Colaiste Lurgan have been putting out some truly amazing videos of their covers in the Irish language (as gaeilge) of popular hit songs. Their most recent release is a cover of Adele’s “Hello”. The lead vocalist is one of their students Shannon Bryan. It’s truly haunting. Enjoy! Here are the lyrics: Hello, tú ann? Mé […]
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Anois is Féidir na Fotheidil a Mhúchadh le Aip TG4
Now you can turn off English subtitles (or choose Irish ones) on TG4’s app, and they’ve added support for Chromecast. Curtha soir ag fotheidil Bhéarla agus tú ag iarraidh an Ghaeilge a chlos ar Ros na Rún? Tá leagan nua de Aip iOS TG4 anois a thugann an rogha do dhaoine na fotheidil a roghnú nó a mhúchadh […]
Cuireann Facebook Fáilte Roimh Ainmneacha Gaeilge
Tá sé fógartha go bhfuil Facebook sásta leaganacha Gaeilge d’ainmneacha a cheadú. Tuairiscíonn Tuairisc.ie go bhfuil an comhlacht ag cur meabhrúchán dá gcuid fostaithe go bhfuil leaganacha Gaeilge incheadaithe, fiú má bhaineann an duine úsáid as an leagan Béarla dá ainm go hoifigiúil. Pictiúirí ó Memes na Gaeilge.
Last chance to Stake Your Claim as Dot-Irish Landrush Concludes!
The Land Rush Phase of the new Dot-Irish domain Extension will draw to a close tomorrow, Saturday 20 June at 5pm Irish time. Until then, if you’ve got your eye on a prime domain name, you’re still in with a chance of getting it if you get your application in. Land Rush applications are being taken over at Blacknight.irish, […]
Facebook Voting App Also Available In Irish
As Ireland goes to the polls today Facebook has enabled their “I’m a voter” tool in Ireland. It’s available in both English and Irish, which I discovered this morning when the site decided to offer it to me in the Irish language: And you can add it to your status with your own message (my default […]
Google Calls For A Yes Vote In Marriage Equality Referendum
Google’s homepage for Ireland is currently displaying a subtle, but clear, message: Google supports marriage equality #ProudToLove They’ve also translated the same message on the Irish language version: Google.ie is the most popular website in Ireland according to Alexa, with the .ie taking the number 1 position, followed by the .com at number 2. The […]
The One Millionth Tweet in the Irish Language
The one millionth tweet in the Irish language was sent this week, reports Tuairisc.ie. Beannachtaí na Cásca daoibh go léir ó Gleann Cholm Cille. http://t.co/yh4fX6jtwM — Oideas Gael (@OideasGael) April 5, 2015 Oideas Gael, which runs Irish language holidays and courses for adults in Gleann Colmcille, Co. Donegal, sent the tweet above, cross-posted from Facebook, wishing their 1434 […]
Tá Gmail ar fáil i nGaeilge anois agus Cuma Mhaith Air
Tá sé fógartha ag Google inniu go bhfuil a gcóras ríomhphoist Gmail ar fáil anois i nGaeilge. D’oibrigh foireann Google le pobal na Gaeilge chun an t-aistriúchán a dhéanamh. Tá Gmail ar cheann des na seirbhísí ríomhphoist is mó atá in úsáid ar fud an domhain, é ar fáil i 71 teanga, le breis agus 425 milliún […]
Seirbhís Nua Tuairisc.ie le Seoladh Tráthnóna
Tráthnóna inniu ag a 6 a chlog, seolfar Tuairisc.ie: an tseirbhís nuachta idirlín tré mheán na Gaeilge. Tá an tseirbhís maoinithe faoi chonradh le Foras na Gaeilge. Is é Seán Tadhg Ó Gairbhí, a bhí in a eagarthóir ar Foinse, tráth, an t-eagarthóir ar an suíomh nua. An mhí seo chaite, sheol RTÉ seirbhís nua idirlín […]
Speaking Irish is like Programming in an Object-Oriented Language
Michal Boleslav Měchura is a language technologist, which must be the coolest job description in the world, in my geeky opinion. I take it to mean that he uses his programming skills to build software resources for languages, and that he uses his understanding as a linguist to make that software as good as it can be. We’ve never met, but I use some […]