New Irish blogger for Slugger

Posted by maca on November 30, 2005 Leave a comment (13) Go to comments

Slugger O’Toole have a new Irish language blogger, Cathal O Foirreidh. Mick had previously mentioned to me that perhaps I could contribute some Irish posts to Slugger [since I spend so much time there anyway] but with my remedial Irish there was never a chance, so I’m delighted to see Cathal taking this role. If all his posts are as good as his first then we’re in for a treat.

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  1. Antonio from Italy November 30, 2005 at 1:39 pm

    I don’t what I’d give to be able to read and write in this wonderful language!

  2. Nicole November 30, 2005 at 5:06 pm

    Antonio — my recommendation is to marry an Irish-language teacher and live in fear that your children will speak a language you don’t understand. :-)

    That’s been enough for me to learn it (at least at the grammar-school level I’m at now…)

  3. Antonio from Italy November 30, 2005 at 7:16 pm

    Nicole, is that an advice or a punishment? ;-)
    Anyway I can’t follow any of those, I’m married already.
    All I can do is studying harder and practising it on the spot :-)

  4. maca December 1, 2005 at 2:58 am

    If you’re interested in learning there are lots of resources available on the internet. You could learn some basics and see if you like it.

    Alternatively get a divorce and follow Nicole’s advice :)

  5. Antonio from Italy December 1, 2005 at 11:39 am

    Maca, I got hold of an Irish grammar book some years ago and I bought some dictionary during some of my several trips to Ireland. But without a good teacher they’re almost no use :-)
    I already have some good links in my bookmarks :-)

  6. maca December 1, 2005 at 1:07 pm

    Without a teacher you’d need some tapes or CD’s so you could listen to it.

    There is a book called Progress in Irish which is good but might be difficult for you. You can get the answers for this here:
    http://www.gaeilge.org/PII-ak.html
    http://members.aol.com/madoyleme/irishindex.html

    And matching MP3 files here:
    http://www.philo-celtic.com/PII/Progress.htm

    You can also get lessons online from here:
    http://www.gaeltalk.net/index1.html

  7. Antonio from Italy December 1, 2005 at 2:23 pm

    Thanks Maca, I saved the links above.
    The MP3 files are a little low in volume, need to have good ears ;-)

    I’ll check them more thoroughly later.

  8. Nicole December 1, 2005 at 5:50 pm

    Antonio — there’s a list (just started) for those who want to learn via Teach Yourself Irish (the older edition, written by Dillon and O Croinin — not the new edition). If you can get a copy of the book, there are mp3s that we’ll be putting up for each lesson.

    The list is at:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TYIMunster/

    Let me know if you have any questions…

  9. Antonio from Italy December 1, 2005 at 9:10 pm

    Nicole, I serched the web but it seems that the older edition of this book is quite unavailable. There’s a used copy in Texas at $28…
    About the mailing list I’ll think it over. Before subscribing I think I should be more motivated and prepared, trained.
    Thanks Nicole, Thanks Maca, for all your infos!!!

  10. Nicole December 2, 2005 at 11:41 pm

    Antonio — please see the dealers on http://www.abebooks.com; there are books in the UK for as little as $1. (Search for Author: Dillon and Title: Teach Yourself Irish.)

    If you were interested in learning the Munster dialect, it’s the best course for it.

  11. Antonio from Italy December 5, 2005 at 12:13 pm

    Nicole,
    I looked into that link and I think I found it.
    There are several edition as old as 1961. Is this the one to buy?
    Thanks a lot!!!!!

  12. Cionaodh December 5, 2005 at 5:48 pm

    The 1961 edition is the one to buy! Hope you join us…

  13. Antonio from Italy December 5, 2005 at 7:04 pm

    Thank you, Cionaodh!!!
    I’ll click the link in the next days ;-)