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

 
An Aimsir i nGaeilge / The Weather in Irish

If you're learning Irish you may have tried to listen to the Irish language radio station, RaidiĂł na...

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The word 'ceann' in Irish: many uses!

The word 'ceann' means 'head', but it has a few other very useful meanings in Irish too. Here are so...

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The dialect of Irish in the film An CailĂ­n CiĂșin

Have you seen the Oscar nominated film An CailĂ­n CiĂșin yet? (The film is called The Quiet Girl in th...

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Fata, PrĂĄta, nĂł PreĂĄta!

As with any language the Irish language is not spoken in the exact same way up and down the country....

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Thuas seal thĂ­os seal / Ups and downs

Talking about moving upwards or downwards is a little more complicated in the Irish language than it...

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How to say 'I love you' in Irish

It is said that French is the language of love, but I say that Irish is a close second!

Here are so...

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Na gaotha / The winds

'Na gaotha' is a simple little poem in Irish, in which the character of each of the four winds is de...

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Faigh réidh leis! - Get Rid of It!

Get rid of it!

To talk about getting rid of something in Irish we use the word ‘rĂ©idh’ - (which als...

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Ritheann sé liom - Ideas in Irish

To talk about an idea or thought ‘occurring’ to you use the verb ‘rith’ (run) with the preposition ‘...

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