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Lately, I’ve been using the L-R method as my foremost form of language study (here’s the original L-R thread for anyone still unfamiliar with it: http://www.how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.a sp?TID=6366). I’ve also recently started learning Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge), but to my dismay I had a much harder time finding materials for Irish than for other languages I’ve tried the method on. However, after some effort and some extra help from Teango’s very useful thread about Irish language materials ( http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=25204&PN=1), I have been able to find enough materials to L-R this language properly in the (hopefully near) future. Since other people may be having just as much trouble as I did, I thought that I would list the materials that are available in Irish that would be appropriate for Listening-Reading (Irish audio, Irish text, English text). I’ve also listed some L2-L2 materials, which one could partially L-R and which might help with pronunciation (Irish is pretty difficult to pronounce correctly), reading skills, etc.
If anyone knows of additional L-R materials, please mention them in this thread or elsewhere on the board. For convenience sake, I’ve included links to where the materials can be bought or downloaded--there may be other places where these materials can be gotten, but these were the ones that I was able to find. If the links violate any sort of rule of the board, I will be happy to repost this message without the links (needless to say, I have no connection with any of these sites). I’ve used Amazon and Litriocht (as well as archive.org and wikisource online) before successfully. I don’t personally know about the other sites. At this point, I have bought or saved the chapters from Matthew, Mo Sgéal Féin/My Story, Séadna, Labharfad Le Cach/I Will Speak to You All, and Úlla. They all look like they will work OK for my purposes (although I’ll save Úlla for the end since the available English translations of the stories are very, very loose). There are also a fair number of dual/parallel Irish-English texts out there to continue with once you run out of L-R materials and have gotten Irish pronunciation down. For some reason, all the L-R appropriate Irish audio books that I’ve listened to so far are in the Munster dialect. It may just be tough luck if you’re trying to learn Standardized Irish or the Connacht or Ulster dialects. Irish L-R Materials: (Audiobook in Irish = Closleabhar) Irish and English texts and Irish audio available: -Gospel of Matthew [Soisgéal do réir Mhaitiú] (first six chapters) [Audio & Text (free): http://www.corkirish.com/wordpress/audio-files-on-this-site; Reader: Dr. Seán Ua Súilleabháin (Munster/Cork dialect), recorded 2010; numerous English translations of the Bible are available free online (via any search engine); Text of entire Bible in Irish (free, but a different translation): http://anbioblanaofa.org/en/pdf; The audio clips from Matthew are the only materials appropriate for the L-R method that are entirely online and free that I’ve found] -Mo Sgéal Féin - Peadar Ua Laoghaire [Audio (free): http://www.corkirish.com/wordpress/audio-files-on-this-site; Text (free): http://www.archive.org/details/mosgalfin00olea (old script) and http://wikisource.org/wiki/Mo_Sg%C3%A9al_F%C3%A9in (modern script); Reader: Maighréad Bean Uí Lionáird, native speaker from Cork (Munster dialect), recorded 2009; Translated into English as “My Story” and “My Own Story” by Peter O’Leary; English text: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192820532/sr=8-1/qid=13139 71961/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1313971961&sr= 8-1&seller= (various used prices)] -Séadna - Peadar Ua Laoghaire [Irish text in modern script (free): http://wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Seadna.djvu; Irish text in old script (free): http://www.archive.org/details/sdnaantat00olea; English translation “Shiana” (free): http://www.archive.org/details/shianafromirish00oleauoft; audio book (8 CDs): http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=6 500 or http://coislife.ie/Leabhar.aspx?ID=119 (24 Euros); sample clip on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYJXBCDIIc (reader: Maighréad Uí Lionáird)] [Audio book blurb: “A new edition of this major classic, complete and unabridged. This is an updated and revised text prepared by Liam Mac Mathúna and contains a comprehensive new preface to introduce Séadna to new generations. The 8 CDs and booklet are attractively packaged.”] -Peig Sayers: Labharfad Le Cach / I Will Speak to You All [Short stories and reminiscences; Dual language text with CDs (approx. 2 hours) [all-in-one package]; old recordings of Peig Sayers herself telling these stories; Sayers was from the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, near Dingle (Munster dialect); http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184840008X/ref=s9_simh_se_p 14_d0_g14_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-c enter-1&pf_rd_r=0QWC3YCNQ868A5F6GV8R&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=126 3465782&pf_rd_i=%C3%83%C2%9Alla%20Mac%20Math%C3%83%C2%BAna (prices of used texts vary) or http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/peig-sayers -labharfad-le-c%C3%A1ch-i-will-speak-you-all/9781848400870 (24.95 Euros)] [Blurb: “Previously unpublished stories by Peig Sayers. Severely 'edited' by the cultural powers that formed and built the new Irish state, Peig was a compulsory text on the Irish Leaving Certificate exams for generations of pupils. But there was a lot more to Peig than tales of poverty and hardship - in this selection of previously unpublished stories, a new, earthier, funnier and more dramatic storyteller emerges. Based on RTAe, UCD and BBC archives, and translated by UCD's Bo Almqvist and Padraig A"'Healai, Ireland's leading experts on Peig, the book includes CDs with archived recordings of Peig telling these stories, and is published in a unique dual-language edition.”] -Úlla - Seán Mac Mathúna [Modern audio recordings of the short stories from Úlla: Niall Tóíbín ag léamh Gearrscéalta le Seán Mac Mathúna; sample clip on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM_J33TW2A0; audio (4 CDs): http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=5 905 or http://coislife.ie/Leabhar.aspx?ID=4 (18 Euros); Text (Irish): http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=3 442 (16 Euros) or http://www.amazon.com/Ulla-Irish-Sean-Mac-Mathuna/dp/1901176 541 (used prices vary); Partial English text: http://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Other-Stories-Sean-MacMathuna/ dp/0863271030/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 (various used prices)] [English texts of some but not all of these stories are available--however, please note that they were translated by the author in an extremely loose and creative manner: Úlla is a compilation of stories from the author’s earlier collections Ding and Banana (both Irish language books), plus some additional content; The Atheist (in English) is a translation of Ding; These are the stories included in The Atheist that, I believe, are also included on the audio book and in the Irish text: Wedge, The Banquet of Life, A Straight Run Down to Killcash, The Quizmasters, and The Isle of Geese; The audio book has 8 stories on it (2 per disc), which include most, but not all, of the stories printed in Úlla; narrated by Irish actor/comedian Niall Tóibín, a native Irish speaker from Cork (Munster dialect)] -Irish Proverbs Sean Fhocail CD-ROM [Dual digitized text of 501 Irish proverbs w/ readings of the proverbs by a native Irish speaker; http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1 59 (30 Euros)] [“Our ancestor's wisdom made available in the most modern medium of them all - CD ROM. 501 Irish proverbs with translations into English. A useful resource for learners as well, given that each proverb is read aloud by a native speaker of Irish. There are also notes on the grammar and vocabulary of the proverbs”] -Linguaphone Irish [Although not an regular book, this could legitimately be adapted to the L-R method] The following sources I found on Teango’s post. Does anyone know if any of these are abridged? They are on the expensive side for only one hour-long audio books and (what must be) *very* short texts, even if they are not abridged: Open Door series audio books (all 22.22 UK pounds, each approx. 1 hour long) [audio: http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/irish/] (each book, English or Irish, is 6.50 Euros): -Irish: "An Seomra Tobac" by Julie Parsons (ISBN: 9781905494682) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3345 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/seomra-toba c/9781905494682 (6.50 Euros)] English: "The Smoking Room" (ISBN: 9781904301462) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/smoking-roo m/9781904301462 (6.50 Euros)] [Blurb: It all began one morning in the smoking room of the Department of Health and Welfare. That’s where happily married Jack meets the lovely Grace. At first smoking is all they have in common, but soon they’re sharing a lot more. Love, as well as cigarette smoke, is in the air. But when Miriam, Jack’s wife, begins to suspect that her husband’s feelings have changed, everything becomes a lot more dangerous. Because Miriam is a woman who likes to get her own way, and this time she’s playing to win.] -Irish: "Cailleacha Underbury" by John Connolly (ISBN: 9781905494675) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3342 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/na-cailleac ha-underbury/9781905494675 (6.50 Euros)] English: "The Underbury Witches" (ISBN: 9781905494019) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/underbury-w itches/9781905494019 (6.50 Euros)] [It is 1915, and war is raging in Europe. In the small English village of Underbury, a man lies dead, torn apart by an unseen killer. Two detectives from Scotland Yard are sent to look into the death. But they soon find that this is no ordinary murder. In a place that has lost most of its men to the war, an old evil has returned. In Underbury, the witches have arisen …] -Irish: "Deireadh Seachtaine Craiceáilte" by Roddy Doyle (ISBN: 9781905494637) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3340 (22.22 pounds); downloadable version available; text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/deireadh-se achtaine-craice%C3%A1ilte/9781905494637 (6.50 Euros)] English: "Mad Weekend" (ISBN: 9781905494040) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/mad-weekend /9781905494040 (6.50 Euros)] [Dave, Pat and Ben have been best friends since they were kids. They do everything together, and they all love Liverpool football club. On a trip to see their favourite team in action, they have a few too many drinks before the match. Dave and Pat get busy chatting up two local girls. Suddenly it's time to leave for Anfield. But where is Ben?] -Irish: "Is Gearr..." by Marian Keyes (ISBN: 9781905494644) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3346 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/gearr/97819 05494644 (6.50 Euros)] English: "No Dress Rehearsal" (ISBN: 9781902602325) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/no-dress-re hearsal/9781902602325 (6.50 Euros)] [Lizzie is dead - she just hasn't realised it yet. She can't understand why everyone is ignoring her when all she wants is a little sympathy. She has been in an accident, after all. Next day at work, she meets Jan and Jim, two spirits who have been sent to break the bad news. But Lizzie is not ready to go yet. She hasn't said her goodbyes. Help is at hand with Jan and Jim, who have seen it all before. And before Lizzie departs to the other side, she'll get her chance to stage the closing scene of a lifetime.] -Irish: "Na Tógálaithe" by Maeve Binchy (ISBN: 9781905494651) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3347 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/na-t%C3%B3g %C3%A1laithe/9781905494651 (6.50 Euros)] English: "The Builders" (ISBN: 9781902602684) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/builders/97 81902602684 (6.50 Euros)] [Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When it's heard that the builders are coming to work on the deserted house next door, everyone has an opinion. Nan's three grown-up children reckon she won't get a moment of peace. But when Derek Doyle's shiny van arrives outside Number 12, Nan is secretly excited. And when the handsome builder looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents' vanishing, a special friendship begins to flourish. But as they soon discover, nothing is quite what it first seems. With family complications and crooked poverty developers waiting in the wings, things are about to get very messy...] -Irish: "Rúin" by Patricia Scanlan (ISBN: 9781905494620) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3341 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/r%C3%BAin/9 781905494620 (6.50 Euros)] English: "Secrets" (ISBN: 9781905494026) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/secrets/978 1905494026 (6.50 Euros)] [Kate is finding it hard to come to terms with her husband's unemployment. She and Bill are struggling to pay the bills. They don’t have enough money for the children's Christmas presents. And having a boastful next-door neighbour isn't helping either. Then Kate's old friend Carmel phones to say that she'll be visiting soon. Carmel is glamorous and rich – she seems to have it all. What will Kate do? She hasn't told Carmel about Bill's job loss and she's too proud to admit that they're in trouble. But Carmel has a secret of her own …] -Irish: "Tá Jesus agus Billy ag Imeacht go Barcelona" by Deirdre Purcell (ISBN: 9781905494699) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3344 (22.22 pounds); text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/t%C3%A1-jes us-agus-billy-ag-imeacht-go-barcelona/9781905494699 (6.50 Euros)] English: "Jesus and Billy are off to Barcelona" (ISBN: 9781902602165) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/jesus-and-b illy-are-barcelona/9781902602165 (6.50 Euros)] [Billy is an average-looking sixteen-year-old who lives in an ordinary Dublin estate on the northside of the city. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with continental manners, from the poshest part of Barcelona. He travels from Spain to live with Billy's family for three weeks one summer. The plan is that at the end of the holiday, Billy will go back with Jesus on a return visit. However, no one should make plans...] -Irish: "Timpiste Réidh le Tarlú" by Vincent Banville (ISBN: 9781905494668) [Audio (1 hour) (excerpt on web page): http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3343 (22.22 pounds); downloadable version available; text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/timpiste-r% C3%A9idh-le-tarl%C3%BA/9781905494668 (6.50 Euros)] English: "An Accident Waiting to Happen" (ISBN: 9781902602721) [Text: http://www.newisland.ie/books/fiction-open-doors/accident-wa iting-happen/9781902602721 (6.50 Euros)] [Private detective John Blaine is back treading Dublin’s mean streets. With his marriage now on track, and little baby Emily to keep his attentions closer to home, it could be said that things are going better than ever for the private eye. That is, until he gets a call from Bertie Boyer, owner of The Purple Pussy nightclub in Dublin’s Temple Bar. He hires the P.I. to warn off some Romanian immigrants who are threatening to burn the place down. But the Romanians have a very different tale to tell. Time is running out fast, and before he knows it, Blaine finds himself right in the centre of the blaze. A gripping and funny tale of life on the wrong side of the tracks.] Irish text and Irish audio (no English translations--that I know of): -Gaothán - Liam Ó Muirthile (Liam Hurley) [An adventure story; the audio book (2 CDs) comes with the full Irish text; narrated by the author; audio & book: http://coislife.ie/Leabhar.aspx?ID=30 (12 Euros) or http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=6 151 (17.78 Euros)] -Taisce Focal Leabhar agus CDs: Scéaltaí beaga do dhaoine móra / Little stories for big people - Róise Ní Bhaoill & Gordon McCoy [Short stories in the Donegal dialect, audio and text is in Irish; book & audio: http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=4 745 (15 Euros)] [Blurb: “These stories and accompanying CDs will help you master the natural everyday Irish of the Donegal Gaeltacht.”] [“Taisce Focal is aimed at adults who already speak the language but who wish to improve their grasp of Irish idiom. The stories in this book provide a range of modern scenarios, from the first day at a new job to the college party. they focus on dialogue, using the natural everyday idiom and speech patterns of the native speaker. They are written in a natural, accessible style and each story has a comprehensive glossary to explain unfamiliar terms and words. The book also includes two free CDs on which four native speakers from Ranafast in the Donegal Gaeltacht read the stories. The package successfully bridges the gape between the written and the spoken word.”] [Short stories in Irish, with some English translations of phrases, and an explanation in English of the characteristics of Donegal Irish.] -VERSschmuggel – VÉARSaistear - Aurélie Maurin & Thomas Wohlfahrt (eds.) [German-Irish parallel text of poetry w/ two CDs of poetry readings from a poetry festival in Berlin; http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=4 175 (20 Euros)] -Walking Time agus Dánta eile - Liam Ó Muirthile [Poetry collection, some in Irish, some in English, with an accompanying CD; http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=4 171 (11.43 Euros)] -Máirtín Ó Direáin Dánta CD [Poetry collection, 30 poems (audio): http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=6 097 (19.99 Euros)] [Blurb: “Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910 – 1988), was born in Inis Mór, Árainn. His poetry, which he began writing in 1938 after settling in Dublin, celebrates the traditional life of the Aran Islands while expressing the poet’s sense of alienation in the modern city.” An Clár / Contents: 1. Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa 2. Dignit an Bhróín 3. Cuireadh do Mhuire 4. Cuimhní Cinn 5. Rún na mBan 6. Stoite 7. An tEarrach Thiar 8. Árainn 1947 9. Gleic mo Dhaoine 10. Deireadh Ré 11. Cuimhne an Domhnaigh 12. Ómós do John Millington Synge 13. Deireadh Oileáin 14. Leigheas na hEagla 15. Cranna Foirtil 16. Sic transit 17. Faoiseamh 18. Blianta an Chogaidh 19. Ó Mórna 20. An Dán á Tharcaisniú 21. Dom Féin 22. Cúram 23. Na Coillteáin 24. Ceangal 25. Do Aint Liom 26. An Duais 27. Mo Chrá 28. Fuaire 29. Mar Chaitheamar an Choinneal 30. Ár Ré Dhearóil] [Irish text: http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=6 081 (20 Euros)] [“There is no doubt that Máirtín Ó Direáin1910-1988 was one of three or four poets who changed Irish Poetry from the bottom up in the twentieth century. In this book for the first time you will find in one book every poem that Ó Direáin ever wrote. Every poetry collection published in his lifetime are to be found here. Coinnle Geala (1942), Dánta Aniar (1943), Ó Mórna agus Dánta Eile (1957), Ár Ré Dhearóil (1962), Cloch Choirnéil (1966), Crainn is Cairde (1970), Céacht an Éin (1979), Béasa an Túir (1984), Craobhóg Dán (1986), as well as some poetry published for the first time in Rogha Dánta (1949) and in Dánta 1939–1979 (1980). Here also you will find some poems not published in any book before this.”] Edited by RMM on 05 September 2011 at 1:39am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
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Also, for anyone interested in Celtic languages in general, a very recent translation of the Bible in Welsh (2004) that is appropriate for L-R’ing is available for free online. This is the only thing that I could find for free online that was suitable for Listening-Reading Welsh (are there any other online L-R materials in Welsh???). The text (which can be made parallel along side English in the program) can be downloaded via the free eSword program (which unfortunately also has to be downloaded and installed first). After installation, just go to “Download” in the menu bar and scroll down to the very bottom of the list to the Welsh Bible and download that. I got the audio from the Audio Bible Ambassador on the Faith Comes by Hearing website that Prof. Arguelles recommended a while back on the board and has included on his website. (You don’t have to download this one unless you want to, since it streams on their website too.)
BTW, does anyone know of a complete audio recording of the Bible in Irish? That would be *a lot* of audio material if something like that actually exists. eSword (Welsh & English texts): http://www.e-sword.net/ Faith Comes By Hearing (Welsh audio): http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/ambassador/free-audio-bib le-download Edited by RMM on 05 September 2011 at 11:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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