Irish Accented Letters: Complete List to Copy and Paste
Irish marks long vowels with the síneadh fada: á, é, í, ó, ú.
Click any letter below to copy it.
Lowercase Irish letters
Uppercase Irish letters
Unicode and HTML codes
| Letter | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| á | a with acute | U+00E1 | á |
| é | e with acute | U+00E9 | é |
| í | i with acute | U+00ED | í |
| ó | o with acute | U+00F3 | ó |
| ú | u with acute | U+00FA | ú |
| Á | Capital A with acute | U+00C1 | Á |
| É | Capital E with acute | U+00C9 | É |
| Í | Capital I with acute | U+00CD | Í |
| Ó | Capital O with acute | U+00D3 | Ó |
| Ú | Capital U with acute | U+00DA | Ú |
Typing these letters quickly
On Windows, the fastest built-in route is an Alt code, for example Alt+0225 for á. On a Mac, press Option+E, then A. On phones, add the Irish keyboard so every letter sits on the long-press menu. The full typing guide has a chart for every letter.
Capital letters
Every lowercase Irish letter above has a capital form, and you should keep the accent on capitals. Dropping accents from capitals is an old typewriter habit; modern style guides for most languages, including the official French and Spanish academies, recommend keeping them.
Sorting and searching Irish text
Computers sort accented letters by code point unless told otherwise, which can put them after z. Use a locale-aware sort (for example localeCompare with the Irish locale in JavaScript, or a Irish collation in your database) so lists follow Irish alphabetical order.