The focus of this post, as is clear from the title, is Connemara Irish. Today, in honor of that, we’re going to look at what the sources for Connemara Irish. These sources will include a mix of things, between material to learn Connemara Irish, as well as reading material (mostly Read more…
Introduction Today we’re going to look at the website Vifax. This website is put out and organized by NUI Maynooth, and is one of the best tools for practicing your listening skills in Irish. During the school year, they release two videos weekly (last time I checked, it was on Read more…
2024 Update A lot has changed since I initially wrote this piece, sometime around 2016 or so. It was originally written for Reddit, then migrated here when the blog started. I just wanted to give an update about Duolingo now and why it’s even worse for Irish than it was Read more…
This is a continuation from the previous post. In this one the prepositions i, le, ó, roimh, thar, and idir will be used. As in the previous post, the Connemara form is on the right. The forms go: base, first person singular, second person singular, third person singular masculine, third Read more…
To start things off here, we’ll start by discussing some of the common features of Connemara Irish. Most of these features are common throughout Connemara, though it, of course, may depend on speakers. One of the most common, and easiest, tells of Connemara Irish is the difference in the prepositions Read more…