When it comes to learning Irish Gaelic, you can be sure you’ll need some extra tools and motivation. While Irish Gaelic is a beautiful language, it’s not quite the easiest to learn. This isn’t a bad thing though since you’ll come in contact with other parts of Ireland’s culture while you learn the language.

For example, some people who successfully used Bitesize Irish Gaelic to learn the language also used other sources of information, and that’s a good thing. We’re always telling our students to immerse themselves in Irish – create a mini-Gaeltacht, if you may. You can do this by using active & passive listening, reading Irish literature or listening (and practising) to Irish music.

If you’re a bit unsure about using Irish music to help your Irish Gaelic learning efforts, we recommend you to listen to this rebroadcast of the 61st Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode where we talk to Dawn Lange. Dawn shares her “can do” attitude and tells us how she used Bitesize Irish Gaelic to learn Irish Gaelic and YouTube to teach herself how to play the bodhrán (Irish traditional music instrument).

This is a re-run of the 61st episode of Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast, in the English language.

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Each year, more than 8,5 million people come and visit Ireland. More than 1,5 million are from the US & Canada. Most of them come to Ireland to visit amazing landscapes but other also use their trip to Ireland as an opportunity to connect to their Irish heritage. 

Whatever your reason may be, travelling to Ireland is always a great option for your vacation plans. A trip to Ireland should be packed with wonders for the eyes, mind and soul, oh and also some unpredictable weather – so it’s better to be prepared for anything!

You should try to treat your Ireland trip as an adventure since there will be a lot of new things for you to discover. Just imagine you’re on a quest to see as many beautiful places, meet great people, eat amazing food, and you’re set to go!

Don’t believe us? Then listen to the rebroadcast of the 60th episode from the Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast where we’re having a great discussion with Barbara Moloney who visited Ireland by making her own itinerary. She travelled down along the East coast, the West coast and didn’t really book her accommodation in advance! Learn how she managed to book great accommodation while on the road and much more in this re-run of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast, in the English language.

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One of the things we keep saying over and over, just like a broken (but extremely important) record is that you should try to make Irish Gaelic a part of your day to day activities if you plan to learn the language. One could say that you should add it to your lifestyle.

But how does one do this? Well, if you read some of our Bitesize Irish Gaelic community interviews, you’ll see that people add Irish Gaelic to their every day. For example, David Smith greets everyone at his office in Irish Gaelic. He brings a smile to the people around him and at the same time, he keeps learning Irish Gaelic.

Other people add Irish Gaelic to their lifestyle by listening to the radio, Irish music or read Irish literature. You’ll have to find your own way to make Irish Gaelic a part of your life.

Don’t worry if you can’t figure out how to do that – we’re here to help! In this rebroadcast of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic 59th episode, you’ll have the chance to meet Vanessa Bushell who is planning her trip to Ireland and has made the Irish language part of her daily life. She’s from Australia and on this rerun of the Bitesize podcast (in English language) she’s going to help you understand how to make Irish Gaelic a part of your lifestyle.

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Ireland isn’t only known for its beautiful landscapes and great people. If we’re talking about culture, a lot of people love the Irish Gaelic language and most of them have read some poems or other literature from Ireland.

When it comes to literature, we have to talk a little bit about the Irish poet and novelist – Patrick Kavanagh who is known for Tarry Flynn (novel) and some amazing poems, such as On Raglan Road or The Great Hunger. Patrick was born in Inniskeen, County Monaghan and began his writing career in the last years of the Irish Literary Renaissance, a cultural movement paralleling the ascent of nationalism in Ireland, culminating with the country’s independence from Great Britain after WW1.

But we’re not here to talk about history. We’re here to honour the work of Patrick Kavanagh and what better way than reading one of our favourites poems in our Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast?

The poem called “A Christmas Childhood” is one of Eoin’s favourites and is featured in this rebroadcast of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast, episode 58. This podcast is in English.

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The Bitesize method of learning Irish Gaelic focuses on doing little things on a regular (even daily) schedule and immersing yourself in Ireland’s culture and language. Many people aren’t quite sure how to achieve this so in this Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode we’ll be talking about those little (daily) things that may help you learn Irish Gaelic.

Depending on which type of student you are, you’ll apply your own tactics to the Irish learning process but sooner or later you’ll see that your tactics may not be enough to learn Irish Gaelic.

You’ll want to break down your daily Irish learning efforts in learning habits that should be easy to do. Having smaller, easier tasks is better than having to deal with a huge task.

In the rebroadcast of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic 57th podcast episode you’ll learn a lot about language immersion (even if you don’t know any Irish speakers right now), showing up daily to do the work, and how to make learning fun to achieve your Irish Gaelic language goals.

The re-run of the 57th Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode is in the English language and will help you discover those little things that help you learn Irish Gaelic faster.

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This is probably your story. Even if you’re not the protagonist, you’ll find yourself in the podcast episode. A high number of Bitesize Irish Gaelic community members start their Irish Gaelic learning journey because they want to get in touch with their Irish heritage.

Is this also your story?

People who value their Irish heritage and start learning Irish Gaelic to learn more about themselves and their family are actually Irish Gaelic language warriors. Through them, the Irish Gaelic language lives on and ensures its posterity, making sure it will be spoken for decades to come.

David White is one of these people. He wanted to learn more about his Irish heritage and decided to challenge himself to learn the Irish Gaelic language. In the 56th Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast we interviewed him so he could share a bit of his story with other people who are interested in learning Irish Gaelic.

In this rebroadcast of the 56th podcast episode, in the English language, you’ll learn that positive attitude is a must when learning a new language.

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We know that many Irish people have moved to the United States in the past decades but how about the Americans who decided that Ireland is the best place for them and their families?

Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who move from the US to Ireland every year. While we couldn’t compare their numbers to Irishmen moving to the US, we will surely find interesting stories.

Moving from one country to another is a big decision to take even if you’re single, but imagine you’re doing this for yourself and for your family! Such a big leap of faith to take but as we’ll hear in the rebroadcast of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic 55th podcast episode, moving from the US to Ireland has its benefits for sure.

We’re talking to Susan FitzGerald who’s from the United States but lived in Ireland for the best part of over twenty years. Susan moved to rural east County Clare – a beautiful part of Ireland that doesn’t get a lot of visitors (even if it should!). We’re going to find out what’s it like to move from the US to Ireland, how is the rural life in Ireland and what are the best times of the year to visit Ireland.

This is a rerun of the 55th Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode, in the English language.

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When you decide to start learning Irish Gaelic, you’ll need to commit to some sort of schedule. We’ll always give you the tools to learn at your own pace and we’ll also provide you with recommendations on how to make this journey a bit easier and more enjoyable.

Our top recommendation would be to find someone to practice your Irish with. We’re constantly creating member calls where you can practice your Irish Gaelic with one of our language assistants but that may not be enough for some of you. If this is the case, we always recommend to immerse yourself in the Irish language.

There is more than one way to do this and enhance your Irish learning experience. You could listen to the TG4 Radio in the background and try to catch some Irish Gaelic phrases you may know or you could do something extra like going to our YouTube channel and watch our weekly pronunciation videos.

We’ll also be promoting audio Irish Gaelic phrases on our Facebook page so you may want to check those out as well. In this Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode (number 54) we’ll be talking about two most used Irish Gaelic phrases – “it is cold” and “it is wet”. Since the Irish weather is a bit unpredictable, knowing these two phrases can surely help during your trip to Ireland!

This is a rebroadcast of the 54th Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode, in the English language, where we’ll be discussing two of the most used Audio Irish Gaelic Phrases.

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If you’re used to read our blog from time to time, you know we covered almost every aspect regarding Irish Gaelic. While that may be, we often get questions about other similar languages like Scottish Gaelic. People often ask us about the connection between these two and their differences.

Many people ask themselves where is Scottish Gaelic still spoken and how many people still speak it. That’s why we took this challenge upon us and created a special podcast episode.

In the 53rd Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode we’re talking to Professor Boyd Robertson and we cover all the interesting aspects about the Scottish Gaelic language. If you’re going to listen to the rebroadcast of the 53 Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast episode, in English language, you learn about Gàidhlig-speaking areas and other related topics to Scottish Gaelic and Scotland’s culture.

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Once in a while, we’re looking to escape from the mundane and get some time for ourselves away from the current problems we have. Some of us do that by listening to music, others play video games or read books.

But how about listening to stories?

If you’re going to take a look at how people consume online content, you’ll see that audio is one of the preferred ways to do just that. People listen to music but also radio and podcasts. The Bitesize Irish Gaelic is a living proof of that and we want to thank all of you, the people who wanted to understand more about the Irish language and culture and listen every week to our podcast episodes.

In this rebroadcast of the Bitesize Irish Gaelic podcast, we have something special for those who consume content by listening to audio. If you’re going to listen to this week’s re-run of the 52nd episode, you’ll hear a beautiful story with a lot of Irish connections. The story is called “Say You Will” and it’s written and read by Mary Murphy (in the English language).

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