Article 8

1 The Irish language as the national language is the first official language.

2 The English language is recognised as a second official language.

3 Provision may, however, be made by law for the exclusive use of either of the said languages for any one or more official purposes, either throughout the State or in any part thereof.

来源：爱尔兰总检察长办公室（Office of the Attorney General）维护的电子爱尔兰法规库 Irish Statute Book（irishstatutebook.ie），《爱尔兰宪法》现行合并文本（Constitution of Ireland, consolidated text）。逐字收录原文，未作修改；本书为非官方整理版，仅供学习参考，如需正式引用请以官方公布文本为准。