News from deireadh na míosa, only slightly stale

Totally thought I put these up already. Huh. Plus, I totally blew past the 500th post a few back. Ah, well.

English-Irish dictionary to be completed by 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ad9n9et
25 Eanáir 2013

Cyberbullying, retweet, and cloud computing — just some of the words we can now say as Gaeilge.

It’s all thanks to the launch of www.focloir.ie — the first major English-Irish dictionary since the publication of Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s dictionary in 1959.

More (including translations of the words mentioned above) at Gaelport.com.


NW man edits first dictionary since 1959
http://www.gaelport.com/nuacht/NW-man-edits-first-dictionary-since-1959/
29 Eanáir 2013
Londnderry man Dr Pádraig Ó Mianáin has edited the first major English-Irish dictionary since Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s over 50 years ago with ‘ghost estates,’ ‘cyberbullying,’ ‘retweet,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘cloud computing’ amongst words now included in the lexicon.

More at Gaelport.com.