We’ve covered how to count numbers in Irish. But when you’re counting people, Irish Gaelic has a special way of counting people.

It’s a nice specific way of counting, as the words make it instantly obvious that you’re talking about a collection of people rather than things.

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Counting People

one person
Duine amháin /din-ah ah-woyne/

two people
Beirt /bayrt/

three people
Triúir /troor/

four people
Ceathrar /kah-hrar/

five people
Ciúigear /coo-ig-er/

six people
Seisear /shesh-er/

seven people
Seachtar /shockt-er/

eight people
Ochtar /uck-ter/

nine people
Naonar /nay-ner/

ten people
Deichniúr /jeh-ner/

Tips About Counting People in Irish

• Bitesize Irish Gaelic offer a full Irish Gaelic lesson on counting people in Irish Gaelic. You can sign up to access the lesson, it’s also full of audio so you can better learn how to say the words.
• You’ll notice that most of these words end with -ar. That’s a little tip for helping you to memorize the words.