Have you guys tried Seans eile? http://nualeargais.ie/seansEile/download.php
There are mistakes in it but you can edit it and fix them. A student told me about it and I had my first look at it today. Céard a cheapann sibh faoi?
C

Here's a fun learning site for people who prefer to stay away from linguistic notation and with lots and lots of lessons. Thanks to another student for this one.
http://www.irishpage.com/irishpeople/

There's new stuff on the learning site including stories when you open it here: http://www.irishpage.com

This is great. It helps learning a lot of basic stuff ... I can't believe I didnt'even know colours! This will really help my vocabulary for the Deireadh Seachtaine!

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Have you guys tried Seans eile

You are just pouring salt over my wounds :(( This program has been a source of stress and confusion for me. I have downloaded-cum-installed it at least thrice in order to discover that I can't make it run. I just press icon and nothing happens. Had anyone similar experience?

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http://www.irishpage.com/irishpeople/

Beware that Irish presented on that site is neither caighdeán nor Gaelainn na Mumhan - something inbetween. Some kind of munsteresque caighdeán, or caighdeánesque Munster - really weird staff

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something inbetween

Le futur est au métissage! mar a dúirt an té a dúirt.

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mar a dúirt an té a dúirt

Is it some joke, or I don't get it?

mar a dúirt an té a dúirt = as the one who said it said

This little formula is used to acknowledge that something is a quotation or a well-worn phrase, but the original author is unknown. Years ago I saw "le futur est au métissage" attributed to Charles de Gaulle, but I haven't been able to substantiate that.

Ceart go leor, it means I understood correctly, but it didn't make any sense to me. Thanks for explanation.

Thanks Caitriona! The lessons on the "Irish People" page are perfect for someone like me, who happens to live where there are no Irish speakers at all (none that I know of, at least). They also put out a pretty good newspaper.

I'm sure that Róman is right about it not being Real Munster Irish, though - Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to continue studying Irish in Munster dialect?

So far, I have finished the Pimsleur course and I just signed up with "Gaeltalk" last week. I also ordered a copy of the old "Teach Yourself Irish" book so that ought to keep me going for a while!

Any suggestions about anything else that I can do, would be greatly appreciated and, of course, would create lots of good karma for yourself :)

Slán