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

 
M'asal beag dubh le Pádraic Ó Conaire

'M'asal beag dubh', by Pádraic Ó Conaire, is a hilarious short story about a man who buys a little b...

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A Spooky Poem in Irish

Der Erlkonig / RĂ­ na SiĂłg

Éist leis an dán scanrúil seo!

Listen to this scary poem!

'RĂ­ na SiĂłg' ...

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A Christmas Poem in Irish

'Coinnle ar Lasadh' is a Christmas poem in the Irish language by the great Aran Island poet, Máirtín...

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Cuairt San Nioclás / The Night Before Christmas

'A visit from St. Nicholas,' is perhaps the best known Christmas poem of all! It is more commonly kn...

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Labhair Gaeilge liom / Speak Irish to me

This is a short poem praising the Irish language, written by an unknown poet. Given that Irish went ...

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Subh Mhilis / A poem about jam!

If you went to school in Ireland you might remember this poem from your schooldays. It's a short poe...

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Ag léamh i nGaeilge / Reading in Irish

Listen to the first few pages of An BilliĂşnaĂ­ Beag (Billionaire Boy) in the video above, and read on...

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The speech from 'An BĂ©al Bocht'

Chapter 4 of An Béal Bocht describes the Feis (festival) which has been organised with the goal of r...

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An extract from 'An BĂ©al Bocht'

Published in 1941, when its author was only 30 years old, An BĂ©al Bocht has stood the test of time, ...

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