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

 
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 Dahl's ...

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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 the mos...

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Fear Lasta LampaĂ­ / The Lamp Lighter Man

Fear Lasta Lampaí is a short and simple poem by the Aran Island poet, Máirtín Ó Direáin. The poem ca...

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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 course! 

Whil...

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Anois teacht an earraigh

The opening lines of the poem Cill Aodáin are among the most well known lines of Irish poetry. Ní na...

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OĂ­che Nollaig na mBan

Seán Ó Ríordáin, (1916-1977), is one of the most highly regarded Irish language poets of the 20th ce...

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