Hi! I'm a native of Ireland, but I know basically no Irish. I plan on learning as much as I can. Here's a few sites I found interesting(not necessarilly going to help other Newbs become 100% fluent, but it's all I've found so far). What sites do all the other Newbs use here? What sites did the Veterans use/do you use?

http://www.islandireland.com/Pages/irish.html .

http://www.yaq.com/lang/ .

Does anyone here know any sites with info on Irish Grammar? I'm bad with Irish vocab, but TERRIBLE when it comes to grammar.

Go raibh maith agat!

If you are in Ireland, consider going to a class

There is a grammar section on this site, and there is
comprehensive site: http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/gram.htm

Yeah, we do Irish in school, but I'm so far behind, I don't think I'll ever catch up through that medium.

Bíodh dóchas agat.

I see in another thread you're 16 something.
How about trying to get a summer job in one of the Gaeltachtaí?

I'm sure the hotels, hostels etc take on casual staff.

http://www.gaelsaoire.ie might be able to help.

Amadán:

Would it help if you went to a class, rather than looked around online? I know Conradh na Gaeilge offers excellent classes at all levels at its Galway branch. They're affordable and thorough, with excellent teachers. I think the other branches offer the same thing. I took a class at the Galway branch and it was great.
I've heard that Gael Linn also offers classes.

As an American, I'm not sure that I understand the concept of "grinds" -- my wild guess is that
it has to do with students who are way behind in their grasp of a subject, and they get a tutor to help them pass their exams. Sheesh, I don't know. I do know that I would often
see flyers (this was several years ago) on the bulletin board at the Galway branch of Conradh na Gaeilge offering help with Irish language grinds.

Le meas, Paul

Paul, tá tú go hiomlán ceart maidir le "grinds"

I think it comes from the phrase "put your nose to the grindstone" as a way of saying "apply yourself"

If you're going the printed route, you're probably better off spending your time in a bookstore for a nice course-and-tape set.

I am in the US and have been studying for quite some time but still consider myself very, very far behind. So I went back to the beginning and am going through the three volume Buntús Cainte set (ten lessons a week, come Hell or high water). When I'm done with that I'm going to tackle Progress in Irish, and maybe the Christian Brothers' 'First Steps in Irish'

I've been very lazy as far as all that is concerned so I'm swallowing my pride and going back to kindergarten as it were.

It is admirable that you want to knuckle down and really make some progress - your demographic is the future of the language.

This board is also fantastic for getting your questions answered...other boards have few fluent speakers and alot of 'drama'...