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,...

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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...

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Tips for reading in Irish / Roald Dahl i nGaeilge

One of the best ways to learn a language is through reading. Did you know that four of Roald...

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The dialect of Irish in the film An Cailín Ciúin

Have you seen the Oscar nominated film An Cailín Ciúin yet? (The film is called The...

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An tEarrach Thiar / Spring in the west

Listen to the fourth and final verse of the beautiful poem An tEarrach Thiar. This is one of...

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Fear Lasta Lampaí / The Lamp Lighter Man

Fear Lasta Lampaí is a short and simple poem by the Aran Island poet,...

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Fata, Práta, nó Preáta!

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

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Thuas seal thíos seal / Ups and downs

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

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Na Blátha Craige / The Rock flowers

A poet goes for a walk and sees some flowers. What does he do?

Well, write a poem of...

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