish

There are six radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish:

National

  • RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
    RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
    RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :...

     (RnaG) - a national radio station which is part of the RTÉ
    RTE
    RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

     franchise broadcasting throughout the entire island of Ireland with an annual budget of approximately €13 million similar in size to BBC Radio Cymru
    BBC Radio Cymru
    BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Cymru's Welsh-language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales from studios in Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth on FM since 1977. At the time of its launch it was one of the few FM-only radio services in the UK...

    .

Youth

  • Anocht FM
    Anocht FM
    Anocht FM, founded in 2005, is a national Irish language radio station broadcasting across Ireland.Anocht FM broadcasts between 9 pm and 1 am weekdays and shares the same frequency as RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta...

     - broadcasts on the same frequency as Raidió na Gaeltachta but is aimed at a young audience.
  • Raidió Rí-Rá
    Raidió Rí-Rá
    Raidió Rí-Rá, founded in 2008, is an Irish language chart music radio station broadcasting on the Internet and, for approximately one month a year, on FM radio.-Information:...

     - a youth-orientated chart music
    Irish Singles Chart
    The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

     station, currently broadcasting on the internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     and during March on an FM radio multi-city licence in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge
    Seachtain na Gaeilge
    Seachtain na Gaeilge is a non-profit organisation which aims to promote the Irish language during a two week festival held at the beginning of March every year...

    . The station is the only youth radio station in a Celtic language and was expected to be available on digital DAB as of Summer 2009.

Stations with weekly Irish language programming

Almost all national, regional and local stations
Radio in Ireland
Licensed radio in the Republic of Ireland is one element of the wider media in Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licenced service on any given day. This article deals with the legal radio stations of Ireland...

 also have regular Irish-language programming such as the following radio stations:

Outside of Ireland:
  • 3ZZZ
    3ZZZ
    3ZZZ is an ethnic community radio station in Melbourne, Australia broadcasting programs in over 70 languages on FM 92.3 MHz....

    ; Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

     Community Radio, Australia: Saturday and Sunday
  • WFUV
    WFUV
    WFUV, 90.7 FM in New York City, is Fordham University's 50,000-watt, non-commercial radio station, with studios on campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. First broadcast in 1947, WFUV has an airstaff which includes such New York radio veterans as Pete Fornatale , Dennis...

    ; New York City
    New York City
    New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

     Public Radio Station; Sunday Morning


National:
  • RTÉ Pulse
    RTÉ Pulse
    RTÉ Pulse is an electronic dance music station from RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. It broadcasts on the RTÉ DAB Multiplex and Saorview Ireland's free to air DTT service in Ireland. Online worldwide and on the Irish Cable system UPC/NTL channel 943. It plays a varied mix of dance music...

     - The Cosmo show (Bilingual LGBT
    LGBT
    LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

     Gay community and scene news)
  • RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
    RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
    RTÉ Radio 1 Extra is an Irish radio station broadcasting RTÉ Radio 1. It plays sports, educational and religious opt-outs at certain times ....

  • RTÉ Playback
  • RTÉ Junior
    RTÉ Junior
    RTÉ Junior is a digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. It plays children’s music, and is Ireland's first children's radio station. It broadcasts from 07:00 to 21:00, and time-shares its DAB slot with RTÉ Chill...

  • Newstalk


Regional:
  • BBC Radio Foyle
    BBC Radio Foyle
    BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC Northern Ireland local radio station, serving County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It is named after the River Foyle which flows through the city where the station is based. The station broadcasts from BBC's Northland Road studios on 93.1 FM and 792 MW in Derry, County...

     - Foyle area
  • FéileFM - Belfast
  • Iúr FM - County Down
  • NEAR FM 90.3FM - Dublin
  • Wired Luimnigh - County Limerick
  • Radió Corca Baiscinn - County Clare
  • Connemara Community Radio
    Connemara Community Radio
    Connemara Community Radio is a community-based radio station broadcasting for 10 hours per day throughout the north-west Connemara region of Ireland. It initially began broadcasting in September 1988 until New Years Eve 1988 as a pirate station. In 1995 Community Radio Licenses were issued and the...

     - County Galway
  • Cork Campus Radio Cork
  • Dundalk FM100 - County Louth
  • Flirt FM
    Flirt FM
    Flirt FM is the student radio station for the National University of Ireland, Galway. It broadcasts at 101.3 MHz on the FM band and a webcast is also available.-History:...

     - County Galway
  • Liffey Sound FM - Dublin
  • ICR FM
  • i102-104FM
    I102-104FM
    i 102-104FM was a regional station in the Republic of Ireland launched on 7 February 2008. The station won the licence for a 'youth' orientated station that would broadcast across seven counties in the northwest and west of Ireland, targeting listeners aged between 15 and 34; and was part of a...

  • FM104
    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 , and is a subsidiary of UTV Radio. The station broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland...

     - Dublin
  • Kfm
    KFM
    KFM may refer to:* Kearny Fallout Meter, an expedient radiation meter, that can be made from household items* The Kentucky Fried Movie, an American comedy film, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis...

     - County Kildare
  • South East Radio
    South East Radio
    South East Radio is an Irish radio station, broadcasting at: 95.6; 96.2, and 96.4 MHz. Its broadcasts across Co. Wexford from studios in a 19th Century Georgian-Styled former bank branch, located on Wexford's quay....

  • Midlands 103
    Midlands 103
    Midlands 103 is an Irish local radio station broadcasting to Laois, Offaly and Westmeath.The station's headquarters is in Tullamore, and it also has studios in Athlone, Mullingar, and Portlaoise.- Presenters :*Aidan Barry...

  • Highland Radio
    Highland Radio
    Highland Radio is an Irish radio station operating under a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, and is the licenced local radio service for the County Donegal franchise. It began broadcasting on March 15, 1990, and is currently franchised until 2014. Highland's headquarters are...

     - County Donegal
  • Galway Bay FM
    Galway Bay FM
    Galway Bay FM is an Irish independent local radio station and operates under a license from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Established in 1989, the station broadcasts from studios in Galway, serving the city and County Galway.-Programming:...

     - County Galway
  • Ocean FM
    Ocean FM (Ireland)
    Ocean FM is a local radio station that broadcasts to parts of the northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of south County Donegal, north County Leitrim and most of County Sligo and it broadcasts into parts of south-west County Fermanagh. It started broadcasting on 1 October 2004,...

     -County Sligo
  • Mid-West Radio
  • Shannonside FM - County Clare
  • WLR FM - County Waterford
  • Radio Kerry
    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 July 14 1990. The station headquarters are in Tralee, the principal town of County Kerry, with remote...

     - County Kerry
  • Tipp FM - County Tipperary
  • Live 95FM
    Live 95FM
    Limerick's Live 95fm is a radio station in the Republic of Ireland owned by UTV Radio, broadcasting to Limerick city and county-History:The station was launched from O'Connell Street in Limerick as the "New 95FM" on November 6, 1997 as a replacement for the previous local radio franchise holder...

     - County Limerick
  • Clare FM
    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...

     - County Clare
  • BelfieldFM - Dublin

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
Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann
Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann is the PPI award winning official Irish music sales chart.It is broadcast on a weekly basis on eight stations across Ireland, the show is presented in the Irish language by Daithi O'Daibhin....

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
    East Coast FM
    East Coast FM is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland...

  • Flirt FM
    Flirt FM
    Flirt FM is the student radio station for the National University of Ireland, Galway. It broadcasts at 101.3 MHz on the FM band and a webcast is also available.-History:...

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

  • LMFM
    LMFM
    LMFM is an independent Local Radio station in Ireland. It is also the largest Local radio station outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV bought the station in a deal worth about €10 million in 2005.LMFM broadcasts on a number of...

  • Midwest Radio
    MidWest Radio
    Midwest Radio is a local Irish radio station based in County Mayo, Ireland. Officially opened in 1989 , its current studios are located on Clare Street, Ballyhaunis...

  • NEAR 90.3 FM
  • Newstalk
  • Red FM
    Red FM
    The name Red FM refers to more than one radio station:* Red FM , a commercial radio network covering the remote areas of Western Australia* Red FM , an Indian radio brand with stations broadcasting at 93.5 MHz across the country...

  • Spin 1038
    Spin 1038
    Spin 1038 is an Independent Local Radio station in Dublin, Ireland. It is owned by Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Despite their name, they do not broadcast on the medium wave band , but on 103.8 FM...

  • Spin South West
    Spin South West
    Spin South West is an Irish radio station broadcasting from Raheen in Limerick City to the South West. It launched on 23 July 2007, and holds an Independent Regional Radio contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to broadcast to County Kerry, County Limerick, County Clare, North...

  • Wired FM

Daily

  • Nuacht24
    Nuacht24
    Nuacht24 is an Irish language news website and weekly online newspaper with a weekly printed editionbased in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has been favourably received by Irish media as an independent, comprehensive, up-to-date news service. Nuacht24 plans to launch a comprehensive video based...

     - online daily newspaper with a weekly printed edition published in Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

    , Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

    .

Weekly

  • Foinse
    Foinse
    -History:Foinse was first published in October 1996 as a weekly Saturday newspaper. It was published in Carraroe, County Galway and printed in Tralee. It was first published in October 1996....

     - is the biggest Irish language weekly newspaper published in Ireland. Is based in County Galway
    County Galway
    County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

    , Republic of Ireland.
  • Gaelscéal - 32-page newspaper published weekly

Newspapers with Irish language columns

In addition to this, most English-language newspapers have Irish-language columns:
  • Metro Éireann
    Metro Éireann
    Metro Éireann is Ireland's multicultural newspaper. It is published by Metro Publishing and Consultancy Limited.-History:The tabloid-format paper was established by two Nigerians , Chinedu Onyejelem and Abel Ugba in April 2000...

     - Irish language columns
  • The Irish Times
    The Irish Times
    The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...

     - Irish language columns
  • Irish News - Irish language columns
  • Irish Daily Star
    Irish Daily Star
    The Irish Daily Star is a tabloid newspaper published in Ireland by the Independent Star Limited. Independent Star Limited is a joint venture between Richard Desmond's UK based Express Newspapers Limited, which owns the British Daily Star, and Irish news magnate Denis O'Brien's Independent News &...

     Irish language column (Saturdays)
  • Irish Echo - Irish language columns
  • Evening Echo
    Evening Echo
    The Evening Echo is an Irish evening newspaper based in Cork. It is distributed throughout the province of Munster, although it is primarily read in its base city of Cork. In Limerick, an altered local edition of the paper is sold...

     - Weekly Irish language segment
  • An Phoblacht
    An Phoblacht
    An Phoblacht is the official newspaper of Sinn Féin in Ireland. It is published once a month, and according to its website sells an average of up to 15,000 copies every month and was the first Irish paper to provide an edition online and currently having in excess of 100,000 website hits per...

     - Irish language columns

Magazines

  • Anam Beo, based in Brussels
  • An tUltach
    An tUltach
    An tUltach is the official magazine of Comhaltas Uladh, the Ulster branch of Conradh na Gaeilge .Established in 1924, it is the oldest Irish language magazine still in circulation and has subscribers in every county in Ireland and as far away as China...

     - "Ulsterman" magazine.
  • Comhar
    Comhar
    Comhar is a prominent literary journal in the Irish language, published by the company Comhar Teoranta. It was founded in 1942, and has published work by some of the most notable writers in Irish, including Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máirtín Ó Direáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Brendan Behan...

     - Monthly current affairs magazine.
  • Feasta - Monthly current affairs magazine.
  • Nós
    Nós
    Nós is an Irish language youth lifestyle magazine. The magazine first began publishing online on 17 March 2008 as part of the annual Irish language week, Seachtain na Gaeilge...

     - Popular monthly youth magazine.
  • Popnuacht - Pop news
  • Gaelscoil magazine - Education magazine.
  • An Doras - North American magazine.
  • Ireland of the Welcomes - Irish tourism magazine.

  • Càrn
  • Celtica
  • Cuisle
  • Cumasc
  • Éigse
  • An t-Eolaí - science magazine
  • An Gaeilgeoir
  • Harvard Celtic Colloquium - 1981-1994
  • Iris na Gaeilge - magazine from the society "Irish Cambridge"
  • Journal of Celtic Language Learning
  • Journal of Celtic Linguistics
  • International Congress of Celtic Studies: (1959–1995)
  • Luimne - Mary Immaculate College magazine, 1999–2000
  • Muintir Acla
  • An Músgraigheach, 1943–1945
  • Oghma
  • Táin - Australian magazine with Irish columns
  • Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie - 1987-1997

Publishers

  • Carroll Heinemann
  • Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc
  • Cló Iar-Chonnachta
  • Cois Life Teoranta
  • Coiscéim
  • Dubh Iontas Design Studio

Internet


Software

Several computer software products have the option of an Irish-language interface. Prominent examples include KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...

,
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...

,
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser...

,
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OOo or OpenOffice, is an open-source application suite whose main components are for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and databases. OpenOffice is available for a number of different computer operating systems, is distributed as free software...

,
and Microsoft Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...

,
VBulletin the mostly popular software for hosting online chat forums has an Irish language option. It is used by Politicalworld.org and Peoplesrepublicofcork.com.

Mobile technology

In May 2008, the mobile phone maker Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

 said that it would create a mobile phone specifically for the Irish language market, which would include Irish language predictive text.

Later on, in November 2008, Samsung then announced 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.

See also

  • Gaelic Revival
    Gaelic Revival
    The Gaelic revival was the late-nineteenth-century national revival of interest in the Irish language and Irish Gaelic culture...

     - Irish language revival
  • Gaelscoileanna  Irish-medium education
  • Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
    Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
    Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland is a developing area of the media in Scotland which deals with broadcasts given in Scottish Gaelic and has important links with the efforts of Gaelic revival in Scotland. As well as being informative, Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland has acquired some symbolic...

  • List of Celtic language media

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