Ag Tosú A Fhoghlaim (Téarma 1)

You don't need any books for this class. All course materials are provided in your virtual classroom for free through the the class' Links section.

Bun-Ranganna & Meán-Ranganna (Téarmaí 2-7)

Dosna ranganna seo, caithfidh Progress In Irish le Máiréad Ní Ghráda a bheith agat. Tugtar "an leabhar uaine" nó "an leabhar gorm" air freisin timpeall an domhain toisc go bhfuil clúdach uaine nó gorm aige. Chun dul ar aghaidh go feidhmiúil sa teanga, beidh gá le foclóir maith so-ghluaiste agat, leabhar briathar, agus cúrsa maith féin-mhúinte. Roimh a shroicheann tú Ceacht 45 sa Leabhar Uaine, bíodh graiméar níos sonraí uait. Mar sin, molaimid:

* Oxford Pocket Irish Dictionary - go hiontach má's féidir leat é a fháil ach tá sé as cló. Bain triall as www.amazon.com , 7rl. do chóipeanna athláimhe

* Foclóir Scoile - Ní foclóir póca é seo, ach tá sé so-ghluaiste gan amhras, le cló mór deas do shúile laga mar atá agam. Do dhaoine le súile an-mhaithe, is é Foclóir Póca an leagan den bhfoclóir seo le cló beag bídeach

* Briathra na Gaeilge - ar fheabhas, lán le réimniú briathar

* New Irish Grammar ó na Bráithre Críostaí. Beidh an gramadach seo feidhmiúil chun cabhrú leis an Leabhar Uaine roimh a shroicheann tú Ceacht 45

* Buntús Cainte - Is foireann de 3 leabhar agus 3 dhlúthdhiosca é seo. Fiúntas maith don airgead. Ba chóir duit dul tríd an bhfoireann seo san am a théann tú tríd an Leabhar Uaine (.i., i dtimpeall trí bliana). Críochnaigh leabhar agus dlúthdhiosca gach bliain.

Freisin, do fhoclóir Gaeilge-Béarla / Béarla-Gaeilge maith ar líne, féach ar www.teanglann.ie/en .

Ardcheardlanna

Ainmneoidh do mhúinteoirí leabhair le ceannach dá n-ardcheardlanna. Roimh a shroicheann tú ár n-Ardcheardlanna, is dócha gur mhaith leat freisin na leabhair a leanas a bheith agat:

Gramadach Na Gaeilge agus Litriú Na Gaeilge (ath-chlóite go minic ón mbun-chlóbhuaileadh i 1958). Cuirtear an t-ainm 'An Caighdeán Oifigiúil' air seo freisin toisc gurb é an caighdeán oifigiúil a gcuireann an rialtas Éireannach amach as Gaeilge

Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla le Niall Ó Dónail

English-Irish Dictionary le Tomás de Bhaldraithe Foclóir Gaedhilge Agus Béarla scríofa leis an tOir. Pádraig Ó Duinnín. Ba é seo an foclóir caighdeánach roimh an athrú litrithe agus roimh an mhalairt go litreacha Rómhánacha sna 1950í. Beidh gá leis an bhfoclóir seo agat d'ábhair scríofa roimh na 1950í san aibítir Ghaelach agus sa sean-litriú.

Foinsí Leabhar

Tá na leabhair agus DDí seo ar fáil ó shiopaí ar líne mar:

www.litriocht.com in Éirinn
www.ossianusa.com sna Stáit Aontaithe www.schoenhofs.com sna Stáit Aontaithe.

Starting To Learn (Term 1)

You don't need any books for this class. All course materials are provided in your virtual classroom for free through the the class' Links section.

Beginning & Intermediate Classes (Terms 2-7)

For these classes, you must have Progress In Irish by Máiréad Ní Ghráda. It's also called "the Green Book" or "Blue Book" around the world because of its green or blue cover. To go forward effectively in the language, you'll also need a good portable dictionary, a good verb book, and a good self-taught conversation course. By the time you get to Lesson 45 in The Green Book, you'll want to supplement it with a more detailed grammar. Therefore, we recommend:

* Oxford Pocket Irish Dictionary - great if you can get it but it's out of print. Try www.amazon.com , etc. for second-hand copies

* Foclóir Scoile ('School Dictionary') - This is not a pocket dictionary, but it's definitely portable, with nice big type for weak eyes like mine. For those with really good eyes, Foclóir Póca ('Pocket Dictionary') is the pocket-size version of this dictionary with tiny type

* Briathra na Gaeilge ('verbs of the Irish language') - excellent, full of verb conjugations

* New Irish Grammar from the Christian Brothers - You'll want this to connect some of the dots in The Green Book by the time you get to Lesson 45

* Buntús Cainte ('foundation of talking') - This is a 3 book/CD set. Very good value for the money. Your objective should be to go through all 3 books and their CDs in the roughly 3 years it will take to go through The Green Book. Finish one book/CD set per year.

Also, for a good on-line Irish-English / English-Irish dictionary, see www.teanglann.ie/en/ .

Advanced Workshops

Your teachers will designate books to be purchased for their workshops. By the time you get to our Advanced Workshops, it's likely you'll also want the following:

Gramadach Na Gaeilge agus Litriú Na Gaeilge ('Grammar of Irish Language and Spelling Irish,' re-printed often with original printing in 1958) - This is also known as 'The Official Standard' because it's the official standard of Irish language grammar and spelling put out by the Irish government in Irish

Niall Ó Dónail's Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla

Tomás de Bhaldraithe's English-Irish Dictionary and
Rev. Patrick Dineen's Foclóir Gaedhilge Agus Béarla. This was the standard dictionary before the spelling change and switch to Roman letters in the 1950s. You'll want this for materials written before the 1950s in the Irish alphabet and in the old spelling.

Sources of Books

These books and CDs are available from on-line shops like:

www.litriocht.com in Ireland
www.ossianusa.com in the States
www.schoenhofs.com in the States.