Wikimedia Community Ireland | Pobal Éireann Wikimedia

We support free knowledge in Ireland, in English agus as Gaeilge, as part of the Wikimedia movement, the non-profit behind Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

What we do

  • Editing events: open, in-person and online
  • Photography competitions: Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Pride and others, covering tangible and intangible heritage, ecology and culture in Ireland.
  • GLAM partnerships: working with archives, libraries and museums to collaborate on events, projects and work to release collections under free licence.
  • Irish language: supporting Vicipéid, the Irish-language Wikipedia, now over 64,000 articles, with a dedicated Irish Language Officer role on our staffed team.
  • Education: creating educations resoruces and working on projects such as the WikiWomen Erasmus+ project partners with secondary schools to research and write biographies of underrepresented groups on Wikpedia.

Meitheal (meh-hal) is the Irish word for ‘working party’; a community gathering of neighbours, coming together for a job too big for one person. Whether that’s harvesting a field, builing a house, or creating a Wikipedia page! Our events run on that notion; open to everyone, editors and beginners alike. Check out some of our past events here.

Dr Audrey Whitty, Director of the National Library of Ireland, stands at a podium in the Joly Theatre at the NLI. Behind her, a large screen displays the event title slide for OUT of the Archive + Into the Record: Wiki Loves Pride 2026 at the NLI and IQA, showing the event date, time, and partner logos including Wikimedia LGBT+, the Irish Queer Archive, Dublin Pride, and Wikimedia Community Ireland.
Dr Audrey Whitty, Director of the National Library of Ireland, welcomes attendees to OUT of the Archive + Into the Record at the Joly Theatre, NLI, 19 June 2026.
Participants seated at tables with laptops in the Dr Richard Hayes Room at the National Library of Ireland, a grand Georgian room with high ceilings, ornate plasterwork, and Corinthian columns. Pride flags and bunting in rainbow and Progress Pride colours are displayed around the room. A presentation screen is visible at the far end of the room. A coat stand in the foreground holds several small Pride flags. The parquet floor and classical architecture of the room are visible throughout.
The community meitheal in full swing — participants editing Wikipedia in the Dr Richard Hayes Room at the National Library of Ireland during OUT of the Archive + Into the Record, 19 June 2026.
WM EU Group Pictures with dozens of affiliates from across European country partner affiliates
Group Picture at the Wikimedia Europe 2026 General Assembly in Prague (April 2026) image by Richard Sekerak (WMCZ), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A group of about 20 university students and instructors pose for a group photo in a classroom. Most of the students are kneeling or sitting in two rows in the foreground, while four people stand in the back behind a long wooden desk. In the center of the background, a projector screen displays a pink slide titled "Gaeilge 103," with subtitles detailing a lesson on the habitual present tense and Irish folklore. One woman in a pink cardigan stands to the right of the screen, gesturing toward it. The classroom has plain white walls and a large black monitor on the desk. On the floor in the very front, there is a circular red social-distancing sticker with white footprints and the words "ASPETTA QUI." The group is dressed in casual everyday clothing, and everyone is looking toward the camera and smiling.
Amy Uí Riordáin presenting 'Vicipéid as a Hybrid Breathing Space for the Irish Language' with fellow Panelists Sebastian Müller, Guillem Belmar and Maggie Glass
Amy Uí Riordáin presenting ‘Vicipéid as a Hybrid Breathing Space for the Irish Language’ with fellow Panelists Sebastian Müller, Guillem Belmar and Maggie Glass
Éamonn, Amy agus Caoimhín Scannell
Éamonn, Amy agus Caoimhín Scannell

Wikimedia Community Ireland is an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation in Ireland. We promote the creation, promotion, and dissemination of free knowledge.