Tag: Learning

"One of the most common reasons that Irish learners fall away is not a lack of effort in pursuing the language, but a lack of planning."

At the heart of any successful language learning is one thing: routine. Practicing the language regularly, even in small doses, leads to consistent pr…

Not only are seanfhocail wise and insightful, but they’re often funny and an excellent way to learn Irish vocabulary and phraseology!

"The early surveyors of Ireland may have distorted our local placenames, but they nonetheless capture much local and family history."

In this article, we will look at examples of places using the terms Tír (land), Gleann (valley), Lios (ringfort), Ráth (ringfort) and Loch (lake).

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 …

Here we explore Irish placenames featuring Cluain, Cnoc, Coill, Droim, Dún, and examples of where we see them in Ireland!

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…