Irish Gaelic Resources

[księżycowy]

Suggestions are more than welcome!

Resources are not in any particular order.

Language
(Please note that I will be linking to publisher websites [in so far as possible], rather than sites like Amazon. See the "List of Links" section for online bookstores that may carry various titles listed below if purchasing from the publisher is not ideal for you.)
Courses

Connacht Irish

• Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail [Textbook]
  
• Lehrbuch der irischen Sprache by Mícheál Ó Siadhail & Arndt Wigger [Textbook]
  (This is a German translation of Ó Siadhail's textbook Learning Irish.)
• Colloquial Irish 1 & 2 by Tomás Ó hÍde, Máire Ní Neachtain, Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew and John Gillen [Textbooks]
• Linguaphone Conversational Course - Irish by Tomás O Máille & Micheál Breathnach (cir. 1931) [Online]
  [Uses Gaelic type font, and is from the older, 1930's generation of Linguaphone courses. Not to be confused with the older Munster course by Shán Ó Cuív or the newer CO course by Diarmuid O Donnchadha. The webpage is in Irish, but should be easily navigable.]
Munster Irish

• Teach Yourself Irish (1960's version) by Myles Dillon & Donncha Ó Dróinín [Original: PDF|Retyped: PDF]
• An Ghaeilge : podręcznik do nauki języka irlandzkiego by Aidan Doyle & Edmund Gussmann [Textbook]
  (In Polish. Out of print.)
Ulster Irish

• Irish On Your Own/Now You're Talking by Éamonn Ó Dónaill [Textbook|Videos|PDF Workbook & Videos]
  (The textbook is out of print, but used copies can be occasionally found.)
• Tús Maith 1-3 by Risteard Mac Gabhann [Out of Print]
• Bunchomhrá Gaeilge agus Gramadach by AJ Hughes [Textbook]
• An Ghaeilge ó Lá go Lá by AJ Hughes [Textbook]
• Buntus na Gaeilge by Barbara Hillers [PDF & Audio]
  (Newer copies are available through web searching.)

  With regards to Buntús na Gaeilge, the newer copies are all done in Connacht Irish. Hillers has kept control over her work, so if you use the Hillers version, you'll get Donegal Irish, but if you use the newer Harvard version you get Connacht Irish.

Standard/An Caighdeán Oifigiúil

• Complete Irish (Teach Yourself) by Diarmuid Ó Sé & Joseph Sheil [Out of Print?]
• First Step in Irish by The Christian Brothers [Textbook|Audio & Answer Keys]
  (Available from many Irish online bookstores and Amazon.)
• Progress in Irish by Máiréad Ní Ghráda [Textbook|Answer Keys|Audio|Grammar Supplement]
  (Available from many online bookstores, including Amazon. The grammar and other supplements at the last link only go to lesson 30 currently.)
• Buntús Cainte by Gael Linn [Textbook]
• Gaeilge gan Stró! by Éamonn Ó Dónaill [Textbook/e-Course]
• Irisch für Anfänger by Britta Schulze-Thulin & Niamh Leypoldt [Textbook]
  (In German.)
• Turas Teanga: A Multimedia Course for Learning Irish by Éamonn Ó Dónaill [Textbook]
  (Meant to be an intermediate course for refreshing one's Irish, or learning more. Appears to be out of print.)
• (Multi-dialect) Speaking Irish: An Ghaelige Bheo by Siúán Ní Mhaonaigh & Antain Mac Lochlainn [Textbook]
  (Intended to be an upper intermediate course, utilizing speakers from the three major Gealtacht regions. Appears to be out of print.)

Grammar

• Gramadach na Gaeilge by Lars Bräsicke [Online]
  (The German version is more complete, but the English version is quite good as well. Includes dialectal variations.)
• Modern Irish: Grammatical Structure and Dialectal Variation by Mícheál Ó Siadhail [Book]
• Modern Irish: A Comprehensive Grammar by Nancy Stenson [Book]
• (Standard) Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook by Nancy Stenson [Book]
• (Standard) Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook by Nancy Stenson [Book]
• (Standard) New Irish Grammar by Christian Brothers [Book]
  (The standard bearer. Available from many online bookstores, including Amazon.)
• (Standard) Gramadach gan Stró by Éamonn Ó Dónaill [Book/e-Course]
  (In Irish Only)
• (Ulster) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh [Book]
  (In Irish Online)
• (Connacht) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Chonamara [Book]
  (In Irish Only)
• (Connacht) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: an Deilbhíocht by Tomás de Bhaldraithe [Book]
• (Munster) An Teanga Bheo: Corca Duibhne by Diarmuid Ó Sé [Book]
  (In Irish Only)
• (Munster) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne by Diarmuid Ó Sé [Book]
  (In Irish Only)

Dictionaries

• Foclóir.ie [Online]
• Teanglann.ie [Online]
• Téarma.ie [Online]
• English-Irish Dictionary by T. de Bhaldraithe [Book]
• Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla by N. Ó Dónaill [Book]
• Wörterbuch Irisch-Deutsch by Thomas Feito Caldas & Clemens Schleicher [Book]
• (Connacht) Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh by Tomás de Bhaldraithe [Book]
• (Connacht) Foclóir Mháirtín Uí Chadhain [Online]
• (Munster) Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne by Brian Ó Cuív [Book]
• (Munster) My Irish-English Dictionary [PDF]
• (Ulster) Cnuasach Focal as Ros Goill by Leaslaoi U. Lúcás [Book]
• (Ulster) Cnuasach Focal as Teileann by Úna M Uí Bheirn [Book]

Testing

• Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge [Homepage|Practice Tests]
  (The official test for Irish. The website contains information and registration for the test, and also offers various practice materials.)
• Dialang [Online]

Media

YouTube Channels
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZfNc ... oPXpjD2mHg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtvIon ... M2x_tzzM7A

Cinema

Podcasts

Radio
Raidió na Gaeltachta [Link]

Television
TG4 [Link]
(Some programming is geo-blocked, but not all. Also, some programs contain English.)

AudioBooks

Pronunciation/Listening

• The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: a Phonetic Study by Tomás de Bhaldraithe [Book]
• The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: a Phonetic Study by Brian Ó Cuív [Book]
• Fuaimeanna na Gaeile [Online]
• Blas – Cleachtaí Foghraíochta [Link]

Reading

Newspapers

Literature/reading

Forums
Irish Language Forum [Link]

Comics

Other

Lists of links

• Gaeilge.ie [Link]
• Vifax [Link]
• Cork Irish [Link]
  (Various grammar and reading materials relevant to Munster Irish.)

Publishers

• Cló Iar-Chonnacht [Link]
• Leabhar Breac [Link]
• Coiscéim [Link]
• Breacadh [Link]

Bookstores

• Litríocht [Link]
• Siopa.ie [Link]
• An Siopa Gaeilge [Link]
• An Siopa Leabhar [Link]

Addendum: Old Irish Spotlight

Textbooks

• Sengoidelc by David Stifter [Textbook]
  
• Old Irish Online by Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel & Jonathan Slocum [Online]
• An Introduction to Old Irish by R. P. M. Lehmann & W. P. Lehmann [Textbook]
• An Old Irish Primer by Wim Tigges [Textbook]
  (Copies can still be found at Litríocht. I'm not sure if it is still in print or not.)
Grammars

• A Grammar of Old Irish by Rudolf Thurneysen [Book]
Dictionaries

• eDIL [Online]
• Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials by E. G. Quin [Book]
  (Presumably out of print. Occasional used copies can be found. An online version can be found above at eDIL.)

[galaxyrocker]

The good news about "Irish on Your Own" is that it's actually all available online, for free. The issue is it's under a different name -- "Now You're Talking". But the Ultach website has all of it available. This includes the videos themselves, the chapter workbooks, a multi-minute long audio sample and answers to the stuff in the workbook. As far as I'm aware, this is all the same as the "Irish on Your Own" book.

You might also find good stuff on my blog post Why Not Duolingo and What to Use Instead?, where I've tried to compile some good stuff. It seems the formatting is weird (I ported from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org and it changed some stuff), so I'll have to look into that and I think I need to get an SSL cert for it. Any advice on fixing this stuff is appreciated!

[księżycowy]

Great, thanks for the adds! I'll stick them in there.

[księżycowy]

I believe that I am just about done adding everything I had intended, aside from a few random websites. Suggestions are more than welcome to flesh this out more!

[galaxyrocker]

With regards to Buntús na Gaeilge, the newer copies are all done in Connacht Irish. Hillers has kept control over her work, so if you use the Hillers version, you'll get Donegal Irish, but if you use the newer Harvard version you get Connacht Irish.

If you want really specific dictionaries, there's also things like Liosta Focal as Ros Muc, as well as the RIA's Díolaim Déiseach, Cnuasach Focal as Ros Goill, Cnuasach Focal as Teileann and one from Uíbh Ráthach and one from Corca Dhuibhne (that *only* deals with the letter 'A' and is still quite thick!) from the same RIA series as Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh. There's also Ó Cadhain's dictionary which is slowly being digitalised.

For forums, you have ILF and that's the best. For YouTube, I'd recommend An Loingseach and Dazpatreg. They're both nonnatives with amazing command of native phonology. Sadly, most YouTube videos are absolute shite in terms of Irish quality, even ones by supposed 'native' speakers (hint: they're not really native). For radio, only Raidió na Gaeltachta is worth mentioning imo. Quality on the others is way too low.

I don't know where they'd fit, but you'd also likely want to mention Vifax in there, as well as fuaimeanna.ie and https://www.cogg.ie/blas-cleachtai-foghraiochta/. These latter two are pronunciation oriented, though the last one is solely in Irish and is geared towards teachers (sadly they still don't get or teach proper pronunciation)

For publishers, I'd also include Cló Iar-Chonnacht (who recently acquired Cois Life's supply when they closed) as well as Leabhar Breac and Coiscéim (this last one has an absolutely atrocious website. Straight outta the 90s. Like, modernize a little bit, please. No need for SPA type modern horrid webdesign but they're way too far back)

[księżycowy]

With regards to Buntús na Gaeilge, the newer copies are all done in Connacht Irish. Hillers has kept control over her work, so if you use the Hillers version, you'll get Donegal Irish, but if you use the newer Harvard version you get Connacht Irish.

That's very interesting to note! Thanks. I'll put that in the notes!

If you want really specific dictionaries, there's also things like Liosta Focal as Ros Muc, as well as the RIA's Díolaim Déiseach, Cnuasach Focal as Ros Goill, Cnuasach Focal as Teileann and one from Uíbh Ráthach and one from Corca Dhuibhne (that *only* deals with the letter 'A' and is still quite thick!) from the same RIA series as Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh. There's also Ó Cadhain's dictionary which is slowly being digitalised.

I'll admit that there was some biased in what specific dictionaries I posted in the list , but I'll gladly add those you've mentioned as well.

For forums, you have ILF and that's the best. For YouTube, I'd recommend An Loingseach and Dazpatreg. They're both nonnatives with amazing command of native phonology. Sadly, most YouTube videos are absolute shite in terms of Irish quality, even ones by supposed 'native' speakers (hint: they're not really native). For radio, only Raidió na Gaeltachta is worth mentioning imo. Quality on the others is way too low.

I was intending to add ILF, but thank you for the YT channels. I had no idea what to put there.

I don't know where they'd fit, but you'd also likely want to mention Vifax in there, as well as fuaimeanna.ie and https://www.cogg.ie/blas-cleachtai-foghraiochta/. These latter two are pronunciation oriented, though the last one is solely in Irish and is geared towards teachers (sadly they still don't get or teach proper pronunciation)

I can stick the latter two in pronunciation, as that seems appropriate. I'll check out Vifax and see where it might go. Worse case scenario, it goes in the links section, next to Gaeilge.ie.

For publishers, I'd also include Cló Iar-Chonnacht (who recently acquired Cois Life's supply when they closed) as well as Leabhar Breac and Coiscéim (this last one has an absolutely atrocious website. Straight outta the 90s. Like, modernize a little bit, please. No need for SPA type modern horrid webdesign but they're way too far back)

Consider them added!

Thanks for all of the suggestions, Galaxyrocker!

[RyanSmallwood]

Would be really cool if anyone found/created good audio resources for Old Irish in reconstructed pronunciation. I know of [this channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0TfH ... OyQ/videos) that I came across, but its not too much material and I have no idea how good the pronunciation is.

Probably won't have time to seriously study it myself, but it would be fun to try dabbling if quality resources existed.

[Vordhosbn]

There is one rather unique resource, which I remember Alexander Arguelles gave a glowing review of, and that is Speaking Irish: An Ghaeilge Bheo: Take your Language Skills Beyond Basics by Siuán Ní Mnaonaigh and Antain MacLochlainn (McGraw Hill: 2008). Essentially a kind of at-home immersion resource, and while I haven't used it myself, from the description and the reviews, it appears to be an indispensable addition to an Irish learner's library.

Beyond that, a small collection of resources produced by Buske Verlag.

[księżycowy]

Thank you for reminding me about Speaking Irish, that in turn reminded me about Turas Teanga.

I've also added the German resources.

[galaxyrocker]

If you're after resources in other languages, I know Learning Irish has been translated into Welsh and (I believe) Japanese. There's also a Polish textbook, An Ghaeilge by Doyle and Gussmann that uses Munster Irish if I'm not mistaken.