Education
Britannica School – an online resource that provides a safe, age appropriate learning environment.
Scoilnet – Iárshuiomh oideachais na héireann Portal for Irish Education
IXL – Maths site for primary/secondary school level
Activity Sheets – related to O’Brien books
SumDog – Free games to make Maths fun
Éire Intliúil – Ingenious Ireland
Sport and Play
Ógras organises a wide range of fun and educational events throughout the country for young people who wish to participate in a fresh and energetic Irish language youth movement.
The GAA’s centre for information on football, hurling and camogie.
Program information.
The world’s most famous and most powerful search engine.
The complete radio service for the Gaeltacht community and for Irish-speakers around the country.
The Irish-language edition of the multilingual encyclopedia. Many entries have been translated already and there are more to come. You can help out with the work, if you like …
The web site for Seachtain na Gaeilge which provides a flavour of the kind of the kinds of happenings that will be part of the fortnight.
Useful links
A very useful language service that provides information on Irish verbs and how to use them.
This is the National Terminology Database for Irish, developed by Fiontar, DCU in collaboration with An Coiste Téarmaíochta, Foras na Gaeilge.Foclóir bunúsach, a leithéid d’fhoclóir ar an líon agus a bheadh i ngnáthfhoclóir póca.
An Internet dictionary of the Irish Language.
An Irish-language glossary aimed at the public services.
Other links
Build yourself a wonderful toy using only paper.
This great museum site in Washington, in America, puts out a big welcome for children.
A site with information about nearly every animal on the planet.
A site with a crest for most Irish families.
Dearaigh Suaitheantas Duit Féin
Design yourself a coat of arms using this tool at the V&A museum site in England.
An English site that allows you to create a “virtual village”.
Information about everything happening in County Kildare, with particular emphasis on local government.
A web encyclopedia for children.
A site run by the museums of Britain, with many interesting games.