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

 
Do you know the聽names of these 10 common trees in Irish?

Jot down your answers and then check them by watching the video above.

1.聽Oak

2. Birch

3. Ash

4....

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Do you know the聽names of these 10 common birds in Irish?

Jot down your answers and then check them by watching the video above.

1. Robin

2. Blackbird

3. W...

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Just add 's' or 'es' to make the plural?聽Not in Irish, faraor!

Plurals in English are pretty easy, right?!

For the most part all you do is add 's' or 'es' to make...

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How to talk about 'having notions' in Irish

Outside of Ireland 'having notions' means nothing more than having an 'idea', but watch out if someo...

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M'asal beag dubh le P谩draic 脫 Conaire

'M'asal beag dubh', by P谩draic 脫 Conaire, is a hilarious short story about a man who buys a little b...

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How old is the Irish language?

Here's the short answer:聽

It's old!

Very old!

The Irish language is older than English by more th...

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A Christmas Poem

This poem was written by M谩ire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most prolific and influential Irish languag...

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Gradaim Ghl贸r na nGael

Do you recognise the line:

"A Uachtar谩in, a dhaoine uaisle, a chairde go l茅ir, is m贸r an on贸ir dom ...

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A Spooky Poem in Irish

Der Erlkonig / R铆 na Si贸g

脡ist leis an d谩n scanr煤il seo!

Listen to this scary poem!

'R铆 na Si贸g' ...

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