Many of the mainland U.S. states have teachers of Gaeilge. Why not Hawaii? There is SUCH a NEED for the language there! The interest in all things Celtic has heightened and there is a hunger for more. From one island to another...there simply NEEDS to be a teacher in the islands. I live in Kona, on the big Island, and there is a small Celtic scene there, but no one to step up and teach the language, which as we all know...is the heart of the people. Someone...Please! Help! My Irish is only limited to understanding some, but not actual speaking, so I cannot do it. Someone needs to help!

I've been to Hawaii twice -are they going to pay me 2 million dollars a year so I can live to the standards I have come used to (house over my head, food in my belly) as a European?

Kishe:

Check into Gaeltalk.net, a one-on-one online tutoring company run by and staffed by native speakers in County Cork. It's affordable, and the company has a great reputation.

Regards, Paul

Tá Gaeilge ag Keola:
Keola speaks Irish:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001196/
email: keola (at) nahenahe.net

Tá ranganna ar fáil ar an idirlíon saor in aisce ó www.philo-celtic.com freisin.
There are free internet classes available from...too.


(Message edited by Séamas_Ó_neachtain on July 17, 2007)

dia dhaoibh! conas ata sibh? is misa matt Dillon, agas ta me i mo chonai i newfoundland gCeanada , ta me ag foghlaim gaelige anois, slan anois.

Hey Dillon, tá a fhios againn cé thú anois. Nach bhfuil níos mó ná sin le rá agat? Pé scéal é, éirigh as an speechette sin a phostáil chuile áit, maith an fear.

Sílim go bhfuil an seanchreachadóir ar ais againn. Och, nach bhfuil sé cliste!

Kishe:

I had come across Keola Donaghy's website,
www2.hawaii.edu/edu/~donaghy/eng/index.html, a while ago.
It's worth a visit.

Also, you may want to consider setting up a teacher-less study group in order to learn Irish, and picking a book/audio set to use.

All the best, Paul

Go raibh maith agat, Paul!
(I'll certainly check into this.) And thanks to everyone else, as well!

A Kishe, a chara,

I just moved to the mainland (from Honolulu) a year ago; I definitely shared your frustration about a lack of teachers. Is mór an trua é! (It's a pity.)

What I found really helpful was joining a yahoo group to study Irish. I know there are groups going through Progress in Irish and Buntus Cainte together (a few others, too--anyone?). There are some really knowledgeable people in the groups who can help correct mistakes and answer questions. Even if the groups started a while ago, you can just read the old posts and go through the lessons at your own rate.

That won't improve your spoken Irish, though; but you can hear Irish-language radio via http://www.rte.ie/radio/index.html (Go to Raidio na Gaeltachta). Also really helpful, you can watch Irish-language television (often with subtitles) at www.tg4.ie (click the WebTV link). These will help you get a feel for the sounds of the language, and the subtitles help, too. Also the Irish Independent put out a series of Irish lessons, with transcripts and mp3s, so you can hear it being spoken: http://www.independent.ie/education/features/learn-irish-with-liam-o-maonlai-692 551.html

Hope this is helpful...I know it's frustrating! But don't give up. Keola Donaghy is a nice guy, I think he lives Big Island, too. Ádh mór ort!

What I found really helpful was joining a yahoo group to study Irish. I know there are groups going through Progress in Irish and Buntus Cainte together (a few others, too--anyone?).

http://www.gaeilge.org/yahoogroups.html