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"Oibríonn seachtar rúnaithe leis an mbreitheamh."
Translation:Seven secretaries work with the judge.
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The numbers for counting people (beirt go deichniúr) are all nouns. They take the Ginideach Iolra after them. Beirt is also feminine so you add a seimhiú onto the next noun. You'll need to know the tréaniolra and lagiolra for these.
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Duine amháin.
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Beirt- Beirt fhear, Beirt mhúinteoirí.
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Triúr- Triúr fear, Triúr múinteoirí.
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Ceathrar- Ceathrar fear, Ceathrar múinteoirí.
The joys of the Tuiseal Ginideach, Hollywood will have to make a horror film out of it.
As stated above, the genitive plural is traditionally used but that the nominative singular can be used with exceptions.
See here: http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/zahl4.htm#pears
Addendum: from p168 of the standard (available here: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/Final-Version.pdf) is é an ginideach iolra den ainmfhocal a leanann an uimhir phearsanta. So, genitive plurals only in the course, please, but who knows what you may encounter in the wild.