Virtual try-on in Irish

Irish shoppers and your product pages

Irish, or Gaeilge, is designated the first official language of Ireland in the country's constitution, with English official alongside it, and it is also an official language of the European Union. Day-to-day Irish is strongest in the Gaeltacht regions, mainly along the western seaboard. The written language uses the Latin alphabet with the síneadh fada — the acute accent in á, é, í, ó, and ú — and grammar that mutates the beginning of words depending on context, a detail worth checking in any translated interface. Irish speakers almost universally read English as well, so an Irish storefront is above all a statement of cultural care.

What Looksy's language support covers

Irish is included in the 47 supported languages that Looksy's Shopify App Store listing enumerates by name. What the enumeration means in practice — whether the shopper-facing try-on interface is translated, the merchant dashboard, or both — is not published, so the honest position is to check before you promise anything. The Free plan makes that check straightforward: unlimited try-ons, so you can switch your storefront to Irish and step through the widget yourself. Worth remembering throughout: the heart of the experience is a generated photo of the shopper in your product, and a photo carries no language at all.

Setting up for Irish-speaking shoppers

In Shopify, publish Irish as a store language so translated content can flow to product pages and checkout. Looksy then adds its try-on block through a theme app extension: you place it in the theme editor, edit no theme code, and get a clean removal if you ever uninstall. Run your tests on the Free plan, which does not meter try-ons. Read the button microcopy around the widget as an Irish reader would, and confirm the fada vowels — á, é, í, ó, ú — display correctly in the fonts your theme loads. Longer Irish phrases can also wrap differently than English, so check buttons at mobile widths.

The try-on flow in any language

Whatever language your storefront runs in, the published try-on flow stays the same. One uploaded photo becomes a result on the product page in about 20 seconds, with no app to install, no account to create, and no camera permission to grant. Shoppers can retry, leave feedback, download the image, or share it. The Free plan offers unlimited try-ons up to $100 in additional revenue, with Looksy branding. Starter is $14.99 per month with 100 photo credits and branding removed; Growth is $29 with 300 credits; Scale is $79 with 600 credits that cover photo or video, including realtime video try-on. Shopify handles the usage-based billing, with no contracts.

Sources: the public Shopify App Store listing for Looksy, which enumerates all 47 supported languages. Last checked 29 July 2026.