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

 
How to talk about 'having notions' in Irish

Outside of Ireland 'having notions' means nothing more than having an 'idea', but watch out if someo...

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M'asal beag dubh le P谩draic 脫 Conaire

'M'asal beag dubh', by P谩draic 脫 Conaire, is a hilarious short story about a man who buys a little b...

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How old is the Irish language?

Here's the short answer:聽

It's old!

Very old!

The Irish language is older than English by more th...

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A Christmas Poem

This poem was written by M谩ire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most prolific and influential Irish languag...

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Gradaim Ghl贸r na nGael

Do you recognise the line:

"A Uachtar谩in, a dhaoine uaisle, a chairde go l茅ir, is m贸r an on贸ir dom ...

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A Spooky Poem in Irish

Der Erlkonig / R铆 na Si贸g

脡ist leis an d谩n scanr煤il seo!

Listen to this scary poem!

'R铆 na Si贸g' ...

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What's the Irish for 'Ireland'?

Have you noticed that there seem to be three words in Irish for 'Ireland':

脡ire; 脡irinn and 脡ireann...

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How to say 'I was hopping mad' in Irish

You probably already know how to say 'I was angry' in Irish: 'Bh铆 fearg orm'.

What about if you're ...

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Irish language requirements for entry to PME (Primary teaching)

If you hold a third level degree you can apply for a place on a graduate training programme at one o...

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