The Irish Language

The Irish Language is sometimes called Gaelic but there are 3 Gaelic Languages all descending from a common Gaelic spoken long ago in Ireland. Linguists refer to the Gaelic of Ireland as Irish or Irish Gaelic, the Gaelic of Scotland as Scots Gaelic or Scottish Gaelic or just Gaelic and the Gaelic of the Isle of Mann as Manx or Manx Gaelic.

Monday, July 04, 2005

Windows pack launched as Gaeilge - Microsoft Fuinneoige agus Oifig 2003

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has launched Irish language packs for Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003.

Microsoft, in partnership with Foras na Gaeilge, has been working on the localisation of the Language Interface Pack (LIP) into the Irish language for the past year.

Other partners involved in supporting the work were EGTeo, DCU, eTeams and NUI Maynooth.
Both packs will be available to download from www.microsoft.com/ireland and www.gaeilge.ie at no charge for all users currently running Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

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