Countries of the World in Irish

136 countries, by continent. Tap any name to see it on the map.

Is as an bhFrainc mé. Originally from France: Is as an bhFrainc ó dhúchas mé. Country names with “an” take as an and an urú: as an bhFrainc, as an nGearmáin, as an bPolainn; before a vowel, d, t or m nothing changes: as an Iodáil, as an Tuirc. Names without “an” take as alone: as Sasana, as Ceanada.

Tá mé i mo chónaí sa Spáinn. “In” is sa before a country with “an” (sa Fhrainc, sa Ghearmáin, sa Spáinn), san before a vowel (san Iodáil, san Ostair), and i with an urú before a name without “an” (i gCeanada, i bPeiriú; in Albain before a vowel).

Irish puts the article on most country names: an Fhrainc, an Spáinn, an tSín. Nearly all of them are feminine, so after muintir or Rialtas the article becomes na: muintir na Fraince, Rialtas na Spáinne. A few have no article at all: Sasana, Albain, Ceanada, Meiriceá, Éire.

The person usually ends in -ach and the language in -is: Francach, Fraincis; Spáinneach, Spáinnis; Gearmánach, Gearmáinis; Síneach, Sínis. To say you speak it: Tá Fraincis agam, I speak French. To say what you are: Is Éireannach mé, I am Irish.

Éire (in Éirinn, as Éirinn, muintir na hÉireann), Sasana (i Sasana, as Sasana, muintir Shasana), Albain (in Albain, as Albain, muintir Alban) and an Bhreatain Bheag (sa Bhreatain Bheag, as an mBreatain Bheag, muintir na Breataine Bige). Britain is an Bhreatain and the United Kingdom an Ríocht Aontaithe.