Irish Language Magazines

TacAide

Conas ata sibh, gach duine,

First off, I absolutely love to see the Irish language being being promoted, love the language and am currently trying to increase my proficiency and level of Irish, and am just wondering is there any magazines in Irish to help people to learn, the Defence Forces have An Cosantoir, just wondering is there a similar magazine for those learning Irish.

Go raibh maith agat.

Grudaire

Hi,

An Cosaintóir isn't actually in Irish, it does occassionally have articles as Gaeilge : http://www.dfmagazine.ie/

Depending on your tastes there are several magazines as Gaeilge:
Nós : http://www.nosmag.com/
Check Easons for others - nós is the only that I have read, and can remember offhand

For a learner the Newspaper that comes with the Irish Independent on a Wednesday might be appropriate..

TacAide

Cliste wrote: »

Hi,

An Cosaintóir isn't actually in Irish, it does occassionally have articles as Gaeilge : http://www.dfmagazine.ie/

Depending on your tastes there are several magazines as Gaeilge:
Nós : http://www.nosmag.com/
Check Easons for others - nós is the only that I have read, and can remember offhand

For a learner the Newspaper that comes with the Irish Independent on a Wednesday might be appropriate..

Thanks for the reply, will check out Easons

Míshásta

You don't need to go to Eason's. Some of the best writing in contemporary Irish is to be found on Irish language Blogs.

One of the best:

http://ramhaille.blogspot.ie/

You will find links on Her blog to other Irish blogs and sites.

Those other blogs usually have links to other sites.

The blogs cover a wide range of interests and subject matter and most are in excellent Irish.

Ádh Mór.

Let us know what you think of them.

TacAide

Míshásta wrote: »

You don't need to go to Eason's. Some of the best writing in contemporary Irish is to be found on Irish language Blogs.

One of the best:

http://ramhaille.blogspot.ie/

You will find links on Her blog to other Irish blogs and sites.

Those other blogs usually have links to other sites.

The blogs cover a wide range of interests and subject matter and most are in excellent Irish.

Ádh Mór.

Let us know what you think of them.

Thanks again for the link to thee blog, its of great benefit.

pog it

Comhar is a high quality magazine but with a literary bent so not ideal for learners. Still, a lovely publication in the language.

TacAide

Cliste wrote: »

For a learner the Newspaper that comes with the Irish Independent on a Wednesday might be appropriate..

Sorry meant to ask this question to early to you Cliste, is that magazine that comes with the Independent every Wednesday or is only for a specific time period?.

Míshásta

TacAide wrote: »

Sorry meant to ask this question to early to you Cliste, is that magazine that comes with the Independent every Wednesday or is only for a specific time period?.

I don't think that supplement is published any longer.

Grudaire

Míshásta wrote: »

I don't think that supplement is published any longer.

It's gone? That's a pity..

hullaballoo

Is that not Foinse? It used to be published on its own, then ceased being published until the Irish Independent started publishing it as a supplement. AFAICS, they're still publishing it. The online version is here: http://www.foinse.ie/

It used to have a very Republican bias, I am not sure if this is the case. Plus, the language is around the level of ordinary level LC but I believe that is intentional, since it is recommended reading for LC students.

TacAide

hullaballoo wrote: »

Is that not Foinse? It used to be published on its own, then ceased being published until the Irish Independent started publishing it as a supplement. AFAICS, they're still publishing it. The online version is here: http://www.foinse.ie/

It used to have a very Republican bias, I am not sure if this is the case. Plus, the language is around the level of ordinary level LC but I believe that is intentional, since it is recommended reading for LC students.

Hullaballoo would you know of any other magazine or book that could help me to relearn Irish to a good standard?.

An gal gréine

Cliste wrote: »

It's gone? That's a pity..

I was told it was replaced recently by another supplement called 'Seachtain' but haven't heard any reports yet.

An Coilean

The Indo got rid of Foinse just at the end of the summer, it seems that they felt its loss and a new Irish language suplement Seachtain apeared 2 weeks later.
Its available every Wednesday and is broadly similar to Foinse with many of the same writers.

There are a good few Magazines available in Irish, Nós is very good in my opinion. Comhar is also good, but not really suitable for learners. There are other publications like Feasta, An Gael (Based in the US). An Timire.

There is plenty available online too, An Tuairisceoir, Beo.ie, Meon Eile, gaeltacht21, athfhás, Nuacht24. There will also be a new profesional online newspaper in the new year, and also a possible online news service from TG4.

TacAide

An Coilean wrote: »

The Indo got rid of Foinse just at the end of the summer, it seems that they felt its loss and a new Irish language suplement Seachtain apeared 2 weeks later.
Its available every Wednesday and is broadly similar to Foinse with many of the same writers.

There are a good few Magazines available in Irish, Nós is very good in my opinion. Comhar is also good, but not really suitable for learners. There are other publications like Feasta, An Gael (Based in the US). An Timire.

There is plenty available online too, An Tuairisceoir, Beo.ie, Meon Eile, gaeltacht21, athfhás, Nuacht24. There will also be a new profesional online newspaper in the new year, and also a possible online news service from TG4.

Thanks very much for the info

feargale

There are few better ways to learn to read a language than a book with opposite page verbatim translation. Penguin used to print such books in a variety of languages, containing short stories. The only thing resembling that which I have ever seen in Irish was the monthly ( or bi-monthly? ) periodical of Comharchumann na n-Oilean, which circulated a few years ago. It was called an t-Oileanai or something like that. I haven't seen it for some years. Is it gone?

TacAide

Saw this in Easons and bought it, think its fits what I'm looking for absolutely perfectly.

http://www.graspit.ie/online-shop.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=joomlaplates.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=1

Cademarataetu

Comharchumann na n-Oilean

is that in CO / OC or did it include Cuige Uladh, Cuige Mumhan, Cuige Conacht?
any scans?
grma

feargale

Cademarataetu wrote: »

is that in CO / OC or did it include Cuige Uladh, Cuige Mumhan, Cuige Conacht?
any scans?
grma

Sorry. I don't understand.

Insect Overlord

CO = Caighdeán Oifigiúil, I think.

feargale

Cademarataetu wrote: »

is that in CO / OC or did it include Cuige Uladh, Cuige Mumhan, Cuige Conacht?
any scans?
grma

I saw it in Aran. Can't remember what dialect. Sorry.

lfqnic

I see they also have a workbook for that 'Bí ag caint' thing, might be worth looking at?

There's a nice book of light-hearted, easy-ish but very kind of... saibhir, like inflected Irish short stories called Taisce Focal, that comes with a CD of people reading them. You might like that, if you're not afraid of Ulster Irish Every story comes with a small glossary which is helpful.

There are loads of mini-novels for learners - Pól Ó Muirí does a lot of them, you can get them from litriocht.com or in the Siopa Leabhar if you're in Dublin - and there's also Turas Teanga which people like if they're starting with school Irish, but I can't vouch for that myself.

You might find something a bit more multimedia more enticing. NUIM have a thing called Vifax, which compiles clips from old news programs and creates worksheets out of them with comprehension exercises and stuff. http://www.nuim.ie/language/vifax/

NÓS is a great magazine, and you can get at least some of the content online for free. I agree with others that Comhar is probably a bit heavyweight. You could try out the Treibh columns in the IT when they're put online.

Ádh mór

TacAide

lfqnic wrote: »

I see they also have a workbook for that 'Bí ag caint' thing, might be worth looking at?

There's a nice book of light-hearted, easy-ish but very kind of... saibhir, like inflected Irish short stories called Taisce Focal, that comes with a CD of people reading them. You might like that, if you're not afraid of Ulster Irish Every story comes with a small glossary which is helpful.

There are loads of mini-novels for learners - Pól Ó Muirí does a lot of them, you can get them from litriocht.com or in the Siopa Leabhar if you're in Dublin - and there's also Turas Teanga which people like if they're starting with school Irish, but I can't vouch for that myself.

You might find something a bit more multimedia more enticing. NUIM have a thing called Vifax, which compiles clips from old news programs and creates worksheets out of them with comprehension exercises and stuff. http://www.nuim.ie/language/vifax/

NÓS is a great magazine, and you can get at least some of the content online for free. I agree with others that Comhar is probably a bit heavyweight. You could try out the Treibh columns in the IT when they're put online.

Ádh mór

Thanks very much for the info.