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

 
Idir dhĂĄ chomhairle / in two minds

'Idir’ can be used to mean either ‘between’ or ‘both’, and is used in lots of everyday phrases in Ir...

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SpĂłrt an tSathairn / Saturday Sport

There are lots of great sports programmes on both Telifís na Gaeilge, and on Raidió na Gaeltachta, b...

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An Aimsir i nGaeilge / The Weather in Irish

If you're learning Irish you may have tried to listen to the Irish language radio station, RaidiĂł na...

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The word 'ceann' in Irish: many uses!

The word 'ceann' means 'head', but it has a few other very useful meanings in Irish too. Here are so...

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The dialect of Irish in the film An CailĂ­n CiĂșin

Have you seen the Oscar nominated film An CailĂ­n CiĂșin yet? (The film is called The Quiet Girl in th...

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Fata, PrĂĄta, nĂł PreĂĄta!

As with any language the Irish language is not spoken in the exact same way up and down the country....

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Thuas seal thĂ­os seal / Ups and downs

Talking about moving upwards or downwards is a little more complicated in the Irish language than it...

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How to say 'I love you' in Irish

It is said that French is the language of love, but I say that Irish is a close second!

Here are so...

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Na gaotha / The winds

'Na gaotha' is a simple little poem in Irish, in which the character of each of the four winds is de...

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