Gaelic language course?

Li'l Irish

I'm not sure if this is in the right thread, but does anyone know of a good Gaelic (Irish Gaelic, of course) course I can order? I'm located in the States, so a traditional college course is a bit out of the question.

Caryatnid

Hey. I'm not sure myself - I'd obviously try google, but obviously you have internet access so can do that yourself. Just a tip though - in Ireland, we call the language in English "Irish" (in Irish: 'Gaeilge'), and not 'Gaelic', so you should probably search for "Irish". What about trying www.litriocht.com. They are an Irish-language website for books. I'm not sure if they post to the States, but I'd say they probably do. I think they'd be your best bet to get books/CDs.
Agus go n-éirí leat!

Johnmb

Li'l Irish wrote:

I'm not sure if this is in the right thread, but does anyone know of a good Gaelic (Irish Gaelic, of course) course I can order? I'm located in the States, so a traditional college course is a bit out of the question.

The BBC website has a free course IIRC. (bbc.co.uk, and look for the languages link). As Caryatnid said, the language to look for is Irish, as Gaelic usually refers to Scots Gaelic, which is pretty similar (whether a different language or just a dialect of Irish depends on your point of view). rte.ie also has a course, Turas Teanga, on their website. I'm not sure if you have to purchase that, of if you can do it on the internet like the bbc course, but it's worth a look.

greenteaicedtea

On this site http://www.daltai.com/events.htm you can find info about weekend immersion courses in various areas in the US and Canada. Also they have a link about classes, http://www.daltai.com/classes.htm.

Moonbeam

I would recommend -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/ and a good focloir gaeilge (irish dictionary)