The first major English-Irish dictionary to be published in over 60 years will be launched today by President Michael D Higgins . Produced by Foras na Gaeilge, the dictionary is the first major English-Irish dictionary since Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s seminal English-Irish Dictionary in 1959. The entries are derived from the hugely popular New English-Irish Dictionary website, www.focloir.ie, which attracts over two million visitors a year. President Higgins said: “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. 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.

Source: The Irish Times October 30, 2020 09:44 UTC