Irish Gaelic Body Parts: Essential Vocabulary Guide
Whether you are learning your first words or brushing up on Irish Gaelic before a trip, the parts of the body are some of…
Irish Gaelic Weather Words: Rain, Wind and Sky Vocabulary
The weather is not mere small talk in Ireland. It is the shared thread of nearly every conversation, the first thing said at a…
Celtic Languages in Film, TV and Video Games: Where to Hear Gaelic Today
Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are far more present in mainstream culture than most learners realise. A line in a blockbuster, a blessing in…
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Learning Irish Gaelic
Irish Gaelic is a deeply rewarding language to learn, but English speakers trip over the same predictable hurdles again and again. The good news…
Irish Gaelic Dialects: Munster, Connacht and Ulster Explained
When people talk about the Irish language, they often describe it as a single thing. Ask anyone in Dublin, Cork or Boston to “speak…
Irish Gaelic Greetings: How to Say Hello and Goodbye in Irish
Irish Gaelic greetings are the first real conversation most learners ever have in the language, and they are also the friendliest part of it….
Why Scottish Gaelic Spelling Looks Impossible, And How to Decode It
Every learner of Scottish Gaelic has the same first reaction to a written sentence: the letters appear to have no relationship to the sounds….
Counting in Scottish Gaelic: Numbers 1 to 100 Explained
Numbers turn up in the first week of every Gaelic course, and they are also one of the first places learners get stuck. Scottish…
Irish Gaelic grammar for beginners: word order, mutations and verbs
Irish Gaelic looks intimidating on the page, but its grammar is far more regular than its spelling suggests. Once a learner understands the rules…
Irish Gaelic Pronunciation: A Beginner’s Guide to Sounding Natural
Irish Gaelic pronunciation frightens many beginners even before they learn their first word. The written language looks intimidating, with clusters of consonants and vowels…