Learning Irish: Text with DVD by Micheal O'Siadhail (2012-10-31) Mass Market Paperback

This is a correction to another review I wrote that mistakenly referred to a different (cassette tape) product. I've skimmed the book and listened to a bit of the DVD and it looks to be a very thorough system. I think it will be very helpful in learning a bit of Irish before a trip to northwestern Ireland next year.

Fun and easy

I had the book without the dvd and found the phonetics hard to follow. The dvd really helps with that. This book...along with several online sites like abair.tcd.ie are making learning to read and speak Irish possible.

I have not yet started using this reference book for my language studies but, on brief review of the book, I have good expectations.

Great course if you have a knack for languages. Personally, it's easier to just immerse myself into the culture.

If you want to learn actual Irish as it is spoken and not the standard (which isn't spoken -anywhere- except by non-natives), this is one of the two best books. This text teaches Irish as spoken in Cois Fharraige, in the Connemara Gaeltacht. It is very thorough and can come off as dry and academic, but is still one of the best resources for actual Irish if the learner is willing to put the time in.For Munster Irish, the 1961 version of Teach Yourself Irish cannot be beaten. It teaches West Cork Irish from native speakers, and can be found online (it's out of copyright) with audio here: [...]If you wish to learn Ulster Irish, I don't know many beginner resources for you, but I have heard that Buntús na Gaeilge, offered free on Dr. Barbara Hillers' website, is a good start: [...]

Why on earth is the cost of this item so absurdly costly and unreasonably out of reach for someone to purchase. It is a shame that some wish to make an enormous profit from someone's desire to learn Irish. It is very discouraging that Amazon allows this.

I am happy with the book however the DVD doesnt work and I can only access the content sound through my computer.

Amazon's service was up to its usual high standard.However, the 'DVD' advertised was a CD, as I remember. I returned the item the same day. I'd needed the package for a class for learning Gaelic; and wanted a 'multi-media' tool. The text of the book seemed no less dated than the mere CD: it seemed to focus on 'grammar' and 'syntax', whereas it's widely realised that such a narrow academic approach is unnecessarily burdensome to a language learner.

This shipped quickly and is exactly as advertized, thank you!!!