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

 
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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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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Na BlĂĄtha 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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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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Comhfhocail / Compound Words

A ‘comhfhocal’ (compound word) is a word which is made up of two (or more) parts. 'Compound words ar...

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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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Anois teacht an earraigh

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

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