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Click on the button "An Mhumhain" to hear the word before spelling it. You can click on the other audio buttons to hear different pronunciations across Ireland.

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Cluiche litrithe ina mbíonn ar an imreoir 5 fhocal a litriú gach lá. Cluintear na focail a rá sna 3 canúintí agus bíonn 5 iarracht agat an focal a litriú i gceart.

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High Frequency Words - Focail Ardmhinicíochta

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Here are some short stories as gaeilge. there is an option to listen to each story by clicking the button on each page.

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Fun games to practise various aspects of gaeilge including grammar and vocabulary.

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More fun games, at a more challenging level!

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Shows | Irish language children's programmes on TG4 | Cúla4

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Ar chuir tú? - Chuir mé, Ar ghlan tú? - Ghlan mé, Ar fhág tú? - D'fhág mé, Ar ól tú? - D'ól mé, Ar ith tú? - D'ith mé, Ar bhris tú? - Bhris mé, Ar thit tú? - Thit mé, Ar rith tú? - Rith mé, Ar shiúil tú? - Shiúil mé, Ar chuala tú? - Chuala mé,

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Ar chuir tú? - Chuir mé, Ar ghlan tú? - Ghlan mé, Ar fhág tú? - D'fhág mé, Ar ól tú? - D'ól mé, Ar ith tú? - D'ith mé, Ar bhris tú? - Bhris mé, Ar thit tú? - Thit mé, Ar rith tú? - Rith mé, Ar shiúil tú?

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Counting People - Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta

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Counting People - Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta

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Drag and drop each keyword next to its definition.. triúr, cúigear, naonúr, duine , ochtar, beirt, seisear, seachtar, deichniúr, ceathrar.

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Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Nollaig.

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Drag and drop the items into their correct order.. dom, duit, dó, di, dúinn, daoibh, dóibh.Make an interactive teaching resource in one minute.

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Drag and drop the items into their correct order.. liom, leat, leis, léi, linn, libh, leo.Make an interactive teaching resource in one minute.

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Drag and drop the items into their correct order.. agam, agat, aige, aici, againn, agaibh, acu.Make an interactive teaching resource in one minute.

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Drag and drop the items into their correct order.. orm, ort, air, uirthi, orainn, oraibh, orthu.Make an interactive teaching resource in one minute.

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Drag and drop the items into their correct order.. uaim, uait, uaidh, uaithi, uainn, uaibh, uathu.Make an interactive teaching resource in one minute.

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Help with Pronunciation - Ag Cabhrú le Fuaimniú

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Some initial observations:

Spoken Irish has only a few sounds not found in some dialect of English.

Irish has a unique spelling system, quite different from the English one.

Irish spelling, although complicated, is actually much more regular than English spelling (!).

The following summary is intended to cover only the broad principles of spelling and pronunciation. The English sounds used to show the value of the Irish letters are sometimes only approximate, although they are always reasonably close. You should consult a textbook for the fine points, which vary somewhat from dialect to dialect.

I. Word Stress:

Except for a few common words with an unstressed prefix, all words are strongly accented on the first syllable.

II. The Vowels:

Irish has both short vowels and long vowels. The long vowels are generally indicated in writing by an acute accent.

The long vowels are:

í as in sí pronounced "shee"

é as in sé pronounced "shay"

ú as in tú pronounced "too"

ó as in bó pronounced "boe"

á as in tá pronounced "taw"

(This is the same "a" as in the BBC pronunciation of "law" or "walk". )

There are three combinations of letters that are always pronounced as long vowels, even though they do not have the acute accent:

ae as in lae pronounced "lay"

eo as in eol pronounced "ohl" (to rhyme with "hole")

ao as in lao pronounced either "lay" or "lee", depending on dialect

The short vowels are:

i as in in pronounced "in" (as in English)

e as in te pronounced "teh" (more about the "t" sound below!)

u as in rud pronounced "rud" (like the u in Enlgish "put")

o as in cos pronounced "cos" (o as in German "Gott", or in English "goat" said without rounding the lips)

a as in mac pronounced "mahk" (like the a in "father")

ea as in bean pronounced "ban" (like the a in "cat")

Short vowels differ from long vowels in one important respect. They are given their full pronunciation ONLY in the first syllable of a word. In all other syllables, they are all reduced to the neutral "uh" sound of English "but". The same thing happens in English, where "Benjamin" is pronounced "BEN-juh-muhn". Thus the Irish word for Irish, "éireannach", is pronounced "AY-ruh-nuhkh".

There are two important diphthongs that you should recognize, both written using a combination of vowels and consonants:

The "ow" diphthong, as in "ow, I stubbed my toe":

abha as in abhann pronounced "own" (to rhyme with "clown")

amha as in samhradh pronounced "sow-ruh" (like a female pig)

...and the "eye" diphthong:

agha as in aghaidh pronounced "eye"

adh as in Tadhg pronounced "tiger without the -er"

III. The Consonants:

Except for "h", all Irish consonants come in two flavors, called "broad" and "slender". Basically, broad consonants are pronounced with a "-w" off-glide, and slender consonants are pronounced with a "-y" off-glide. Broad consonants are always written with the letters a, o, or u next to them. Slender consonants are always written with the letters i or e next to them. Examples:

Slender "b"

Broad "b"

In speech, the difference between "beo" and "bó" is only the y-glide heard in "beo". Likewise, the difference between "bí" and "buí" is only the w-glide heard in "buí". As a result of the need to show the broad or slender qualilty of all consonants unambiguously, a consonant in the middle of a word cannot be flanked on one side by an "i" and on the other by an "a". For exmaple, if you wrote "misa" the pronunciation would be uncertain. Do you mean a word that sounds like "MISS-uh" or one that sounds like "MISH-uh"? If you mean MISS-uh, you need to write "miosa", so the "s" is clearly broad. If you mean MISH-uh, you need to write "mise", so that the "s" is clearly slender. (Slender "s" is pronounced "sh", as in Seán, Sinéad, etc.)

English uses combinations of letters to indicate a single consonant sound, such as "ch" in "church" and "sh" in "shape". Irish does the same sort of thing, only there are more of them. Here is a basic list of the values of these combinations, which can be either broad of slender, depending on the adjacent vowels:

bh (broad) = w

bh (slender) = v

ch (broad) = ch as in German "Bach", Scottish "loch"

ch (slender) = ch as in German "ich", or h

dh (broad) = gh as the g in Spanish "abogado" or Greek "avgolemono" (this is the voiced equivalent of the "ch" in "Bach"); usually silent except at beginning of words; see a textbook on this!

dh (slender) = y

fh (broad) = silent

fh (slender) = silent

gh (broad) = same as broad dh

gh (slender) = y

mh (broad) = w

mh (slender) = v

ph (broad) = fw

ph (slender) = fy

sh (broad) = h

sh (slender) = h

th (broad) = h

th (slender) = h

Irish also has another set of consonant combinations at the beginning of words that result from an initial mutation called eclipsis. These are pronounced as follows (with broad and slender versions in each case):

mb = m as in "na mban" (nuh mahn)

gc = g as in "i gcarr" (uh gawr)

nd = n as in "i ndán" (uh nawn)

bhf = w as in "an bhfuil" or v as in "a bhfile" (uh will)

ng = ng as in "i ngairdín" (ng as in English "king") (uhNGAHR-jeen)

bp = b as in "na bplátaí" (nuh BLAW-tee)

dt = d as in "i dteach" (uh dyakh)

In every case of eclipsis, all you do is pronounce the first consonant and ignore the second, except for "ng", which is pronounced together as the "ng" in "thing".

IV. Examples

Here are some samples of Irish words, some of which you may encounter in books or e-mail, to further illustrate the principles discussed above:

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‘Is Féidir Linn’ is easy to use and makes Irish accessible for all parents and guardians, regardless of their own Irish language skills or experience. Using phrases, stories and songs for children about the daily routines of family life, it can be incorporated into everyday family life. It features everyday phrases in both English and Irish, as well as a sound-recording of each to help with pronunciation.

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Baintear úsáid as fianáin ar ár suíomhanna gréasáin. Is ionann úsáid a bhaint as an suíomh gréasáin seo agus toiliú leis an úsáid a bhaintear as fianáin faoi mar atá leagtha amach sa Beartas Príobháideachais

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Baintear úsáid as fianáin ar ár suíomhanna gréasáin. Is ionann úsáid a bhaint as an suíomh gréasáin seo agus toiliú leis an úsáid a bhaintear as fianáin faoi mar atá leagtha amach sa Beartas Príobháideachais

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Tá raon áiseanna agus gníomhaíochtaí digiteacha ar fáil ar an suíomh seo atá bunaithe ar a bhfuil ar fáil cheana sa chlár clóite agus ar forbairt iad ar ghnéithe ar leith den chlár sin.

Cruthaíodh an t-ábhar spreagúil seo chun cur ar chumas páistí forbairt a dhéanamh ar na scileanna teanga atá foghlamtha acu. Tá sé bunaithe ar an gcur chuige cumarsáideach agus déantar comhtháthú ann ar na trí shnáithe: teanga ó bhéal, léitheoireacht agus scríbhneoireacht.

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Tá raon áiseanna agus gníomhaíochtaí digiteacha ar fáil ar an suíomh seo atá bunaithe ar a bhfuil ar fáil cheana sa chlár clóite agus ar forbairt iad ar ghnéithe ar leith den chlár sin. Cruthaíodh an t-ábhar spreagúil seo chun cur ar chumas páistí forbairt a dhéanamh ar na scileanna teanga atá foghlamtha acu.

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Cinnín Óir agus na Trí Bhéar

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Cinnín Óir agus na Trí Bhéar

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We All Went on Safari - Chuamar go Léir ar Safáraí

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We All Went on Safari - Chuamar go Léir ar Safáraí

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📙 'Chuamar go Léir ar Safáraí' dhá léamh ag Donach 🧔

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NCCA Speaking & Reading in Irish - Ag Labhairt & Ag Léamh as Gaeilge

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NCCA Speaking & Reading in Irish - Ag Labhairt & Ag Léamh as Gaeilge

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This tip sheet has been developed to help you support your child as they learn Irish. Each tip sheet describes a range of activities which you can do with children at home ‘as Gaeilge’. These materials are designed to be fun and engaging for both parents/guardians and children.

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NCCA Fun at Home - Spreagadh agus Spraoi sa Bhaile

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NCCA Fun at Home - Spreagadh agus Spraoi sa Bhaile

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This tip sheet has been developed to help you support your child as they learn Irish. Each tip sheet describes a range of activities which you can do with children at home ‘as Gaeilge’. This sheet focuses on having fun at home with Irish.

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NCCA Irish All Around Me - An Ghaeilge Mórthimpeall Orm

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NCCA Irish All Around Me - An Ghaeilge Mórthimpeall Orm

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This tip sheet has been developed to help you support your child as they learn Irish. Each tip sheet describes a range of activities which you can do with children at home ‘as Gaeilge’. This sheet focuses on Irish in the locality.

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Picnic Teidí - Videos from the book Picnic Teidí by Sadhbh Rosenstock

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Picnic Teidí - Videos from the book Picnic Teidí by Sadhbh Rosenstock

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Here are more stories as gaeilge. There is an option to listen to each story or you can read along with the audio clip. There are questions to answer afterwards if you like!

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Roghnaigh ceann de na scéalta thíos atá dírithe, ó thaobh teanga agus suime de, ar léibhéal ranganna 3 & 4 .

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Listening to Stories - Ag Éisteacht le Scéalta

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Listening to Stories - Ag Éisteacht le Scéalta

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Short Biographies of Famous People - Beatháisnéisí Gairide ar Dhaoine Cáiliúla 

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Short Biographies of Famous People - Beatháisnéisí Gairide ar Dhaoine Cáiliúla 

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Maze chase - Run to the correct answer zone, whilst avoiding the enemies.

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€15 - cúig euro déag, €13 - trí euro déag, €23 - trí euro is fiche, €25 - cúig euro is fiche, €39 - naoi euro is tríocha, €45 - cúig euro is daichead, €76 - sé euro is seachtó, €12 - dhá euro déag, €19 - naoi euro déag, €57 - seacht euro is caoga, €20 - Fiche euro, €30 - Tríocha euro, €40 - Daichead euro, €50 - Caoga euro, €60 - Seasca euro, €70 - Seachtó euro, €80 - ochtó euro, €90 - nócha euro, €100 - céad euro,

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€15 - cúig euro déag, €13 - trí euro déag, €23 - trí euro is fiche, €25 - cúig euro is fiche, €39 - naoi euro is tríocha, €45 - cúig euro is daichead.