Because Irish is — like all languages — unusual, a brief history is given in Section 2, and the domains of current language use are described. The language resources are set out and the implications of the diglossic, unequal relationship with English are summarised. In Section 3, the work of the Irish Terminology Committee is described, followed, in Section 4, by the work of its university partner, the Gaois research group. Section 5 deals with legal terminology. In Section 6, we look at the transformative effect of EU official-language status for Irish, and the terminology work done since 2007 to support that status, the GA-IATE project in particular.