Tips, tricks and resources to help you easily learn Irish

A ‘comhfhocal’ (compound word) is a word which is made up of two (or more) parts. 'Compound words ar...

'Na gaotha' is a simple little poem in Irish, in which the character of each of the four winds is de...

The opening lines of the poem Cill Aodáin are among the most well known lines of Irish poetry. Ní na...

A Short Guide to the Traditional Gaelic Festival

February 1^st is the feast day of one of Ireland’s ...

Seán Ó Ríordáin, (1916-1977), is one of the most highly regarded Irish language poets of the 20th ce...

Sometimes it’s the little words in a language that can be the most difficult of all! Using prepositi...

Get rid of it!

To talk about getting rid of something in Irish we use the word ‘réidh’ - (which als...

To talk about an idea or thought ‘occurring’ to you use the verb ‘rith’ (run) with the preposition ‘...

If you want to say in Irish that you are going to a particular place should you use ‘go’ or ‘go dtí’...