North West

Beginner's Irish class. The cost is $150 and all instructional materials are supplied.

The University of Montana currently offers five courses of instruction on campus as well as evening community classes in Missoula and Helena; Irish language immersion days in Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls and Helena; and a week-long immersion program every July in Butte. There are also conversation groups meeting three evenings a week in Missoula and groups meeting once a week in Helena and Butte. There are three instructors from Ireland teaching the courses in the fall with another two teachers joining in the spring to facilitate progress in conversational Irish. Information about classes is available at www.cas.umt.edu/irishstudies and at www.irishmontana.com.

Two weekly non-credit classes for beginner and intermediate students of Irish. One weekly game night involving immersion and logic to learn the language from fluent/native speakers.

Brían Ó hAirt is a native of Saint-Louis, Missouri, who was introduced to Irish in his early teens. He quickly became a dedicated student of the language, which led him to study Irish at UW-Milwaukee's Center for Celtic Studies as well as at the University of Limerick's Irish World Music Center and the National University of Ireland-Galway, where he spent two summers immersed in the language of the Conamara Gaeltacht. Upon returning to the States, he began teaching Irish for the Saint-Louis branch of Cumann na Gaeilge and as well as for prestigious Washington University. He has subsequently led language workshops and taught at various immersion programs throughout the United States. He is no stranger to the tight-knit language communities both here in the US and abroad in Ireland and remains an advocate for Gaeltacht culture and, in particular, sean-nós singing and dancing.

Gaeltacht Cascadia is an informal yet rigorous study group that meets three times a month in the Portand-Vancouver area for Irish study and conversation practice.

Online: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gaeltacht_Cascadia

Our annual Beginners Irish Conversation classes will commence September 10 to November 13, on ten Friday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The classroom is located on Mercer Island (just off I-90).
The book we are using is Colloquial Irish.
The course fee is $299.00.

There is a saying in Irish: Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam (A country without a language is a country without a soul). Language is central to culture and by learning the Irish language you will derive valuable insight into all aspects of Irish culture.

4-credit class each summer ("The Irish Language, Spoken and Sung"). Every 3rd year, a year-long program in Irish Studies (48 credits), culminating in a spring visit to the Donegal Gaeltacht for intensive language and cultural studies.

Level 1 (total beginners' class): Wednesdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm.
Level 2 (6 months - 1 year): Wednesdays 7:30pm - 8:30pm.

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