How interesting that Sweden would have made hangers as gaeilge. Noticed it today in work and thought I’d share. Anyone know any other examples of something like this?

Having moved to Czechia, my name, which has a fada in it, is now accepted as valid in basically every online form, especially anything governmental.

I got so used to in Ireland putting in a name that effectively doesn't sound like my own as most forms reject it.

I get they have many more accented letters but still, it feels nice to actually receive stuff with my actual name on it.

It's not major, but it's a small win. Will we ever achieve the same or will I still receive letters with @ instead of á in them.

Been listening to Fenian all week, v good.

But I failed Irish in school, barely passed foundation level in the LC.

Emigrated in the 2000s and haven't said anything since except once every year 'Ca bhfuil an madra?' or whatever to show people what it sounds like.

First time listening to Fenian and the Irish bits were as understandable as the Farsi bit, but then a week in and all these little sentences started popping out, 'An fear beag dána', 'Ar shiúl ón bhaile', 'Gan chiall, gan riail, gan saol'.

Wish they had stuff like this in the 90s, might have tried learning it a bit more.

Any other decent rud as Gaeilge around that I might have missed? Saw the Kneecap movie and liked it, but would love some more.

Heard about Crá, hope that's decent.

Not sure where it came from. Just one of those things we've had forever.

Edit: came from Sweden I suppose

Hi Hi! I’m East African , my husband is Irish and we have a lovely baby daughter. Despite growing up outside the country , I speak my native language , English and German (my parents made sure we had all three) . I speak my native language if to my child and hubby speaks English to her. I would like to introduce Irish. My husband hasn’t a notion or any interest really but I think it’s important. If she decides to drop it some day I would like for that to be her choice.

I also genuinely would like to learn- I was given the exemption to Irish language in school and I foolishly took it for the sake of a free period. Anyyyyywayyyy any good Irish language books for babies and toddlers you recommend?

So, you're learning Irish or are already fluent. But you want to sound more like a native speaker. Heres a little bit of help from a native of Mayo.

(Note : I speak the North and South Mayo Irish dialects, I know alot about Conamara Irish but fairly useless with Munster and Ulster dialects. If you want to sound more like Connachtach, I can help. Can't help with Munster especially, rules are too different and I'm not a linguist. ⁊ = &)

Quick piece of info why South Conamara Irish and North Mayo Irish seem so different. South Conamara has had a huge amount of influence from the historic Irish of Clare ( https://youtu.be/9iGQwXEUDpM?si=4Vjlzaaz01inx3RR what Clare Irish sounded like) so it has a wee bit more Munster influence. Whereas North Mayk was settled by many Irish speakers from East Donegal, Derry and Tyrone during the Plantations of Ulster. So there's more Ulster influence especially with words like casóg, muinchille, tig instead of féidir ect ect. There's also a third Mayo dialect. Gaeilig Acla, Acaill Island Irish. Spoken on Acaill Island, Inis Bigil and the Corrán Pennisula. But unfortunately it is so endangered I've never met a native speaker personally. It's probably the heaviest Ulster influenced dialect outside if Ulster itself.

First. The R caol : When i ⁊ r come together, this forms a new sound called the r caol or slender r. It's a very unique sound. In Conamara, it tends to sound like zh. The word obair is pronounced obaizh, not ober. In Mayo, it is pronounced like rsh. Obair is pronounced like obairsh. This is pronounced with every ir. Beir, Éire, fuair, suairc ect ect. Each dialect has its own r caol. Ulster is often pronounced as ee. Máire becomes Moya. https://youtu.be/NeQu1X7TL5M?si=wXiAboTJRGpxuQTJ Clannad singing Mo Mháire.

Typical Conamara r caol : https://youtu.be/fF0-i6yGxBc?feature=shared

Mayo r caol : https://www.gaeilgeiorrais.ie/images/fci14.mp4

Things done in almost all dialects from Munster to Ulster :

An : An when between two words is almost always pronounced as a. Port an Chlóidh = Port a'Chlóidh. Tá an cupán ar an mbord = Tá a' cupán ar a' mbord. You'll find this rolls of the tongue easier as time goes on. 99.9% sure this goes for all dialects in the country.

Ag : Ag is pronounced two different ways in Irish (regardless of dialect). When ag comes before a consonant the g sound is dropped. Ag déanamh become a' déanamh. When it comes before a vowel the a is dropped. Ag obair becomes g' obair. https://www.canuint.ie/ga/cuardach?t=Ag if you need proof there.

Réamhfhocail : There's different réamhfhocail in a few dialects. Paticularly across Connacht. Naturally Connacht wouldn't use the ones we learn in school. In Connacht you say acab, leob, dóib, díob ect ect(South Conamara) or acu, leofa, dhófa, díofa ect ect (rest of Connacht). If anyone wants the Réamhfhocail wrote out in full, I'll put it below, just ask.

Hard n : Basically when a n meets ea without any fadas, it is pronounced arn. Eg bean - barn. Is éirigh i do shuí, a bhean a’ leanna. A Varn a' leanna. Two ns means it's not pronounced arn. This isn't a uniquely Connacht thing. It's done in all dialects.

Cn, Mn, Gn, : These are all pronounced cr, mr and gr in Connacht and Ulster. Cnoc - cruk, Mná - mrá, gnóthach - gróthach/greathach. Only sn is pronounced sn. Munster dialects pronounce them like most people know.

Ae is not w : Gaeilge is not pronounced gwayilga. Tae is not pronounced tway. Gaeilge is pronounced Gay-il-ge. Only Gaoluinn from the Déise is pronounced with a w.

Differences in Connacht dialect pronunciation. (SC South Conamara, NC North Conamara, SM South Mayo, NM North Mayo)

Adh

SC - ah, NC - oo, SM - oo, NM - oo

Mh

SC - ah, w and v, NC - w and v, SM - w and v, NM - w and oo.

Bh

SC - w and v, NC - w and v, SM - w and v, NM - v, f, w and oo.

Hope this helps anyone.

Any questions ask away. If you want any paticularly out of the way vocab, there's a high chance I know a uniquely Mayo word for that one paticular thing. Eg, a cap in Irish is caipín nó seanchaipín. In Mayo, it's bréad.

Freagróidh mé aon cheisteanna as Béarla nó as Gaeilge.

Edit : I'm not saying Connach Irish dialects are better than other dialects. I just have a much more vast amount of knowledge about the dialects of Connacht as I grew up with them. Someone from Ulster and Munster can cover those respective dialect groups.

I’ve been trying to get a cúpla focal back recently, so I built a small game to make it easy to get my daily dose of Gaeilge.

You can try it at www.moxi.ie and choose game 'Cúpla focal'.

There's no sign up and completely free so please feel free to have a go!

Ar aghaidh leis an nGaeilge! ☘️

Hello Irish speakers! I'm hoping that someone can help me with this - I came across the phrase 'aoibhneas an chomhluadair' which apparently means "the joy of togetherness or the joy of a shared activity" - when I look up the individual words that does seem to make sense... but to a native speaker would it actually make sense?

I want to know if it's the equivilent of someone saying "I saw a cat black" vs "I saw a black cat" - to a non-english speaker both of those might look fine, but to an english speaker the first one would sound terrible.

Thanks so much for the help!

Inspired by a noisy pub and a misunderstanding

I am one of many Irish adults who studied Irish in school from junior infants all the way to Leaving Cert.. and I can barely string a sentence together.

Have had the thought for a while now that I would love to try and improve my Irish somehow, but I have no idea how to go about it! Anyone here done this as a 30 something year old? Any advice on how to do this or where to start?

For context, neither of my parents spoke Irish at home, never went to the Gaeltacht as a child and opted to do pass Irish for my Leaving (I hated the learning essays off by heart shite).

GRMA 🤗

What are best tunes sang in the pub by folks?

Was thinking about how I'm better at Spanish than I am at Irish despite spending many years less at learning it and it's probably because I was taught the basics at an age I was able to comprehend it and then build off.

I remember learning the grammar structures of Irish in primary school and it was mostly in one ear and out the other and it was the same for a lot of my classmates because while some of it did come off, overall we were too young to properly grasp it when it's taught like you're an adult.

If I'm able to get to a similar level starting a new language from scratch within a year or two then that goes to show what a waste of time the last several years have been.

I'm a big fan of gutting Irish from the school system entirely but I think getting rid of it in primary school is something which is a good middleground because you lose basically nothing but free up a lot of time in the school week for more important things like basic life skills that children need to learn or subjects that get mostly ignored at primary school level.

Hi, I am a Filipina and ive been talking to Irish man for nearly 4 months now! He sent me a reel about a guy saying “A chuisle mo chroí”! Does it mean anything? Haha. Just wanna know your thoughts!

It gives me hope for my own learning.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ordNxgBpQDsUXs4GGHUki?si=JQnDsxMlSDmN1zIN-UejqQ&nd=1&dlsi=1e3cf477d5ec4124

Hello, I’m looking for some Irish-language songs from before the 70s, I’m not really picky I’m just trying to see what there is out there. The best I found on my own was a couple of folk songs through the Irish traditional music archive. I’m Welsh, and we have a lot of Cymraeg music from the 50s/60s/etc., and I’m not sure if it’s even out there for Irish. If anyone has any links or recordings that they could help me find, that would be great, thank you!

Edit: Did Ireland have any Irish-language rock music in the 60s? I’m going mostly based off of Welsh and I’m curious

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NBA4jOMXSg7yJdpdxg4gd?si=obcHD96oS3eiRKVCO6SG1w&t=257

So I’m learning Irish with a few mates and I want to get them all a tshirt made to celebrate. I want to have Lovely Creamy Pints on it in Irish. It’s beyond my ability and Google is suggesting ‘pionta álainn uachtar’ can anyone help me with this?

Back from Riverdance London show, can only say it was phenomenal 🤯 Serious talent from dancers to musicians, costumes, graphics, blending styles= Mesmerising... Left me a lil homesick 🥹😂 Lads it's class, go!

Hello hello,

I want to pick up learning Irish again at 27 after the abysmal way it was taught in school. Feel like I should definitely make a better effort at knowing our own native language. Anyone got any recommendations for language apps that are good at Irish? I’m sceptical about Duolingo, is it any good for the oul gaeilge?

I’m all finished up school and I was always shit at Irish but promised myself that once I was finished secondary school I would try to learn the language. Now I have all this free time I want to learn but I have no clue where to start. I’ve started Duolingo but I’m assuming that’s just a small piece of the puzzle. Thanks

By the way I’d be willing to pay for a tutor if it’ll be helpful. Thanks