Tips, tricks and resources to help you easily learn Irish

This Blog has easy grammar tips, proverbs and useful phrases to help you learn to speak Irish

Just add 's' or 'es' to make the plural? Not in Irish, faraor!

Plurals in English are pretty easy, right?!

For the most part all you do is add 's' or 'es' to make...

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How to talk about 'having notions' in Irish

Outside of Ireland 'having notions' means nothing more than having an 'idea', but watch out if someo...

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M'asal beag dubh le Pádraic Ó Conaire

'M'asal beag dubh', by Pádraic Ó Conaire, is a hilarious short story about a man who buys a little b...

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How old is the Irish language?

Here's the short answer: 

It's old!

Very old!

The Irish language is older than English by more th...

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A Christmas Poem

This poem was written by Máire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most prolific and influential Irish languag...

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Gradaim Ghlór na nGael

Do you recognise the line:

"A Uachtaráin, a dhaoine uaisle, a chairde go léir, is mór an onóir dom ...

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A Spooky Poem in Irish

Der Erlkonig / Rí na Sióg

Éist leis an dán scanrúil seo!

Listen to this scary poem!

'Rí na Sióg' ...

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What's the Irish for 'Ireland'?

Have you noticed that there seem to be three words in Irish for 'Ireland':

Éire; Éirinn and Éireann...

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How to say 'I was hopping mad' in Irish

You probably already know how to say 'I was angry' in Irish: 'Bhí fearg orm'.

What about if you're ...

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