Irish language voice over services

It depends on the audience, and you do have to choose — Irish has a written standard but no spoken one, so there is no neutral option to fall back on. Ulster, Connacht and Munster differ in vowels, stress and intonation, and listeners place a reader immediately. If your content is tied to a region, use its dialect; if it is national, tell us the content type and we will recommend one.

No, and this is the most common mix-up we see. Irish, or Gaeilge, is a Celtic language in its own right. Irish English is English as spoken in Ireland. They need different actors and we hold separate rosters, so if your brief wants an Irish accent rather than the Irish language, our Irish English voice over service is the one you want.

Yes, and it is worth saying so in the brief. A large part of the audience understands Irish passively rather than fluently, so pace, clarity and sentence construction do more work than they would in English. We direct for that, and at translation stage we can keep the language closer to the standard taught in schools rather than to dense regional idiom.

Yes, and most of the roster is. You can filter the library above for London-based talent, which also makes attended sessions in our Central London studios straightforward if you want to direct in the room.

Yes, with native Irish linguists working to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the official written standard. We will ask about the audience's fluency and the dialect you are recording in, because both affect word choice even when the spelling is standardised.

Yes. Irish is the first official language of Ireland and an official language of the European Union, which generates steady demand for public-sector and institutional content. We work to whatever terminology and style guide your body requires.

Public-sector and government content, Irish-language education and school material, broadcast and TG4 programming, museum and heritage audio guides, advertising aimed at the Irish market, and EU institutional documentation.

Most short Irish projects are delivered within 24 to 48 hours; longer or multi-voice work is scheduled with your dedicated project manager, who confirms a firm date up front.

Your Irish (Gaeilge) audio is delivered to your specification: uncompressed WAV, MP3 where size matters, stems where the mix happens elsewhere, at the LUFS target you set.

Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.

More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.

Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.