What careers are possible with the Irish language

Updated on 7 November 2025

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Table of Contents

Advantages of having Irish
Summary of job possibilities
Detailed information on careers
Online career guidance with saoloibre.ie
Additional information

Find advice and information about the possible careers you can have with the Irish language.
What careers are possible with the Irish language

Advantages of having Irish #

The Irish language is a valuable skill to have when you are looking for employment in Ireland and abroad. There are many opportunities for those with Irish in the public sector, in business, in culture and heritage, in the media, in translation and in education.

There are many excellent resources where you can go for advice and information regarding potential careers with the Irish language. The most comprehensive are outlined below.

Summary of job possibilities #

This information sheet provides a broad summary of the sectors and careers where Irish would be an advantage or a requirement. These include potential careers in the Civil Service, the Public Service, the media, in the institutions of the European Union and many other sectors.

Detailed information on careers #

If you’d like more in-depth information, you can find it in the information pack, ‘Deiseanna Gairmeacha le Gaeilge’ from COGG.

You’ll find guidance, advice and important information about career planning with the Irish language, including information of appropriate courses of study, and the opportunities that are possible for those who are fluent, and a lot more besides. Sectors covered include the Irish-language media, education, translation and interpreting, business, the Gaeltacht and others.

You’ll also find information on apprenticeships, further education, bursaries, scholarships, grants, and Irish-language residence schemes (scéimeanna cónaithe), as well as a useful career guidance checklist, ‘10 steps to take now to prepare for your career in Irish’.

You can download the full package in English from the COGG site.

Opportunities abroad

Note that a couple of the postgraduate scholarships listed in the package are opportunities for teaching positions outside of Ireland and the EU i.e. in academic institutions in Canada (ICUF) and in the U.S. (Fulbright Ireland-USA).

Online career guidance with saoloibre.ie #

Career guidance website saoloibre.ie

The information provided by COGG, as referenced above, is shared and added to on the page ‘Deiseanna Gairme le Gaeilge’ on saoloibre.ie.

Here you’ll find easily accessible information and advice regarding careers in Irish for the following sectors; however the information is only available in Irish: