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PostPosted: Wed 04 Feb 2026 6:06 pm 
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Dia duit! My name is Chloe and I am new here. I am in the US very much want to learn Irish. I've learned Spanish to an upper intermediate level and don't have much of a desire to go further with it, but really enjoy learning languages and have always been curious about the Irish language because of my Irish ancestry. My grandmother, who passed away before I was born, could speak the language but moved here and raised her children without it so I've never had a chance to learn.

I have tried learning a bit on my own through resources found online, but haven't made much progress and know from my Spanish experience that I'd do best with regular lessons from a fluent speaker. I have looked around on iTalki, Preply, etc. but wanted to see if anyone has any personal recommendations. I am looking to learn Ulster dialect and would like to take lessons long term on a regular basis to learn as much as possible.

Thank you!


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The best public tutor I would recomend is Pádraig Ó Raghallaigh on Italki (https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4276448). He is a native speaker of Mayo Irish, which is technically considered a Connacht dialect, but shares many similarites to varieties of Ulster Irish. He has a pretty good ability across all three major dialects (I have communicated with him in Munster Irish, the dialect that I speak), and if you communicate with him that you want to learn Ulster Irish he will help you to do so.

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PostPosted: Thu 05 Feb 2026 2:32 am 
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Séamus O'Neill wrote:
The best public tutor I would recomend is Pádraig Ó Raghallaigh on Italki (https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4276448). He is a native speaker of Mayo Irish, which is technically considered a Connacht dialect, but shares many similarites to varieties of Ulster Irish. He has a pretty good ability across all three major dialects (I have communicated with him in Munster Irish, the dialect that I speak), and if you communicate with him that you want to learn Ulster Irish he will help you to do so.


Thank you very much! I will try to contact him.


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