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

 
A Christmas Poem in Irish

'Coinnle ar Lasadh' is a Christmas poem in the Irish language by the great Aran Island poet,...

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Cuairt San Nioclás / The Night Before Christmas

'A visit from St. Nicholas,' is perhaps the best known Christmas poem of all! It is more commonly...

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Labhair Gaeilge liom / Speak Irish to me

This is a short poem praising the Irish language, written by an unknown poet. Given that Irish...

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Subh Mhilis / A poem about jam!

If you went to school in Ireland you might remember this poem from your schooldays. It's a short...

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Ag léamh i nGaeilge / Reading in Irish

Listen to the first few pages of An Billiúnaí Beag (Billionaire Boy) in the video...

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The speech from 'An BĂ©al Bocht'

Chapter 4 of An Béal Bocht describes the Feis (festival) which has been...

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An extract from 'An BĂ©al Bocht'

Published in 1941, when its author was only 30 years old, An Béal Bocht has stood the test...

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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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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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