Some useful links for Irish language Beginners
YouTube – Irish Lessons
This is a great basic introduction to the language & it’s sounds. Liam Ó Maonlaí, one of Ireland’s leading musicians from recent decades, recorded an audio CD teaching Irish some years ago. Someone else loaded it up to YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9mIckJGV4&list=PL2D6CDB968FB72FA5
TG4
TG4 is the national Irish language broadcaster. They have a great range of documentaries and other TV programmes available for free:
https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/top-documentaries/
This is a link to Ros na Rún, their Irish language soap opera:
https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=6142592989001&series=Ros na Rún&genre=Drama
Online Videos (all have English subtitles)
‘Yu Ming is Ainm Dom’, a funny short about young Chinese man learning Irish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYtG9BNhfM
‘Lipservice’ a funny short film about the Leaving Certificate (Grade 12) Irish language exam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QP0eEhhTSo
Nead an Dreoilín (The Wren’s Nest) – a series of 6 short films featuring a different Irish poet:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/1995026
A feature length documentary profiles veteran Irish photographer, Colman Doyle, who has documented almost every major historical event in Ireland over a 50 year period – in English & Irish:
https://ifiplayer.ie/colman-doyle-abhar-machnaimh/
The Irish Language and Beauty – Ted Talk by Dónall Ó Héalaí (mostly in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRIaLSdRMMs
Irish Proverbs
with translations into English, and audio recordings: