The Best Way to Learn Irish – Our Top 5 Tips!
What’s the best way to learn Irish? This list of tips recommends that you identify your goals, join a community, attend a course, complement your le…
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Tips and tricks to accelerate your Irish language acquisition.
Where do Irish Placenames Come From?
"The early surveyors of Ireland may have distorted our local placenames, but they nonetheless capture much local and family history."
Irish Placenames: Tír, Gleann, Lios, Ráth, Loch
In this article, we will look at examples of places using the terms Tír (land), Gleann (valley), Lios (ringfort), Ráth (ringfort) and Loch (lake).
Peil Mheiriceánach – Irish Phrases for the NFL Season
Let's take a look at Irish vocabulary and phrases that we can use when cheering on our favourite NFL teams this football season!
Focail na Farraige – Words Describing Sea Life
Ireland is surrounded by sea, so let's take a look at 'focail na farraige', words describing marine life, sea travel, the waves, the weather and even …
Irish Placenames: Cluain, Cnoc, Coill, Droim, Dún
Here we explore Irish placenames featuring Cluain, Cnoc, Coill, Droim, Dún, and examples of where we see them in Ireland!
Irish Placenames: Ard, Áth, Bád, Baile, Cill, Carraig
The vast majority of the placenames (‘logainmneacha’) we use in Ireland are anglicisations of the original Irish language names, and it can be a r…
An Síneadh Fada – the long accent in Irish
What is An Síneadh Fada? Short and long vowels in Irish, and how to type them on your device.