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This page is the entry point to the lessons published on this website.
Click on Index of Lessons to proceed.

The following levels of the lessons on this website correspond to the
stages of Irish examined in Republic of Ireland schools:

 

 

Level 1 -- Basic Lessons
Junior Certificate Foundation Level
An Teastas Sóisearach Bonnleibhéal
(for absolute beginners or those needing revision)

Level 2 -- Elementary Lessons
Junior Certificate Ordinary Level
AnTeastas Sóisearach Gnáthleibhéal
(for those who have a fair vocabulary and some knowledge
of the verbs in the past, present or future tenses);

Level 3 -- Improvers Lessons
Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level
Ardteistiméaracht Gnáthleibhéal
(more extensive vocabulary and some
complexity in the verbs, reported speech etc);

Level 4 -- Higher Level
Junior Certificate Higher Level
AnTeastas Sóisearach Ardleibhéal
(idiomatic Irish for essays, reported speech, wide vocabulary,
and the Genitive Case, an modh coinníollach etc);

Level 5 -- Advanced Lessons
Leaving Certificate Higher Level
Ardteistiméaracht Ardleibhéal
(the more difficult areas of Irish grammar
and an extensive modern vocabulary).

 
GRAMMARS
 
It would be foolhardy to think that we could cover all areas of Irish grammar and vocabulary from the beginning. There are many books available which do that. We will refer throughout to TEACH YOURSELF IRISH published by Hodder and Stoughton and to NEW IRISH GRAMMAR by The Christian Brothers published by Fallons. We intend to offer sample lessons at each level and gradually build up the content so that in time it will contain a good range of graded lessons on the most important elements of the language.
 
DICTIONARIES
 

Irish-English:
FOCLÓIR GAEILGE-BÉARLA,

Editor
Niall Ó Dónaill,
Published by
Oifig an tSoláthair, Dublin.
The biggest and best.

English-Irish:
ENGLISH-IRISH DICTIONARY
,
Editor
Tomás de Bhaldraithe,
Published by
An Gúm, An Roinn Oideachais,
Baile Átha Cliath. 1959.

Dated but the best there is for the present.

English-Irish / Irish-English:
FOCLÓIR PÓCA
Published byAn Gúm, An Roinn Oideachais,
Baile Átha Cliath.
Very useful comprehensive pocket dictionary.
More up to date than de Bhaldraithe

English-Irish / Irish-English:
COLLINS POCKET IRISH DICTIONARY
Harper Collins Publishers
Very attractive layout. Some excellent new coinages.

 
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