If you can't wait to get started, check out these links for more Irish language
info and learning resources.
RTE is currently screening a great show by Des Bishop, the Irish-American comedian,
who spent a year in Connemara, trying to learn Irish. Catch up with 'In the name
of the Fada' online at RTE.
Make sure you check out www.desbishop.com
for some new
interactive Irish learning materials.
Check out
Wikipedia's extensive introduction to the Irish language.
If you're an absolute beginner check out the BBC's Giota Beag - a fantastic and free audio course for Irish language
beginners. Giota beag - which means 'a wee bit' - is narrated by Irish language
teacher Fearghal Mag Uiginn. And once you've finished that, you can try Giota Beag Eile - 'another wee bit'.
Download a free Irish language audio course, narrated by Liam Ó Maonlaí. There's some PDF support with
this.
Check out some Irish language interactive games from the BBC.
Have a look at this BBC revision guide for Irish language GCSE students.
Want to check out a word? Go to
www.focal.ie - a database of over 270,000 Irish terms, searchable in Irish and
English.
Irish Language News and Media
www.beo.ie - News as gaeilge
www.foinse.ie - online weekly
newspaper
www.nuacht.com - online daily
newspaper
www.bbc.co.uk/irish - with
links to music, learning and cultural content.
Other Irish language stuff
Words in English from the Irish
You know more Irish than you think! Check out the words you know in English that
have Irish origins.
Irish
Placenames
If you're interested in the meanings of Irish placenames, visit Wikipedia.
Hiberno-English
Ever hear an Irish person say 'I have a cold on me'? The version of English that
many Irish people speak is called Hiberno-English. It's the result of the interaction between
the English and Irish languages.
Irish Language Orgs
Foras na Gaeilge promotes
the Irish language throughout the whole island of Ireland.
Conradh na Gaeilge aims to preserve
Irish culture and promote the Irish language.
Gael Linn aims to foster
and promote the Irish language and its heritage as a living language.