College of Arts and Sciences

Irish Resources

language laboratory catalog

Basic Language Study Recordings

Buntus Cainte: A First Step in Spoken Irish (O'Domhnalláin) (IR 1.001)

Cogar (Linguistics Institute of Ireland and Radio Telefís Eireann) (IR 1.004)

Cursa Closamhairc Gaeilge (MacGabhann)(IR 1.003)

Irish for Everyone (O'Cuinn) (IR 1.002)

Now You're Talking (Ó Dónaill and Ní Churraighín) (IR 1.006)

Teach Yourself Irish (Ó Sé and Sheils) (IR 1.005)

CD-ROM Programs

51 Languages of the World
dual-platform CD-ROM featuring 51 languages from all over the world; allows the user to speak with native speakers; interactive dialogues and conversation practice aid the user in learning and understanding more advanced speech, while games and quizzes make learning the language fun and interactive.

Videocassettes

Now You're Talking
5 (PAL) videocassettes; a RTE/BBC NI television series of 30 programs produced by GaelMedia for beginning- to intermediate-level Irish language learners; each video program = approximatey 25 minutes; accompanying book and audio program (IR 1.006) also available; approximatey 12 hours (total time).

Web Links

An Focloir Beag — Irish dictionary in Irish.

Interactive Irish on the Internet — Irish lessons.

IrishGaelicTranslator.com — free translations and online forum discussing Irish/English translations; also has links to some lessons.

Learn Irish Gaelic — more than a hundred short lessons. Lessons cover pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verb conjugation, and more. A few audio samples are provided to hear spoken Gaelic words.