It seems to be common practice to use an Irish word as an acronym for an organisation or body in Ireland. Here is an example:

DEIS is the Irish for 'opportunity' and it stands for 'Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools'. (A DEIS school is designated as disadvantaged.)

Suddenly I cannot think of another, maybe not such common practice.....

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MADRA: Mutts Anonymous Dog Rescue and Adoption.

Redwolf

FÁS - Foras Áiseanna Saothair ... actually Irish!

SOLAS - Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanunaigh agus Scileanna again actually Irish

EOLAS (Embedded Objects Linked Across Systems) is actually an American software company, but the Irish acronym is deliberate.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

That is very cool. I wonder how non-Irish speaking Americans react to that; do they just think it's a random group of letters? I presume the owner(s) are Irish?

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"Is that any relation to LEGOLAS (from LOTR)?"

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

The founder and chairman is an American named Dr. Michael Doyle (with a name like that, he must have some Irish ancestry).

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

I wonder if they pronounce it (EOLAS) correctly?

Redwolf

We could ring them and listen to how they answer the phone; they are bound to say the name of the company. Then we could ask a question in Irish and blow their cover!

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