I Want To Learn Irish!!!

aguafiestas

Hi guys,

HELP!!!

I already had a post here earlier; I am looking for a teacher of Irish in Dublin.
I have tried all the organisations and language courses and there is nothing available. I am not joking. It is unfortunately very true.

Please help!!!

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dranoel

If you're looking for one-to-one tuition your best bet would be to find someone offering grinds for school kids and see if they are willing to take on an adult learner. Here's one to get you started

aguafiestas

Hi dranoel,
Thank you for the link! It is exactly what I was looking for.
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Grudaire

Or if you want group sessions:

www.gaeilge.ie

or

www.gaelchultur.com

aguafiestas

Hi Cliste,
Thank you for the links.
I tried both of these organisations, though. Absolutely nothing for the summer. The GaelChultur had a course that started in May and will be finished in 2-3 weeks and then until September no classes at all.
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Grudaire

Sorry then - I've never actually used them. The best way of learning is using, listen to RnG and TG4 and buy Foinse or Lá... insist when dealing with a state organisation. You'll learn quick enough.

GerryRyan

Invest in an Irish English Dictionary, aim to learn about 5-10 new words every day.

Read as much Irish as possible (Teach na nGealt, beo.ie, Foinse newspaper etc)
Underline new words, look them up and try writing them out in sentences ...

Listen to RnaG, you don't have to understand everything, but will pick it up over time.
Look TnaG, especially the subtitled programmes, once again you'll pick it up quickly.

I'm a few days away from the Leaving Cert and I've only started liking the language in the last few months ... but I'm going to keep learning it in the ways listed above.

aguafiestas

Thank you all for your help.
I'll make sure to listen to the news and watch TV. My difficulty, though, is that I am not Irish and I have no clue how to even pronounce syllables and accents in the Irish. So, I was hoping to have a dozen of private lessons and then at least get a more general idea of what the language is made of. Touch wood, looks like I finally found a teacher for the next two weeks and then we'll see...

dranoel

Don't forget to come bank and practise in Teach na Gealt:)

aguafiestas

Will do
Thanks!

mise_me_fein

I want to learn Irish also, but I'm not interested in doing courses. I want to immerse myself in the launguage for about 3 months. Would this be enough to learn it considering I still remember a little bit from school. I'm only 25 and I'm quitting my job soon to go travelling but I was thinking about doing this before I go.

Would it be a good idea to go to Donegal or Galway and live in a Gaeltacht area or is it just a silly thing to do?

dranoel

I reckon going into a Gaeltacht with just a little Irish would be tough going. Have you considered doing a course in a Gaeltacht such as Oideas Gael to at least to get you started?

Chrissie

dranoel wrote:

I reckon going into a Gaeltacht with just a little Irish would be tough going. Have you considered doing a course in a Gaeltacht such as Oideas Gael to at least to get you started?

Agree with Dranoel on this.

I've just returned from a weekend in Oideas Gael, & I couldn't recommend it enough.

Plus, if you decided just to live in a gaeltacht area for a while, you could be very disappointed because it still isn't guaranteed that Irish will be spoken everywhere you go.

There was a person on my course the other weekend. They live in the gaeltacht. They were there to improve their Irish because it's not the spoken language in their area.

Cork

Anybody from Cork may be interested - UCC do conversational Irish classes. They have a house in the Gaelteacht and people on the course can go down for a weekend.

More schools should have courses available.

There is precious little opportunity to practice the language over the summer.