Irish language

For a complete list of Irish language materials stocked by the Four Provinces Bookshop return to the Bookshop page of the website and download the catalogue, or contact the Four Provinces Bookshop, telephone ++ 44 (0)207 3022

Irish language course and text books

(sample only)

Irish for Beginners

book and tape set £9.99

Irish for Beginners

book only £4.99. Designed for absolute beginners, including children. Covers basic-level material, including greetings, family relationships, food, shopping, counting etc. Illustrated.

Buntus Cainte: first steps in spoken Irish

book: Parts 1, 2 and 3 £3.15 ea
Set of two tapes to accompany each book: Parts 1, 2 and 3 £9.60 ea
Suitable for absolute beginners; progresses in easy steps. No technical knowledge of grammar required.

Learn Irish with, Now You're Talking;

• Course Book £9.99
• cassette Pack 1 (containing tapes 1, 2 and 3) £19.99
• cassette Pack 2 (containing tapes 4 and 5) £12.99

Suitable for absolute beginners. Ulster dialect given prominence. Grammar introduced and explained in easy-to-understand stages. Everyday conversational Irish, Irish culture etc.

Teach Yourself Irish: A complete course for beginners

Diarmuid O Se and Joseph Shiels

• book only £9.99
• cassette tapes (set of 2) or CDs (set of 2) - please specify £13.00
• Book and cassette tapes pack or Book and CDs pack - please specify £22.99

Some variations in dialects explained and given, with a tendency towards Munster usage. Grammar introduced and explained in easy-to-understand stages. Everyday conversational Irish.

Learning Irish - Micheal O Siadhail

• Course Book £14.95
• Tapes (set of 4) £17.95

Excellent and thorough course using Cois Fharraige dialect of Connacht. Fairly intensive and presupposes a prior knowledge of grammatical structures and terminology. Will suit the more academic student.

Progress in Irish - Mairead Ni Ghrada

Suitable for absolute beginners. Grammar explained £5.99

First Steps in Irish - The Christian Brothers

Old-fashioned text-booklet with exercises. £4.35

Talk Now! Learn Irish

(CD-ROM) Essential words and phrases for absolute beginners. Windows and Apple Mac. £30.00

Multimedia Flashcards: Learn Irish!

(CD-ROM) Language fun for children and families. Windows and Apple Mac. £22.00

Cogar: A New RTE Course in Spoken Irish

(4 tapes and booklet) £14.95
Irish conversation with exercises - covers a variety of topics. Suitable for beginners or near-beginners but best used as a supplement to one of the above courses rather than a course in its own right.

Usborne Flashcard Irish

50 cards with everyday words and pictures for children £4.99

Grammar Books

Irish Grammar: a basic handbook - Noel McGonagle

Grammar explained in English £4.00

Irish Grammar - The Christian Brothers

Grammar explained in English £6.25

Buntus Gramadai

Elementary grammar practice and exercise book. In Irish £4.90

Urchursa Gaeilge - Donall P O Baoill agus Eamonn O Tuathail

Advanced grammar course-book in Irish £9.00