Welcome
Welcome to Foclóirí ár linne, Foras na Gaeilge's dictionary website where you will find An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge [the new monolingual Irish dictionary] (2025) and the New English-Irish Dictionary (2013-2025). Both dictionaries are available free of charge and have been adapted to work on both desktop computers and mobile devices. The universal search allows users to search both dictionaries at the same time.
The dictionaries also contain grammatical information, sound files and usage notes relating to words in Irish. For more information on how to access these items, and for instructional videos, see our FAQ section and our YouTube channel. More information...
December 2025
The first tranche of entries in An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge [the new monolingual Irish dictionary] was launched. There are 20,000 entries and 40,000 senses in the first tranche of material. Further information...
Concise English-Irish Dictionary (2020) available to buy. For more information, click here.
Have you seen our channel on YouTube?
We have a range of videos on YouTube to help users get the most out of the website. You can watch instructional videos on how to access the sound files, grammar files, and usage notes, among other features here.
Additional educational resources
A number of additional educational resources may be found here. Grammar tables and essays on language and style in English and in Irish may be found in this section.