In this lesson we're bringing a touch of class with our first ever special guest, Mary Dinning. Mary is a local singer from Castlederg and has kindly agreed to help us in this lesson by using her wonderful vocal talent. With the All-Ireland football and hurling finals this month, Mary will sing the Irish national anthem, A Soldier's Song, which will help you to join in when it is sung at the ceremonies in Irish.

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Lesson 21: A Soldier’s Song (Amhrán na bhFiann)

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Welcome to another EasyIrish.com lesson. This lesson continues in our series looking at regular and irregular verbs. In this lesson we'll look at the regular verb Tuig (to understand) and the irregular verb Feic (to see). You'll also learn about the possible origins of the American slang 'Do you dig?' We hope you find it interesting.



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Lesson 28: Understand/See

Welcome to another EasyIrish.com podcast. This is lesson number 26 and it takes a different form than our normal lessons in that it's a simple phone conversation in Irish. It aims to teach casual Irish and help improve your listening of the language. The conversation has Antaine inviting Jarlath to a local concert. There's also the phrase of the week which is very apt when replying to a phone call at an inappropriate time. Check amach é!

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Lesson 26: Conversational Irish

Welcome to another EasyIrish.com lesson. This lesson follows in our series of irregular verbs in the past tense. We'll focus on the verb 'tabhair' meaning 'to give' and how it is constructed in the past tense. There will be some new vocabulary to fit with the sentences and we will also look at the preposition 'do', meaning 'to/for you' which goes hand in hand with 'tabhair' sentences.

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Lesson 25: To Give

The first month of the new year is almost over and with many of your resolutions possibly long forgotten, we have a lesson to help reinvigorate your determination. In this lesson you will learn how to state your resolutions in Irish. You'll also hear the fire in Antaine's house that messes with the sound and Jarlath seemingly forgetting his own name from the outset.

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Lesson 24: New Year Resolutions

We are continuing in our series of looking at lrish verbs. This lesson will look at two more irregular ones: to get and to do/make in the past tense. We'll practice some associated vocabulary that you can use with these verbs. The phrase of the week is a food themed proverb. Check amach é!

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Lesson 21: A Soldier’s Song (Amhrán na bhFiann)

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