Go raibh maith agat, a Bhríd. (Mise Dan Harrity ar Facebook, ach ba mhaith liom ainm gaelach ceart anseo.)

Ah Dan, fáilte ó chroí a mhac. Is mise Bríd Eilís.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Welcome to ILF, Dan.

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Hello everyone,

I am a new member and this second post. In the Bitesize blog, there was an article by Audrey entitled "A linguistic love affair", to which I replied. I thought of pasting this reply here as a bit of an introduction.

Go raibh maith agut,
irish heart


It is encouraging to hear others too have taken a long time to “come home”. I have had a love affair with everything and anything Irish since the age of 3 at which point I was dancing my own version of jigs on my parents and relatives lap. As I got a bit older, it was always a dream to speak Irish.

Now, our family background is shrouded in mystery. Some say we are of Irish, Scottish, native Indian, French descent with a touch of Russian for good measure. Others say we are only French and Indian, with our maternal great-grandad being Métis (French-Indian) and great-grandma being French from Normandy stock. Who knows?! All I know is that if we do have Irish ancestry, and everybody I know says I look way too Irish or at least Celtic not to be, it’s that we hail from County Cork. As a yound adult, I started going to Ceilis in our city, but with marriage, family, etc., it went by the wayside for a few years. Then, for 3 years, I joined a dance class, (soft shoe & set dancing). Then, we moved to the country and everything stopped.

This past September, I was given the gift of being able to take Irish language classes through Comhaltas in our city. It was truly coming home. As I told the professor, a native speaker from Ireland, it was like finally learning my true mother tongue after a delay of over 50 years! So, even though we are French-Canadian by birth, which almost guaranties we are a mixed bag of many cultures, with a very French surname and given names for that matter, my very being resonates and comes alive to everything Irish– the language, the music, the culture, the landscape. It’s people are MY people! It is what my being identifies with!

Thank you for allowing me to share my journey home with you!

Fáilte isteach 'dtí'n fóram a chara , welcome to the forum friend.

This online community is a great place to find many people who share the same feelings as yourself! Its also a great place to find help if you are ever stuck; feel free to post a question here and if we can answer we would love to help! Whombat has a great learners section and Lon Dubh's notes that focus on Munster Irish, predominantly Cork Irish, should be right up your street too. If you are aiming to focus on a different dialect or perhaps you wish to focus on Standard Irish then I would think that the lads might have the names of some good learning resources and courses!

Keep up the hard work as regards learning. It will feel difficult at the start, as it is with learning any language, but stick at it and you'll soon see the benefits !

Cian

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Go raibh maith agut Cian!

I will definitely look those sections up as time allows. I have taken a 14 week Standard Irish course through our Comhaltas branch this past Fall. It is the plan to continue taking Irish courses this Spring, but I would like to concentrate on the Cork dialect-----even though from what I hear, it is more difficult to learn. It's a matter of going at it slow and easy I guess. One thing is for sure----the Irish language is like music to my heart and ears, so well worth the effort of learning it. Again, thanks a bunch for the welcome and the heads up!

Le meas,
irish heart

Welcome Becks, and Irishsaint :}. Glad to have you aboard!

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Irish Gaelic Tutor
http://www.Irishgaelictutoring.com

Dia dhaoibh! Is as an Iodáil mé, agus tá mé i mo chónaí sa Róimh. Tá mé ag iarraidh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim.

I've only been studying for a few months, so my level is atrocious, but I'm trying to work on my Irish a little bit every day. I'm really glad to have this opportunity to share information and encouragement with other people who share my passion for the language.

Fáilte romhat isteach sa bhfóram†, Wolfsblut.




†GC = san fhóram in CO

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Hello! I'm Dean from Australia... My activation email(s) made Gmail warn me of a ''suspicious address'' suspected of phishing etc. Is that common? Good to see you have a vast array of smileys I speak barely any Irish, but would like to learn the standard dialect (I'm told there's no real standard dialect, but you know what I mean). Anyway... hi!