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Added by Eoin.

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Here's a couple online ones. Others will come and add some great books as well. FORUM regulars...please remember this is an INFO only thread.

http://www.crannog.ie/focloir.htm

Hey, Somhairle...add that link to the downloadable dictionary as well.

(Edited to delete a resource found to be unreliable)

There's an excellent Irish-Irish dictionary here for the more hardcore Gaeilgeoir:

http://www.csis.ul.ie/focloir

It's provided by the University of Limerick, my alma mater.

Terminology
http://www.acmhainn.ie/nuathearmai.htm

a few that can be helpful:

http://matrix.netsoc.tcd.ie/~hcksplat/g ... ocloir.htm

http://www.hoganstand.com/general/ident ... ionary.htm

http://www.ceantar.org/Gramadach/Claar.html

Irish spell-checker for Microsoft Word.

You can download direct for free (no tech support) or order a copy on CD with full tech support.

http://www.gaelspell.com

the word of the day, a little etymological wordlist
http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal/

MacBain Gaelic dictionary: Also covers Manx language.

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/

Use Webvcr to download entire site and view off line.

Scottish:

http://www.sst.ph.ic.ac.uk/angus/Faclair/
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php

Irish

The Alternative Irish Gaelic Dictionary
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/h ... aelic.html
Slang and off-colour offerings.

GaelDict 98
http://www.ceantar.org/Comp/GAELDI98.HTML
Gaelic Text Database - An Milliún Focal Conallach, móide cnuasachtaí beaga de théacsanna Muimhneacha, Connachtacha agus Albanacha. Fourth internet release, 1998.

Gramadach Lexicon
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Gram/index.html
Simple printout of the lexicon used by the Gramadach computer programs. Translations are from a lot of places (Foclóir Póca, GAELIC-L, word-of-mouth, &c).

An Tobar
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~smacsuib/bng/tobar/
Tearmai Gaeilge don Earnail Phoibli. Useful Irish terms for the Public Sector.

Scottish Gaelic / Gaelic :
Faclair na Pàrlamaid
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/dictionary/gedt-00.asp
Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic dictionaries of words and phrases useful in discussing government and politics.

MacBain's Dictionary
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.html
An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language.

The School Gaelic Dictionary
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MF2/index.html
Prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language by Malcolm MacFarlane.

Manx:
Fockleyr Gaelg - Baarle
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Manx/index.html
A searchable Manx-English dictionary.

Cornish:
http://www.egt.ie/gram/ecd.html English-Cornish Dictionary

Catalan:
The Alternative Catalan Dictionary
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Catalan.html
Catalan slang - a part of The Alternative Dictionaries collection.

Catalan-English Vocabulary
http://sola-sole.com/vocabul.htm
Monodirectional word list with pronunciations.