Category: Language
Learn to Speak Irish: Tá Ceist Agam (Have a Question?)

Speak Irish: Tá Ceist Agam By Bob Carney There are many different types of fairies in Ireland, called by many names. Some call them the good people, possibly to avoid […]
Éasca Péasca: What is the Irish Language to Me?

Éasca Péasca (Easy Peasy): Student Stories: What Is the Irish Language to Me? By Patrick Gormley If you happen to have a time machine and travel to the Pontic-Caspian Steppe […]
Raidió Rí-Rá Open New Studio for Galway Broadcasters

Raidió Rí-Rá Open New Studio for Galway Broadcasters Raidió Rí-Rá are excited to announce the opening of their new Galway studio in Áras na nGael this week. This new recording […]
Speak Irish: Deirdre of the Sorrows

Speak Irish: Deirdre of the Sorrows By Bob Carney Not all love stories end with “And they lived happily ever after.” The story of Deirdre of the Sorrows is one […]
Éasca Péasca (Easy Peasy): Student Stories – How Irish Saved Me

Easca Peasca – Student Stories: How Irish Saved Me By Peggy Gannon Retirement is challenging. I have tried knitting, book clubs, and quilting (Well, not really quilting, I just knew […]
Éasca Péasca (Easy Peasy): Student Stories: Mo Thuras le Gaeilge

Éasca Péasca Student Stories: Mo Thuras le Gaeilge By Gerry Walsh Is fearr Gaeilge briste na Béarla cliste. My grandfather was a “cainteor dúchas” or native speaker of Irish […]
Speak Irish: Introductions

Speak Irish: Introductions By Bob Carney Bliain nua faoi mhaise dhaoibh! A Happy New Year all. In past lessons, we have learned how to introduce ourselves and inquire how […]
Éasca Péasca: Linguistics, Leprechauns, and Legends

Éasca Péasca: Linguistics, Leprechauns, and Legends: Revisiting ‘Artemis Fowl’ with Gaeilge (Student Stories) By Leah Walper In 2001, Eoin Colfer’s first “Artemis Fowl” novel hit the shelves in bookstores around […]
Speak Irish: Grianstad an Gheimhridh

Speak Irish: Grianstad an Gheimhridh By Bob Carney Many cultures in the Northern Hemisphere prior to Christianity celebrated the solstice. It was the most sacred time of the year for […]
Archaeology as Gaeilge: Éasca Péasca (Easy Peasy)

Éasca Péasca: Student Stories: Archaeology as Gaeilge By Maighread Southard-Wray Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin. There is no hearth like your own hearth. This phrase has never been […]