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“In Donegal, there are native speakers who know so many [Irish] words that it is a matter of pride to them to never use the same word twice in a life-time.”
Myles na gCopaleen

Irish Courses
Courses in Gaelic
OIDEAS GAEL is a language school located in the Gaeltacht area of southwest Donegal. The region is renowned for its wealth of traditional culture, music and prehistoric settlements, as well as the excellent amenities available there, such as the famous Folk Village , founded as a result of notable community effort, to which the work of Oideas Gael continues to contribute. Language courses are specially designed to cater to the needs of adults at all learning stages, including those who are more advanced but in need of practice. Each course contains three or more levels — beginner, intermediate and advanced — and is usually of one week's duration.

Gaelic Center
This site contains information on classes, organizations and links relating to the Gaelic language.

Gaeltalk Online Irish Courses for Personal or Business Purposes
Gaeltalk teaches the Irish language via an online language course. The site states that its online course is suitable to those who wish to learn Irish from native speakers, either for personal or business use. Gaeltalk is designed to make a direct connection between the Gaeltachts (Irish-speaking areas in Ireland ) as well as the Irish Diaspora around the world.

Interactive Irish Course On-Line
Short online course from Trinity College . This site includes lessons from 'Learning Irish' by Mícheál ó Siadhail, published by Yale University Press - New Haven and London 1988.

Irish Gaelic Course
Online beginner level course in Irish provided by Universal Class. The class covers the basics of the language of Ireland . Included in the class are many vocabulary words, basic phrases, and links to learning more about Irish on the internet. Students learn colors, numbers, animals, expressions and more.

Irish Language Lessons
Contains readings, workbook and quizzes on Irish online.

Online Gaelic lessons
Collection of online learning materials for Gaelic. Contains a dictionary.

Irish Chat Rooms or Conversation Forums
BEO Irish Newspaper Chat Room

Irish Language Translator

Irish Dictionaries
Acmhainn: Foclóirí agus Liostaí Téarmaíochta
This is an on-line dictionary in Irish.

An Foclóir Beag: Dictionary in Irish
This dictionary is an on-line search-type dictionary in Irish.

English-Irish Dictionary
This dictionary is an on-line search-type dictionary in which you can search by Irish word or English word.

Focal Irish Dictionary of Technical Terms
Dictionary of Irish technical terms.

Gaelic Dictionaries Online
Includes a variety of online Gaelic dictionaries.

Irish Grammar
Inflecting Irish Nouns
This site is a chapter on inflecting Irish nouns. It also discusses declensions, gender and other grammatical information.

Irish Grammar
This Web site explains the different parts of Irish grammar.

Nouns, declensions, gender, articles, nominative case
This site explains and gives examples of Irish nouns, declensions, gender, articles and nominative cases in Irish.

Irish Language Generally
Overview of the Irish Language to Help You Learn Irish
This site provides a broad overview of Irish.

Irish Gaelic
National Virtual Translation Center Irish language Web site.

Gaelic/Irish Home Page
This web site is devoted to the language and culture of the Gaels, including those people who speak or spoke Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic or Scottish Gaelic.

Irish and Celtic Resources

Irish and Celtic resources on the internet, including extensive links to language, music, literature and culture.

Irish Language Dialects, Differences and History
This site contains a discussion of the official status of the Irish language, with statistics, the Gaeltacht regions of Ireland, the different dialects of Irish, including Munster, Connacht and Ulster Irish, linguistic structure and a section on history and politics.

Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama
Expansive site containing links to Irish language pages, literature, history and periodicals. Site also has links to other resources on mythology, folklore and drama.

Irish Songs

Compilation of various traditional Irish songs in Irish collected by Dennis Doyle.

Irish Word of the Day -- Focal an Lae
Irish language web site. Contains links to dictionaries, phase books and sayings. This site also contains resources for beginners.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Scottish Gaelic Information from Scotland's Gaelic-medium college on the Island of Skye . Includes Gaelic-English online dictionary, newsletter and world-wide courses available.

The Irish Language-The Internet and Technology
This site contains a comprehensive list of most Irish language web pages.

Trinity College Dublin Irish and Celtic Language Links
This site contains links to various Irish language sites from Trinity College Dublin.

Various Gaelic and Celtic Languages

This site contains links to Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, Manx Gaelic, Welsh/Cymraec, Breton and Kernewek/Cornish. Site also contains a link to Galician, which no longer is considered a Celtic language.

Irish Media (radio, television, newspapers)
BEO Irish Language Newspaper
This Irish language newspaper has some English translations and is best for beginners.

Foinse Irish Language Newspaper
A weekly Irish language newspaper.

Irish Language Radio RTE/Raidio Na Gaeltachta
This site is a link to the Irish language Radio station, with information in Irish and English.

Irish Language Television
This link is to TG4, the Irish language television station.

Lá Irish Language Newspaper
This link is to Lá, an Irish language newspaper.

Irish Phonetics
Irish Multimedia Software
This site contains links to Irish books and software, with English and Irish descriptions. This site also contains links on how to pronounce words, as well as other essays and articles of interest. Additionally, this site contains links to Irish media (newspapers, radio, etc.).

Short Films in Irish
Atom Films in Irish
This site contains short films in Irish covering a wide range of topics. Look for Yu Ming is Ainm Dom and Fluent Dysphasia.

Cinequest Online Films
This Digital Theater requires a password. Look for Mac an Athar.

The Tribeca Film Festival Site
This site contains some Irish films. Look for An Teanga Rúnda (the Secret Language).