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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

Five Gaeltacht UCD students standing and smiling together in front of the Gaeltacht UCD banner filling the background
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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

Two students in UCD Club House the student of the left playing the bodhran and the student on the right dancing
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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

Padhraig playing the harp
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Gaeltacht UCD
Global Centre for Irish Language & Culture

Gaeltacht UCD, the university's Global Centre for Irish Language and Culture, promotes the Irish language and culture in Ireland's global university. We extend a very warm welcome to international students and staff, alumni and diaspora.

Two students reading the Gaeltacht UCD Pamphlet

Courses for UCD Students and Staff

Gaeltacht UCD provides Irish language courses for those who wish to learn or improve their Irish. All Gaeltacht UCD teaching materials are based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) guidelines.‌ It is important to register early for the courses to ensure that you are allocated a place. The following courses are available only to current UCD students and staff. 

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Gaeltacht UCD students standing together wearing green and purple uniforms

Teach na Gaeilge UCD 2023-2024 Competition

UCD's mini-Gaeltacht, first established in 2000, offers students a unique experience. Students from various subject areas have the opportunity to live and work together as Gaeilge, while further developing their individual talents through a range of social and cultural activities. Gaeltacht UCD offers scholarships to 24 students who are fluent Irish speakers and who have the desire and the ability to initiate projects which promote the use of the language.

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Gaeltacht UCD

Room L540, Library Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
E: ranganna.gaeilge@ucd.ie