Thank you all for the advice and tips on the classes... In New England I was quick to assume that everything would be Irish... perhaps not!

Yes, literally "old type".

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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).

And did you notice that dot above the last letter (b) in the old style lettering? - that means it has an 'h' that follows it in modern spelling and which also indicates it is pronounced more 'softly' than b - more like a v, it's not very obvious if you didn't know that.

Thank you!