Irish

1. Recommended Irish Textbooks and Dictionaries for Beginners

[1] Byrne, Annette (2002) Gaeilge agus Fáilte: A First Course in Irish Language and Culture for Adults. Cliath: Gael Linn. (with two cassette tapes)

eolas@gael-linn.ie

This textbook is being used at Queen's University Belfast as of 2004.

[2] Wilkes, Angela (1989) Irish for Beginners. London: Usborne. (with a CD)

www.usborne.com

[3] Rialtas na hÉireann (1986) Foclóir Scolie: English-Irish/Irish-English Dictionary. Cliath: An Gúm.

This dictionary contains phonetic alphabets for Irish words.

2. How Irish Sounds (recorded by Professor Dónall P. Ó Baoill and Ms. Máire Ó Baoill)

Professor Dónall P. Ó Baoill is a native speaker of Irish. Ms. Máire Ó Baoill is teaching Irish at Queen's University Belfast.

1 Irish (how are you).wma

2 Irish (what is your name).wma

3 Irish (where do you live).wma

4 Irish (what time is it now).wma

5 Irish (prepositions).wma

6 Irish (in the room).wma

7 Irish (self introduction).wma

8 Irish (acknowledgments).wma

3. Conversation

1 examples.pdf

2 prepositions.pdf

3 in the room.pdf

4 self introduction.pdf

5 acknowledgments.pdf

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