Do bhí an sneachta draíochtach aréir. Do theastaigh uaim do dhul ag spaisteoireacht sa pháirc, ach bhí sé déanach, do bhíos tuirseach, agus do bhí uaim, leis, beagáinín Gaoluinne a léamh.
You're right about feirmeoir = CO; feilméara = Cois Fhairrge.
I know everyone criticises TY Irish, but it's not entirely without merit. It was a decent introduction and presented the CO. I'd say if you work through that book you'll be well able to identify renegade dialect spellings afterwards.
'Turas Teanga' is also quite good for the CO (I'm buying that one for my Mom for Christmas since she's just starting to learn Irish herself). It's a fair bit more expensive than TY Irish though.
Well, it's a complete modern multimedia course whereas TY Irish is just a flimsy little paperback. Picking it up again, I understand why I never made much progress before: Not only is the method all grammar-translation, but it's totally like "Okay, first memorise these two dozen verb forms. Then maybe we'll get around to forming some sentences." Somewhere in my papers is summary of verb conjugations I wrote out longhand to save me having to page back and forth all the time.
Now I've got a lot more support: a dictionary, Learning Irish, a novella by Breandán Ó hÉithir, not to mention all the resources on the web and--most important of all--an indulgent fluent speaker! It also helps that I've learned a couple more languages in the meantime and I have an idea what will work for me and what won't. I tend not to use recordings of any sort, which is why I avoid sinking my money into them.
I hope you listen to Raidió na Gaeltachta at least! 'An Saol Ó Dheas' (http://www.rte.ie/rnag/ansaolodheas.html) is a great programme for Munster Irish. Occasionally there are non-Munster guests on the show (such as yours truly) but mostly it's Munster Irish you'll hear.
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I know everyone criticises TY Irish, but it's not entirely without merit. It was a decent introduction and presented the CO. I'd say if you work through that book you'll be well able to identify renegade dialect spellings afterwards.
'Turas Teanga' is also quite good for the CO (I'm buying that one for my Mom for Christmas since she's just starting to learn Irish herself). It's a fair bit more expensive than TY Irish though.
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Now I've got a lot more support: a dictionary, Learning Irish, a novella by Breandán Ó hÉithir, not to mention all the resources on the web and--most important of all--an indulgent fluent speaker! It also helps that I've learned a couple more languages in the meantime and I have an idea what will work for me and what won't. I tend not to use recordings of any sort, which is why I avoid sinking my money into them.
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I hope you listen to Raidió na Gaeltachta at least! 'An Saol Ó Dheas' (http://www.rte.ie/rnag/ansaolodheas.html) is a great programme for Munster Irish. Occasionally there are non-Munster guests on the show (such as yours truly) but mostly it's Munster Irish you'll hear.
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