Hi,

Can someone tell me where to find a good guide (online or a book) to reading Irish? I started that Pimsleur course, but it's just audio without any written material, and my dictionaries have no guide on reading Irish.

Thanks!

I'd warmly recommend Learning Irish
http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1036

A Jhonas,
is that the real 'auld-time' one that we hear so much of, or the newer 'Learning Irish Lite' you've warned so much of?

djäks, I think you're confusing it with Teach Yourself Irish. There is only one version of Learning Irish, while there was an old, very good version of Teach Yourself Irish and a new version that could indeed by described as "lite".

there was an old, very good version of Teach Yourself Irish and a new version that could indeed be described as "lite".

I agree fully. I listened to the new one once and promptly gave it away, and that was no great act of charity. Once I heard "An, vuil, an, Ghaeilge, DEOCHAIR, dar leat? An, vuil, an, Ghaeilge, DEOCHAIR, dar leat?", I'd heard enough. Not [d´okir´], but [d´oxir´], loud and clear, and loud and clear again. Obviously some publishers don't know any better than to think that anyone who is a native of Ireland qualifies as a "native speaker" of Irish. Conversaphone, Berlitz, and now Teach Yourself.

>Obviously some publishers don't know any better than to think that anyone who is a native of Ireland qualifies as a "native speaker" of Irish.

Many Irish people claim to be native speakers as well, some of them because they had irish classes since early childhood. Well well...

The CD-Rom "Learn Irish" by Eurotalk has been recorded by non-native speakers as well, they have a horrible English-speakers’ accent.