Irish Writing Tips Blog

The Best Irish App for Mobiles - An Aip Shoghluaiste is Fearr Liomsa

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Working from home has meant that we're all using our mobile phones for writing in Irish more than ever. But that's not always easy on a small mobil...

Best Irish language Spelling and Grammar Games - Na Cluichí Gaeilge is Fearr

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Irish spelling and grammar can be fun sometimes - honest! Here's my video overview of what I think is one of the best Irish language games series...

UNBOXING the New English-Irish Dictionary... FÍSEÁN NUA

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

My copy of the new Concise English-Irish dictionary arrived in the post in a massive box. So I thought I'd make an unboxing video about it. Cén G...

How to Fix a Weird Bug in Microsoft Word

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

I've been getting a lot of emails recently about a weird bug in Microsoft Word that happens when people are typing Irish. This video shows how to ...

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NEW English-Irish dictionary launched... Foclóir nua Béarla-Gaeilge seolta...

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

There's a brand new printed English-Irish dictionary available... Tá foclóir nua Béarla-Gaeilge ar fáil anois... In this video I give a quick overview of it and explain why there's nothing concise about this new Concise English-Irish Dictionary from Foras na Gaeilge.

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REVEALED: The Most Controversial Irish Language Writing Tool

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

There's one controversial online tool people don't like to talk about when it comes to writing in Irish. In this video, I reveal what it is and why you should use it...

Terrified of writing in Irish? Here are tips that will help

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Lots of people are literally scared of writing in Irish - especially if they haven't done it for a long time. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this video I share some tips that make getting back to writing in Irish much easier...

Top Irish Dictionary and Online Resources

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

There are lots of Irish dictionary and online resources available these days. Watch this video to find out about the top ones - including the amazing website I use everyday when I'm writing Irish that no one mentioned in my recent survey...

Anois Irish Grammar Checker: Complete Guide [Updated 2020]

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Anois is most popular Irish grammar checker for Microsoft Word. In this guide I share tips for using Anois to help correct Irish grammar and Irish spelling - including how to install Anois fully and the Irish thesaurus feature for power users...

How to stop Word changing "i" to "I" in Irish

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

One of the most frustrating things about typing in Irish in Microsoft Word is that it keeps changing a lower case "i" to an uppercase "I" automatic...

Fundraising for charity cycling and other blog posts

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Some of you will know that I do a few other things when I'm not working on projects like the Irish spelling checker GaelSpell or our Irish grammar ...

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Why we chose Shopify for our website

by Diarmaid Mac Mathúna

Switching our website over to the Shopify platform (from GoDaddy's old website builder) has hopefully made finding out about our Irish language software easier for our website's visitors. It certainly has made it easier for us to manage how we showcase our products and create special offers for both GaelSpell and Anois.

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