Foclóir Stairiúil na Nua-Ghaeilge

The Foclóir Stairiúil na Nua-Ghaeilge (Irish pronunciation: [ˈfˠɔkl̪oːˠɾʲ ˈsˠt̪ˠaɾʲuːlʲ n̪ˠə n̪ˠuəˈɣeːlʲɟə], "Historical Dictionary of Modern Irish") is a project that was started in 1976 with the aim of creating a historical dictionary for Modern Irish. The dictionary will cover a period from 1600 to the present day. In contrast to most existing Irish dictionaries, this will be an Irish–Irish dictionary. Most others, including the highly regarded de Bhaldraithe and Ó Dónaill dictionaries, are Irish–English bilingual dictionaries.

Use will be made of written sources, the spoken language and folklore in order to collect the headwords for the dictionary. In preparation for this, the Corpus Of Irish 1600–1882 was published on CD-ROM in 2004. Work has started on the next step, in Donegal and in Dublin; this is the Corpus Of Irish 1882–2000. The project is accommodated in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin and in Ionad Fiontraíochta Shliabh Liag, An Charraig, Co. Dhún na nGall.^[1]

External links

• http://gaelport.com/index.php?page=clippings&id=1240&viewby=date – Much of the current article was translated from this page.
• http://shop.ria.ie/shop/shopexd.asp?id=358 – The 1600–1882 Corpus of Irish.

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