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Learning Irish language podcasts/websites ?

  • 17-02-2014 4:12pm
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    ThisRegard
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    Edit, probably never mind, I should have read the stickies first !


    Quick one, can any recommend podcasts or websites for Irish lessons with audio ? I've honours level Irish but that's over 20 years ago so I want to ease myself back into it.

    I've found the two below
    http://www.culturlann-doire.ie/en/content/learn-irish
    http://www.easyirish.com/easy-irish-podcasts/

    but the dialect is northern and they're pronouncing some words quite differently than how I was taught by a Kerry woman. And anyone I know who speaks it, including the local gaelscoil, use the Connacht dialect.

    For example how "Tá mé go maith" is pronounced around the 7:30 in this audio
    http://www.easyirish.com/easy-irish-podcasts/lesson-1-greetings/
    They actually discuss the different dialects from 9 minutes 20 or so.

    Or would you recommend I just dive in as pronunciations will be different around the country anyway and I'll develop an ear for the pronunciations anyway ?


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