liamo5 wrote:
Dia dhaoibh, my name is Liam. Cork born and raised. Like most people, I've done Irish in school; I no longer do it in class or as a subject (I'm a science guy really, so I'm doing Computer Science). So now I hope to climb the TEG ladder I suppose - I'm now focused on learning dialects. Unsurprisingly, I've chosen Cork, more broadly West Munster, or even more broadly, Munster. I have something of a plan; to get the hang of Cork, then other West Munster dialects, then East Munster. Beyond that, I haven't made any plans... I'll try progressing with my Munster plans and see where I am in future. Until now it's always been spontaneous bursts of study rather than something consistent, which I hope to change. So I'll probably be on here a lot, asking a lot of questions.
Well, if you start with the 1961 edition of Teach Yourself Irish by Myles Dillon, that is Cork Irish. (The later edition by Diarmuid Ó Sé cannot be recommended - it is Standardised Irish.)
You can download the 1961 edition with embedded audio files at
https://archive.org/download/TeachYours ... YI1961.pdf