Dia duit.

I'm very glad to be here.

I'm a Maryland farmer and something of a very amateur student of Irish, having progressed about a year in using online materials, books, and Rosetta Stone.

I try to spend thirty minutes a day on language and fifteen on history. Often in my looking, I've seen Redwolf replying and answering questions across the internet, so I'm thrilled to be on the same forum with him.

Welcome to the forum! Many of us here are only amateurs, but there are some very experienced here also and are a great learning resource!

Btw, Red is a she.

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I am only a beginner. Please get confirmation before using any of my suggestions.

:-O I should have known! :-D

Dia daoibh! Troy an t-ainm atá orm agus 'As na Stáit Aontaithe mé. Tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge, go raibh maith agat.

Okay, well if my Irish wasn't too broken up that should have read something like:

Hello Everybody! My name is Troy and I am from the United States. I am learning Irish, thank you!

Short story a little longer, I am from Arlington, Texas and have had a long love of Irish music and culture. Awhile back as I was doing my genealogical work I found that my great....x7 grandfather Isaac Young immigrated to America in 1736 from County Antrim, Ireland. This made me even more interested in learning the language and stories of my ancestors so I am on a quest to learn more Irish. I hope to be able to come visit sometime near the end of next year or perhaps in 2015.

Dia duit

I recently launched a project on Kickstarter and was wondering if anyone here would like to help me out with some of my Irish Gaelic translations. My cousin in Dublin started to help butis not the best with the language. Please check out the project and let me know if anyone can offer support for this fun way to learn some Gaelic.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cor ... nguage-les

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Mike O

Dia daoibh go léir.

Is mise Gary (nu Gearóid mas fearr leat) agus is as baile Thiobraid Árann mé.
Táim ag marachtaint i Londúin na laethanta seo agus ba mhaith beidh liofa sa Gaeilige go mór mór i nGaeilge na Múmhan
Tá oiread díomá orm nach bhfuil mé líofa, tiosc go bhfuill mé beagnach seasca bliain d'aois agus rugadh agus tógadh in Eireann. Ach pe sceal é leanfaidh mé ar an slí.

I'm Gary (or Gearóid if you prefer) from Tipperary Town. I'm living in London and I would like to be fluent in Irish especially Munster Irish. I'm very disappointed not to be fluent because I was born and raised in Ireland and am nearly 60. But whatever I will continue the journey.
Feel free to correct me if my spelling or syntax are wrong.

Beir Bua

Fáilte romhaibh go léir! It's great to have people from all over the place joining us.

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Hi Mike, welcome to the forum.

I just had a look at your cards and noticed a mistake:

Erinn go Bragh is in fact the anglicised version of the Irish

Éire go Brách/ Bráth or Éirinn go Brách/ Bráth.

The cards are very nice, I hope you reach your target.

Cian

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Fáilte 'dtí'n fóram a Ghearóid.

Is mise Cian agus labhraimse fhéineach/fhéinigh Gaoluinn na nDéise leis.

Ar dh'airís (chuala tú) trácht ar na saotharaibh "An gleann agus a raibh ann" le Séamus Ó Maolchaithigh, duine as an gCoisleán Nua Tiobraid Árann dob ea é, agus saothair Amhlaoibh Uí Shuil(l)eabháin, Ciarraíoch dob ea é súid ach do chuir sé fé i gCallainn sarar (sular) thit an droch-shaoghal orainn?

Ina dteannta san, thá Sean-chaint na nDéise 1 agus a 2. Do sgrígh an t-athair Uí Shíothcháin na leabharthacha so, ach do dh'éag sé sarar fhoilsíog an tara leagan dá shaothar, chuireag (cuireadh) i n-eagar é thar a chionn.

Saothar eile a bhaineann leis na Déisibh ná Leabhar Mhaidhc Dháith: Scéalta agus Seanchas ón Rinn.

Gan amhras thá eagsúlachtaí thall is abhus idir Ghaoluinn na Rinne/ an tseana-Phobail agus Ghaoluinn Thiobrad Árann ach is beag iad na difríochtaí 'thá eaturtha i ndáiríribh

edited: The Doegen Records:

This is a great resource it gives recordings of native Irish speakers. Here's 3 from Tipperary (unfortunately, the first one was destroyed en route to Germany).

http://doegen.ie/doegen/taxonomy/term/22074

You can compare it with the rhythm, nuances and pronunciation of Waterford Irish and see how similar they are:

http://doegen.ie/doegen/taxonomy/term/21528

'Sé do bheatha isteach aríst a charaid!

Cian

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Hi!