Member Profile: Paul Curtin
Meet Paul Curtin, who's learning Irish in Buffalo, New York. His learning journey began with LPs, then cassette tapes, and now the online Irish commun…
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Profiles and reflections from the online Irish community.
The Irish Language as the Long Conversation
I see those stones with their spirals and they seem straightforward enough to me. Someone, whether moved by the same stories or immortalized in part b…
Member Profile: Tyler Kidd
Tyler Kidd first became interested in learning Irish when he visited Matt Molloy’s Pub in Westport, and he heard a beautiful song as Gaeilge...
Member Profile: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
Learn about Seán Ó Ceallaigh, a Cúntóir Teanga (Language Helper) who lives in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA.
Inis Meáin: My First Irish Language Course in the Gaeltacht
I sometimes eavesdropped on their Irish conversations to see if I could understand them. Admittedly, residents speak Irish quickly on Inis Meáin, but…
Learning Irish from Michigan, USA
It wasn’t until my doctoral studies that I had the opportunity to visit Ireland. Beginning with my visit to Dublin in 2009, I instantly felt at home…
Why I’m Learning Irish in Luxembourg
“You know that if you speak English, you don’t need to learn Irish to go to Ireland,” they say. Well, maybe learning a language is not about nec…
Learning Irish in the USA is a Dream Come True
Learning Irish is a dream that goes back over forty years from when I was a young boy in high school. Having the opportunity to learn it formally in t…
