. ([info]fainic_thu_fein) wrote in [info]gaeilge,
@ 2004-01-16 22:16:00
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Dia dhaoibh uilig! (Hello all!)

I thought I might provide some useful Irish-language links for those of you who are looking to supplement (or begin) your learning of the language online.

Gaeilge ar an Ghréasán: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/gaeilge.html A collection of most every Irish-related site on the web
Raidió na Gaeltachta: http://www.rnag.ie Ireland's national Irish-language radio station-- live 24hr stream
Beo!: http://www.beo.ie Monthly internet magazine with glossaries at the end of each article, a discussion forum, and a section designed specifically for beginners ("Liam agus Bairbre") ... also has an archive of past editions.
: http://www.nuacht.com Ireland's daily all-Irish newspaper.
Acmhainn: http://www.acmhainn.ie Contains some useful dictionaries and lists of terms (foclóirí agus liostaí téarmaíochta)
Blas: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/blas/ Another audio site. Also has online courses (but I've never checked them out so I can't vouch for them).
Litríocht.com (http://www.litriocht.com) and Cúpla Focal (http://www.cuplafocal.ie) are both book stores carrying a very wide selection of Irish books.
Gaeltalk http://www.gaeltalk.net Another online course. Looks quite professional but I don't know anything else about it (ie: how much it costs).
Daltaí na Gaeilge http://www.daltai.com/ Most useful for its listing of Irish events and classes across the US. Also has some grammar info, proverbs, etc.
TG4 http://www.tnag.ie Ireland's Irish TV station. 8 Euro per month will get you 2 episodes of Ros na Rún (the best soap opera ever), and an episode each of Timpeall na Tíre (news program), 7 Lá (a current affairs/discussion panel program), a sports program, and Comhrá (an interview program with a twist) EACH WEEK. So for the entire month, 8Euro = 4x the abovelisted. Most programs have subtitles, some do not. All in all, an excellent deal and entirely too addictive.

That's probably a good start. Coinnígí beo í! (Keep it alive!)




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[info]mullach
2004-01-17 03:03 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I'm not an absolute beginner at this, but I've only taken one class, and that was a few years ago. This'll help get me restarted. :-D

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[info]eard_stapa
2004-01-18 07:09 am UTC (link)
thanks a TON!!!

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[info]fainic_thu_fein
2004-01-18 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Fadhb ar bith. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh tú tairbhe as!

(No problem. I hope you'll find it useful!)

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About the Blas...
[info]me_fein
2004-01-26 03:57 pm UTC (link)
I have checked out the Blas audio lessons and they are pretty good! Simple and the voices are clear - but fast. I tried to find them on the site, itself, but I have direct links, here:

Giota Beag (A Wee Bit)!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/blas/learners/beag1.shtml

Giota Beag Eile (Another Wee Bit)!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/blas/learners/beag2.shtml

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Re: About the Blas...
[info]fainic_thu_fein
2004-01-26 04:59 pm UTC (link)
I imagine that Ulster Irish is taught on that particular site. Many learners of Irish find the Ulster dialect particularly difficult to understand so it's a good thing that their voices are clear.

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[info]morrghan
2004-04-25 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Go raibh maith agat, tá siad an- áisiúil!

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[info]fainic_thu_fein
2004-04-25 08:54 pm UTC (link)
Tá fáilte romhat. Bain sult agus tairbhe astu! =)

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[info]lonesomelullaby
2004-10-30 01:10 am UTC (link)
Thank God I found this place! As you can tell by my name, Cailín, (which I'm so sure anyone who speaks Irish-Gaelic will laugh at,) I am Irish-American and have always been interested in learning the language of my ancestors. Lately, I've been surfing around, learning words and phrases, (my icon, for instance,) and I'm glad there's somewhere to visit on LJ!

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[info]guignolhornpipe
2004-12-19 10:39 am UTC (link)
Agus Irish dictionary online™: http://www.englishirishdictionary.com (láithreán Gaeilge is fearr liom)!

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book and tape sources
[info]caitriona_nnc
2006-06-11 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Could you also list some good home courses of the book and tape/cd type? Some have recommended Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail. Do you have others you'd recommend?

Thanks!

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Re: book and tape sources
[info]fainic_thu_fein
2006-06-12 06:56 pm UTC (link)
Learning Irish is far and away the best course available. It's not laid out all that attractively and some might find it a little inaccessible, but it's still the best. Other courses on the market are a series of graded book/tape sets called Buntús Cainte, Teach Yourself Irish which comes with CDs (some people really dislike this course, but I found it to be a satisfactory introduction), Now You're Talking which focuses on the Ulster dialect and is very light on grammar, Gaeilge agus Fáilte which was recently published by Gael Linn, and then some other smaller courses that really aren't worth anybody's time, like the Pimsleur audio course.

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