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Courses

Teach Yourself Irish

by Diarmuid O. Se and Joseph Sheils

- an excellent introduction to spoken and written Irish. Includes a course book containing dialogues, quite extensive grammatical notes, exercises and some cultural information, together with two CDs with recordings of some of the dialogues and exercises.

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Teach Yourself Irish Conversation

by Eammon O Donaill

- an all-audio course consisting of 3 CDs and a booklet designed to help you to build conversational proficiency in Irish. Covers ten key situations, including greetings, buying food and drink, shopping, asking for directions, and visiting locals, with two conversations for each topic.

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Colloquial Irish

by Thomas Ihde, Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew, John Gillen & Maire Ni Neachtain

- an introduction to spoken and written Irish. Includes a course book containing dialogues, quite extensive grammatical notes, exercises and some cultural information.

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Irish On Your Own/Now You're Talking

by Éamon Ó Dónaill and Deirbhile Ní Churraighín

- a good introduction to the Ulster dialect of Irish based on a popular TV series. Includes a textbook and five cassettes. The textbook is divided into thirty lessons, each of which has a theme: meeting people, expressing opinions, ordering drinks, etc. Each lesson also reviews the language introduced in previous lessons. The main focus of this course is to teach you colloquial spoken Irish.

Unlike other language textbooks, this one has no pronounciation section. Instead you plunge straight into the language and gradually pick up the pronounciation as you go along. In addition the grammatical notes are fairly short and not particularly detailed.

At the back of the textbook there is grammar reference section and a bilingual section entitled "Eolas Úsáideach/Useful Information", which contains a variety of information about the Irish language and its usage in the media, literature, education, etc.; details of where to study the language and some profiles of students of Irish.

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Learning Irish

by Michael O'Siadhail

- a thorough and traditional introduction to the Cois Fharraige dialect of Connacht. Includes a textbook and four cassettes. This is a course designed for serious students of Irish which covers the grammar in detail, therefore a knowledge of grammatical terminology and structures would help you to get this most out of it.

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TeachMe! Irish

- a CD-ROM course which helps to learn Irish grammar and a wide range of vocabulary. Also includes a book of stories, which you can listen to and read, an audio CD, and an AutoLearn feature.

Buy from: http://www.linguashop.com/irish-language

 

Turas Teanga: A New Multimedia Course for Learning Irish

by Éamon Ó Dónaill

- an excellent and interesting Irish course based on a TV series presented by Sharon Ní Bheolain for people with a fairly good knowledge of the language, or those whose Irish is rusty. The bilingual textbook contains 20 lessons of dialogues, activities, grammatical notes, and reading texts with glossaries. Recordings of the dialogues are included on the accompanying 3 CDs.

Further details of the course, together some sample lessons, can be found at: http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/

A DVD containing the complete Turas Teanga TV series with optional English subtitles is available from: http://www.litriocht.com

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Irish Is Fun!: A New Course for the Beginner

by Aodan Mac Poilin

- an introduction to Irish through cartoons.

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Grammars

Irish Grammar Book

by Nollaig Mac Congáil

- a clear and comprehensive guide to Irish grammar.

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Teach Yourself Irish Grammar

by Éamon Ó Dónaill

- an up-to-date, accessible grammar of the Irish language for students working independently or via formal courses.

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Irish Grammar: A Basic Handbook

by Noel McGonagle

- an up-to-date, accessible grammar of the Irish language for students working independently or via formal courses.

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Dictionaries

Irish-English Dictionary

by Patrick S. Dinneen

- the most comprehensive Irish-English dictionary available.

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English-Irish Dictionary

by Tomas de Bhaldraithe

- the most comprehensive English-Irish dictionary available.

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Collins Irish Dictionary

by Breandan O'Cróinin (Editor)

- an excellent, up-to-date Irish-English, English-Irish dictionary with a good pronunciation guide and grammar section. Many entries include examples of usage.

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Beginner's Irish Dictionary

by Helen Davies

- contains a series of double-page full-colour spreads which place the vocabulary in context. These cover holidays, driving, at the post office, shopping, illness, weather, etc. Also a simple guide to Irish grammar which will provide outlines for the beginner, and an alphabetical list of all the words and phrases contained in the book.

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Irish / English Practical Dictionary

by Ciaran O'Pronntaigh

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Old Irish

Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners

by David Stifter

- provides a practical introduction to Old Irish and its rich history and a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar. Includes exercises based on selections from Old Irish texts.

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Irish music

Singing In Irish Gaelic

by Mary McLaughlin

- an introduction 14 songs in Irish Gaelic. Includes a CD of the songs together with a book containing the music, guitar chords, phonetics, Irish lyrics and a translation and background to each song.

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Fiction in Irish

Harry Potter agus an Órchloch

by J.K. Rowling, Máire Níc Mhaoláin (Translator)

- the Irish language version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

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Other Irish-related books

Coming Home: One man's return to the Irish Language

by Michael McCaughan

- An interesting story of Michael McCaughan's journey around Ireland and the Irish language. From a surreal start involving dedicated listening to Raidió na Gaeltachta's death notices, to rediscovering the soul of the language through immersing himself in Phil Lynott's music – all without becoming a Gaelbore. Coming Home will make you want to follow in his footsteps and strike out in search of the grá.

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A History of the Irish Language: From the Norman Invasion to Independence

by Aidan Doyle

- traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion at the end of the 12th century to independence in 1922, combining political, cultural, and linguistic history. The book is divided into seven main chapters that focus on a specific period in the history of the language; they each begin with a discussion of the external history and position of the Irish language in the period, before moving on to investigate the important internal changes that took place at that time.

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