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According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation), Wikipedia uses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to indicate pronunciations. This holds true of Irish as much as for any other language. However, learners' materials published elsewhere use slightly different conventions. For example, it is a longstanding tradition to leave velarized ("broad") consonants unmarked and mark palatalized ("slender") consonants with the prime, although this is not standard IPA usage.

This page compares the IPA system used at Wikipedia (which is based on that used by Ailbhe Ní Chasaide in her description of Irish in the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, ISBN 0-521-63751-1) with the system used in two popular learners' books: Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail (ISBN 0-300-04224-8) and the dictionary Foclóir Póca (ISBN 1-85791-047-8).

See Irish phonology for detailed discussion of the phonology of Irish.

IPA	Symbol in Learning Irish	Symbol in Foclóir Póca	Common spellings of this sound (cf. Irish orthography)
a	æ:, a:	a	a, ai, ea, eai
aː	ɑ:	a:	á, ái, eá, eái
bˠ	b	b	b (next to a, o, u)
bʲ	b′	b′	b (next to e, i)
c	k′	k′	c (next to e, i)
ç	x′	x′	ch (next to e, i)
d̪ˠ	d	d	d (next to a, o, u)
dʲ	d′	d′	d (next to e, i)
eː	e:	e:	é, éa, éi, ae, aei
ɛ	e	e	e, ei, oi
ə	ə	ə	a, ai, e, ea, i (unstressed syllable)
əi	ai	ai	aigh, aidh, agh, adh, eagh, eadh, eigh, eidh
əu	au	au	abh, amh, eabh, eamh
fˠ	f	f	f (next to a, o, u)
fʲ	f′	f′	f (next to e, i)
ɡ	g	g	g (next to a, o, u)
ɣ	ɣ	γ	dh, gh (next to a, o, u)
h	h	h	h, sh, th
iː	i:	i:	í, ío, ao, aoi, uí, uío, aí, aío
ɪ	i	i	i, io, ui
iə	i:ə	iə	ia, iai
j	ɣ′	γ′	dh, gh (next to e, i)
ɟ	g′	g′	g (next to e, i)
k	k	k	c (next to a, o, u)
l̪ˠ	L	l	l, ll (next to a, o, u)
l̠ʲ	L′	l′	l (word-initial before e, i), ll (next to e, i)
lʲ	l′		l (word-internal or final next to e, i)
mˠ	m	m	m (next to a, o, u)
mʲ	m′	m′	m (next to e, i)
n̪ˠ	N	n	n, nn (next to a, o, u)
n̠ʲ	N′	n′	n (word-initial before e, i), nn (next to e, i)
nʲ	n′		n (word-internal or final next to e, i)
ɲ	ŋ′	ŋ′	ng (next to e, i)
ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	ng (next to a, o, u)
oː	o:	o:	ó, ói, eo, eoi
ɔ	o	o	o, oi
pˠ	p	p	p (next to a, o, u)
pʲ	p′	p′	p (next to e, i)
ɾˠ	r	r	r (next to a, o, u, and always word-initially), rr
ɾʲ	r′	r′	r (next to e, i unless word-initially)
sˠ	s	s	s (next to a, o, u)
ʃ	s′	s′	s (next to e, i)
t̪ˠ	t	t	t (next to a, o, u)
tʲ	t′	t′	t (next to e, i)
uː	u:	u:	ú, úi, iú, iúi
ʊ	u	u	u, io, iu
uə	u:ə	uə	ua, uai
vʲ	w′	v′	bh, mh (next to e, i)
w	w	v	bh, mh (next to a, o, u)
x	x	x	ch (next to a, o, u)