NORTH EAST

CT

Housatonic Community College
Instructor: John Feeney Comments: Irish 102. Wednesdays 6:30-9:15 p.m. Spring semester begins January 27, 2010. Class is a continuation of Elementary Irish 101.

The only college in CT where you can learn Irish.

Website: www.hcc.commnet.edu

Contact teacher or school for information. Credit course.
900 Lafayette Boulevard
Bridgeport, CT 06604-4704
Phone: (203) 332-5100 Email:
 
Irish Gaelic Circle of CT
Instructor: John Feeney Comments: Other teachers in CT: Matt McCarthy () and Johannah Mackey ().

Contact teacher or school for information. Non-credit course.
109 Federal Road, # 138
Danbury, CT 06811
Phone: (203) 417-1700 Email:
 
Eoghan Cronin
Gaeilic American Club Comments: Classes meet on Thursdays at 7pm in Fairfield.
Non-credit classes.
74 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06484
Phone: (203) 853-9318 Email: genecr@microsoft.com
 
Martin Crofts
  Comments: Intermediate classes on Wednesdays at 7pm in East Haven.
Non-credit classes.
121 Augur Street
Hamden, CT 06514
Phone: (203) 776-0047 Email:
 
Seán O'Connor
  Comments: Rang scríbhneoireachta sa Ghaeilge trí bhíthin ríomhphost. Ní rang do thosaitheoirí é.
Writing class in Irish throughout the year. It is not a class for beginners.
Non-credit course. Contact teacher for information.
 
Wallingford, CT
Phone:   Email:

MA

Harvard Extension School
Comments: Credit and non-credit courses available. Contact school for information.
Teacher: Dr. Kathryn Chadbourne
51 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3722
Phone: Email:
 
Celtic Department / Harvard University
Barker Center Comments: All courses (beginners to advanced) offered through Harvard College, i.e., open to Harvard students and employees.
Contact teacher, Barbara Hillers, for information. Credit and non-credit classes available.
[See listing for Harvard Extension School which has courses that are open to the public.]
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-1206 Email:
 
Elms College
  Comments: Introduction to the Irish Language
The course will meet on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 and will begin after Labor Day. The cost is $150 ($100 for members of the Irish Cultural Center at the College).

Non-credit classes.
Teacher information: Tom Moriarty (413) 592-6951 or
291 Springfield Street
Chicopee, MA 01013
Phone: (413) 598-8520 Email:
 
Cumann na Gaeilge i mBoston
The Irish Language Society Comments: Spring Classes
BROOKLINE
Conversation - ongoing
Beginners - contact Peggy Cloherty (617) 734-7472

Newton North & Newton Highlands - Ann Conneely (617) 964-4025

NORWOOD
Intermediate - Sean Folan, Instructor (617) 469-0346

CONCORD
Advanced: March 1, 2005 - Eileen O'Brien, Instructor (617) 267-9050

CANTON - Irish Cultural Center

Check Cumann na Gaeilge website at www.gaeilge-boston.com or ICC site at www.irishculture.org.
Post Office Box 164
Dedham, MA 02027-0164
Phone:  Email:
 
George J. Bresnahan
  Comments: Monday evenings. Non-credit course at Elms College. Contact Continuing Education Office at (413) 598-8520.
321 Jarvis Avenue
Holyoke, MA 01040-7300
Phone: (413) 533-3780 Email:
 
Thomas O'Rourke
  Comments: Beginner and Intermediate Irish offered in Clinton, MA.
Non-credit classes. For information, contact teacher or Conradh na Gaeilge Shasana Nua at
41 Christine Street
Leominster, MA 01453
Phone: (978) 840-8615 Email:  
 
Kenneth Peterson
  Comments: Currently teaching beginner & intermediate Irish in Sturbridge, MA.

Non credit course. Contact teacher for information.
Post Office Box 444
North Oxford, MA 01537
Phone: (508) 797-9482 Email:
 
Ár dTeanga Féin
  Comments: The next series of classes are scheduled to begin March 1.
Teachers are Susan Gallivan and Susan Ott.
Non-credit course. Contact either school or teachers for information.
33 Hudson Road
Oxford, MA 01613-1139
Phone: (508) 987-3295 Email:
 
Caoimhe Ó Hara
  Comments: Ranganna le ceol na hEíreann amhráin agus teanga na hEíreann a chur lathan do phaistí óga na haíte.
Classes with Irish music, song and Irish language for young children in the area.
Non-credit classes.
11 Elliot Street
Swampscott, MA 01907
Phone: (791) 581-7500 Email:Email:

ME

Irish American Club
  Comments: Course currently on-going. Beginners and advanced beginning September 2010. Student-driven program; no certified teacher. Goal is an Irish speaking community. Lots of room for improvement!

Teacher: Brendan McVeigh

Non-credit course. Contact teacher for information.
Post Office Box 1683
Portland, ME 04104-1683
Phone: (207) 518-9104 Email:

NH

Conradh na Gaeilge
  Comments: Irish classes for beginners, intermediates and advanced start on Sept. 7, 2008, in Manchester, NH, at 4 Elm Street. Classes start at 1:30 p.m. Visit us at gaeilge.org.

Teacher information: Dorothy Nelson. (603) 679-5646

Non-credit course. Contact teacher or school for information.
Post Office Box 1151
Nashuah, NH 03061
Phone: (603) 627-6651 Email:

NY

Albany County - NY

Cumann Carad na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society
  Comments: The Philo-Celtic Society began offering Irish classes in 1872. Our free, on-line school now offers courses at all levels to over 1000 students around the world.

Rúnaí Fógraíochta / Publicity Secretary
Cumann Carad na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society
www.philo-celtic.com
Ag obair d'athbheochan domhanda na Gaeilge! / Working for the worldwide renaissance of the Irish Language!

Eagarthóir / Editor
An Gael-Breise! / An Gael-Extra!
www.angaelmagazine.com/AGB.htm
Ag tuairisciú ar imeachtaí na Gaeilge timpeall an domhain! / Reporting on Irish language activities and events around the world!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/
Albany, NY
Phone:   Email:
 
Tom Hedderman
  Comments: Contact teacher or school for information. Non-credit classes.
[See listing for Capital District Celtic Cultural Association in Rensselaer County for school information.
399 Wellington Road
Delmar, NY 12054-3017
Phone: (518) 439-6467 Email:

Bronx County - NY

Kathleen Regan
Bronx Gaelic League Comments:
7 Balint Drive
Yonkers, NY 10710
Phone: (914) 395-1995 Email:
 
CUNY Institute for Irish American Studies
  Comments: Face-to-face and on-line courses are offered through Lehman College at Aisling Center, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Lehman College, Manhattan College, and Queens College. Courses are co-taught by Tomás Ó h-Íde and Úna Ní Fhátharta (Aran Islands). Credit and non-credit classes. Visit the institute's website http://www.irishamericanstudies.com for more information and course information http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/irishamericanstudies/oideachasbearla.html.

Lehman College, through financial assistance from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Irish Government, now offers a Minor in Irish Language and Literature. By 2011, it is expected that we will also offer a BA in Irish Language and Literature.
250 Bedford Park Blvd West
Bronx, NY 10468-1589
Phone: (718) 960-6722 Email:

Broome County - NY

Kim Allen
  Comments: Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing under Binghamton University in "Broome County - NY" for school information.
135 Beethoven Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone:   Email: kmallen1973@cs.com
 
Binghamton University
Translation Research and Instruction Program Comments: Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing under Kim Allen in "Broome County - NY" for teacher information.
Post Office Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Phone: (607) 777-6763 Email: trip@binghamton.edu
 
Mary Pat Hyland
Broome Community College Comments: Courses offered through Broome Community College Continuing Education, Binghamton, NY http://www.sunybroome.edu/ce/
 
Binghamton, NY
Phone:   Email:

Clinton County - NY

Eileen Ó Connor
SUNY Plattsburgh
Champlain Valley Hall, 317
Comments:
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 564-2829 Email:
 
Eileen Ó Connor
  Comments:
Post Office Box 24426
Rochester, NY 14624-0426
Phone: (518) 846-8334 Email:

Dutchess County - NY

Vassar College
  Comments: Credit course available.
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Phone: (914) 897-5457 Email: 

Erie County - NY

Buffalo Irish Center
Attn: Mairead MacCraith Comments: Irish classes at the Buffalo Irish Center are held each Wednesday. These classes can also be taken for credit through Empire State College.
Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing for Mairead MacCraith for teacher contact information.]
250 Abbott Road
Buffalo, NY 14220
Phone: (716) 674-8569 Email:
 
University of Buffalo
World Languages Comments: Irish language classes at the University of Buffalo are taken for credit / up to twelve credits can be obtained through study in Irish 191, 192, 193, 194.
Instructor: Mairead MacCraith.
Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing for Mairead MacCraith for teacher contact information.]
224 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-4600
Phone: (716) 645-2000 Email:
 
Mairead MacCraith
  Comments: Both credit and non-credit courses available.
[See also listings for University of Buffalo and Buffalo Irish Center for school information.]
129 Hybank Drive
West Seneca, NY 14224
Phone: (716) 674-8569 Email:

Kings County - NY (Brooklyn)

Mallaí Nic Cionnaigh & Tomas Mac Cionnaigh
  Comments:
2068 East 34th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11234-4920
Phone: (718) 339-2073 Email: soisear@aol.com
 
Prionsias Longworth
  Comments:
132 Avenue S
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Phone: (718) 946-2310 Email:
 
Tadhg MacEoghain
  Comments: Informal private lessons or small group lessons at all levels.

Flexible hours. Lessons will suit individual students' needs.

Non credit classes. Contact teacher for information.
 
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Phone: (917) 679-1467 Email:

Manhattan County - NY

Fordham College of Liberal Studies
113 West 60th Street Comments: A course for beginners held on Saturdays at the Lincoln Center Campus.
Room 301
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 636-6372 Email:
 
Glucksman Ireland House
  Comments: Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing for Pádraig Ó Cearúill in New York, NY, for teacher information.]
New York University
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 998-3950 Email:
 
Irish Arts Centre
  Comments: Classes for adults and children:
Adult classes:
Introductory Irish  Monday, 7:00pm– 8:30pm
Irish Language 2    Monday, 8:00pm– 9:15pm
Irish Language 3    Monday, 6:00pm– 7:15pm
Irish Language 4    Wednesday, 6:00pm– 7:00pm

Children’s Classes:
Gaelic Kids  I | Ages 3-6   | Saturdays | 11:00am–12:00pm
Gaelic Kids II | Ages 7-12 | Saturdays | 12:00pm-1:00pm

Your first Gaelic Kids' Class is FREE and you can join at any stage throughout the year.

FREE TAE AGUS COMHRÁ (Tea & Conversation)
with Elaine Ní Bhraonáin on Wednesdays, 7pm– 8:30pm

Whether you are an absolute beginner, a native speaker, or somewhere in-between, make sure to drop by our “comhrá” or conversation get-together for a cup of tea and a chat “as Gaeilge!” A great supplement to our Irish language program and a chance to meet others interested in “comhrá” and a bit of “craic.”

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Private classes also available:
Private one on one Irish Language Classes available in Manhattan for adults and children.

"I am a native Irish speaker; my father spoke Irish to me growing up and my mother spoke English. I have done all of my education through the medium of the Irish language: Elementary school, high school, Bachelors Degree, and Masters. I have been teaching Irish in NYC since 2003 at The Irish Arts Center and at the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies. I write an Irish/English Column in the Irish Echo Newspaper. I am currently writing my PhD entitled Irishness in New York City."

Contact school or teacher for information. Credit available.
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (646) 258-1133 Email:
 
Elaine Ní Bhraonain
416 West 25th Street Comments:
Irish Arts Center (New York, NY):
Mondays: 7:00-8:30 p.m., Conversational Circle - Free to all
Saturday mornings: Gaelic Kids (an Irish language class for children ages 4 to 8)
Private one-to-one classes also available.
Noncredit classes.
[See also listing for Irish Arts Center in New York, NY, for Center information.]

Have you always wanted to learn the Irish language but could never find the time? Now you can learn it online with the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies. Classes are taught online with 1 conversation circle meeting every month. All levels. Credit and non-credit available.
[See also listing for CUNY Institute for Irish American Studies in Bronx County, NY, for school information and Thomas W. Ihde in Essex County, NJ, for additional teacher information.]
Apartment 5RE
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (646) 258-1133 Email: or
 
Pádraig Ó Cearúill
1 Washington Square Village Comments: Credit and non-credit classes available. Contact either school or teacher for information.
[See also listing under Glucksman Ireland house in New York, NY, for school information.
Apartment 6U
New York, NY 10012-1605
Phone: (212) 998-3950 Email:

Monroe County - NY

Brian Clancy
  Comments: Conversational Irish for beginners and intermediate.
Non-credit classes. Contact teacher for information.
1088 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY 14613
Phone: (716) 647-6978 Email:
 
Eric Lane 
  Comments: Contact teacher for informatin. Credit and non-credit classes available.
7 Loring Place
Rochester, NY 14624
Phone: (716) 594-8469 Email: elane@rochester.rr.com

Nassau County - NY

Eileen Zurell
  Comments:
37 Aldred Avenue
Rockville Center, NY 11570-6019
Phone: (516) 678-4378 Email:

Oneida County - NY

Pádraigín Dugan
  Comments:
22 Fair Meadow Lane
Clinton, NY 13323-1638
Phone: (315) 853-3172 Email:

Onondaga County - NY

Carmel Ni Cholgain
  Comments: Course is taught through the local chapter of the Irish American Cultural Institute.
Contact teacher for information.
7129 Tiburon Circle
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Phone: (315) 656-7573 Email: iskaheen@aol.com

Oswego County - NY

Deirdre McCarthy
  Comments: I am currently teaching a beginner non-credit Irish language course at LeMoyne College in Syracuse.

I would love to come to your library or school and present a program on Irish culture. I include storytelling, Irish language lesson, Irish dance lesson, music and song and many other aspects of the Irish culture.

Non-credit course. Contact teacher for information.
11 Collins Terrace
Central Square, NY 13036
Phone: (315) 676-9227 Email:

Queens County - NY

New York Irish Center
  Comments: Beginner and Intermediate classes available. Instructor: Maura Mulligan

NEW! Irish classes for children on Tuesday evenings:
Ages 3-6: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Ages 7-12: 5:00pm-6:00pm

Visit web site for additional information: http://web.me.com/mauramulligan.

Non-credit classes. Contact teachers   or  or school for information.
10-40 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 482-0909 Email:

Rensselaer County - NY

Capital District Celtic Cultural Association
  Comments: Contact teacher for information. Non-credit classes.
430 New Karner Road
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 479-1029 Email:

Suffolk County - NY

Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóbín
c/o A.O.H. Irish Cultural Center Comments: The school is located one block from the Babylon train station and serves students from Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.

Our web site is www.scoilgaeilge.org.

Non-credit classes.
27 Locust Avenue
Babylon, NY 11702-2207
Phone:   Email:

Ulster County - NY

Sally McLoughlin
  Comments: Non-credit classes.
3248 Route 28
Shokan, NY 12481
Phone: (914) 657-8236 Email: SallyPat8@Hotmail.com

Westchester County - NY

Macdara Mac Uibh Aille
  Comments: Canuit Tir Chonaill (Donegal dialect). Ceim bainte amach sa Ghaeilge (Honours degree in Irish Language).
Teaching certificate, individual or group tuition.
Non-credit classes. Contact teacher for information.
550 Palmer Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY 51043
Phone: (914) 835-2609 Email: macuibhaille@hotmail.com
 
An Scoil Chois Claí (The Hedge School)
LaPenta Hall, IONA College Comments: Irish Language Classes from beginner to advanced speakers, including those rediscovering the language.

Bí Linn. Join Us.

Non-credit courses. Contact teacher for information.
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Phone: (914) 276-0412 Email:
 
Úna Mc Gillicuddy
  Comments:
77 Mills Road
North Salem, NY 10560
Phone: (914) 669-9670 Email:
 
Hilary Sweeney
  Comments: Teaches at An Scoil Chois Clai, (The Hedge School) continuing education evening classes located at Iona College New Rochelle NY. For information contact

Teaches at New York University, for information contact .
1 Wheeler Road
North Salem, NY 10560
Phone: (914) 276-0412 Email:
 
The Tara Circle
Alder Manor Comments: Classes in 5 levels of Irish.
For a catalog, go to www.taracircle.org.
Non-credit classes. Contact school for information.
1061 North Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: (914) 964-TARA (914-964-8272) Email:  

RI

Síle Hogg
  Comments:Beginner and advanced beginner classes in Cranston. Other area classes can be arranged by request.

Non-credit course. Contact teacher for information.
21 George Street
Cranston, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 863-3759 Email:
 
Carole Cramer
Brown University Comments: Courses are in Old Irish language, literature and culture; mostly for Brown and RISD students.
Credit classes. Contact either school or teacher for information.
Midieval Studies
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: (401) 863-1994 Email: Carole_Cramer@brown.edu

VT

Jay Callahan
  Comments: Teaching courses at two places:
1) Green Street School, Tuesday 7-9 pm
2) Marlboro College; Intermediate Irish, Friday afternoon; Beginning Irish, Monday afternoon
Both credit and non-credit classes available. Contact teacher for information.
Post Office Box 834
Putney, VT 05346
Phone: (802) 387-2210 Email: