Modern Irish Language

Run by Dublin City University, these online courses are free and aimed at beginners.

This popular online school offers a free starter class.

By Tomás Ó hÍde; Máire Ní Neachtain; Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew; John Gillen.
New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2018.

By Tomás Ó hÍde; Máire Ní Neachtain; Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew; John Gillen.
London; New York: Taylor & Francis, 2020.

Learners at all levels can find written and oral exams through this resource. Teachers can even download a complete Irish language curriculum in both Irish and English (roughly 50 pages per course).

Developed and commissioned by RTE / Éamonn Ó Dónaill. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2004.

Book comes with three CDs shelved separately in the Kelly Library's audio-visual collection.

By Annette Byrne.
Dublin: Linguistics Institute of Ireland, 2002.
[For companion CD location see UofT Catalogue]
This illustrated, beginner-level course-pack contains several interactive exercises as well as companion audio CDs. Exercises can be completed individually or in groups.

By Mícheál Ó Siadhail.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988.
Written by an experienced teacher and speaker of Irish, this course contains detailed explanations of how the language operates, along with a rich vocabulary section in every chapter. Using this resource, it is easy to build up a sizeable repertoire of Irish words quickly.

By Éamon Ó Dónaill.
Dublin: Gaelchultúir, 2011.
This course is ideal for those who have taken a year or two of Irish at the university level or have gone through the public school system studying the language in Ireland. With two CDs and sample conversations, this book aims to familiarize learners with the sound of the language.