What's a good book in Irish?

FiachDubh · 18-04-2013 6:53pm #1

I'm in TY and want to tackle a book that's written in Irish before i go into 5th year, I went to an Easons shop in Limerick and was surprised that there were no books in Irish on sale

Is there any you would recommend? I think as long as its a fairly modern book I'd be able to get through it with a dictionary beside me

thanks!

Insect Overlord · 18-04-2013 7:11pm

"Dúnmharú Ar An DART" is one of the choices for the Junior Cert text. I read it a few weeks ago to help out one of my grinds students. That'd be an easy enough one to start with, especially if you're patient enough to work through it with a pocket dictionary.

"Hurlamaboc" is a very popular one for Leaving Cert. I think the first chapter or two are in the Fiúntas text-book as well. It's a nice little step up from "Dúnmharú..." but it's probably a lot easier to relate to the story.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 18-04-2013 7:14pm

A thig na thit orm by madch danin o Shea is one I remember from school,its the biography of dathi o sheas father. Funny and in simple enough Irish that a dope like me got through it. It used to be on the leaving cert so you'd pick one up second hand easily

aoife365 · 22-04-2013 1:37am

It may not be modern, but Seadna is actually quite good.

uch · 22-04-2013 1:49pm

I'll second Dúnmharú Ar An DART, a good read that you can understand easily, and in my case when I was still studying Irish the fact that I was able to completely read a book in Irish gave me a great boost of confidence.

Insect Overlord · 22-04-2013 4:29pm

aoife365 wrote: »

It may not be modern, but Seadna is actually quite good.

It's a fantastic book, but it'd be well beyond the capabilities of most Leaving Cert students. I was a year into my MA before I felt comfortable reading it!

One for the teenage native speakers, I reckon.