What's the Irish word for water?

What is Irish Gaelic? Kenmare County Cork Ireland Kenmare, County Kerry. It's a beautiful spot in Ireland. You wanted to get the translation for “water” in Gaelic. Now's your chance to dive deeper! Irish Gaelic is the native ancient living language of Ireland. It is two thousand years old. Maybe you call it “Gaelic”. read more

The Irish word for water is uisce, pronounced kind of like ‘ishka’. English orthography can’t quite convey the faint hint of a ‘w’ sound at the beginning. Incidentally, uisce found its way into English via uisce beatha, which literally means ‘water of life’ (it’s a direct translation of aqua vitae) and which is the Irish name for whisky. read more

No longer the common Irish word for ‘island’, this word survives mostly in names, such as Inis Fraoigh (‘Heathery Isle’, anglicized Inishfree), County Sligo, made famous by the poem ‘Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by William Butler Yeats. read more