Talking Irish

Author : Éamonn Ó Dónaill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Irish language
ISBN : 0717123901

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Now You're Talking by Éamonn Ó Dónaill Pdf

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307755131

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How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.

Author : Benny Lewis
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780062282705

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Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis Pdf

Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.

Author : Rick Steves,Pat O'Connor
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781641712804

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Rick Steves Ireland by Rick Steves,Pat O'Connor Pdf

From rustic towns and emerald valleys to lively cities and moss-draped ruins, experience Ireland with the most up-to-date 2021 guide from Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Ireland you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip through Ireland Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from the Rock of Cashel and the Ring of Kerry to distilleries making whiskey with hundred-year-old recipes How to connect with local culture: Hoist a pint at the corner pub, enjoy traditional fiddle music, and jump into conversations buzzing with brogue Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a Guinness Self-guided walking tours of atmospheric neighborhoods and awe-inspiring sights Trip-planning tools, like how to link destinations, build your itinerary, and get from place to place Detailed maps, including a fold-out map for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, Irish phrase book, historical overview, and recommended reading Updated to reflect changes that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic up to the date of publication Over 1,000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Coverage of Dublin, Kilkenny, Waterford, County Wexford, Kinsale, Cobh, Kenmare, The Ring of Kerry, Dingle Peninsula, County Clare, the Burren, Galway, the Aran Islands, Connemara, County Mayo, Belfast, Portrush, the Antrim Coast, Derry, County Donegal, and much more Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Ireland. Planning a one- to two-week trip? Check out Rick Steves Best of Ireland.

Author : Patricia Delia Pugnier,Brian Lee Pugnier
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1481842382

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Speak Irish Now by Patricia Delia Pugnier,Brian Lee Pugnier Pdf

Speak Irish Now is designed to get you speaking Irish quickly and effectively, even if you have little or no experience with foreign languages. With over 200 short and powerful lessons, Speak Irish Now will teach you the building blocks of Irish, and can be used for both self-study and group-study. Features include: - clear and friendly explanations - focused lessons to encourage regular study, even if you have little time - phonetics, to get you speaking right away - hundreds of examples - two glossaries (Irish to English & English to Irish)

Author : Anthony Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838359338

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Mythical Ireland by Anthony Murphy Pdf

Mythical Ireland embodies the search for a soul among Ireland's ancient ruins, and is an attempt to retrieve something of deeper import from 5,000-year-old megalithic monuments and their associated myths. The book represents a fascinating and engaging journey through time, landscape and the human spirit. Dealing with archaeology, interpretive mythography, cosmology and cosmogony, the book attempts to grapple with a core meaning, something beyond the functional interpretations of academia. In this revised and expanded edition, Anthony Murphy delves further into the many enthralling aspects of this journey. Just how much knowledge did locals have of the secrets of Newgrange before it was excavated? Who is the Cailleach, the ancient hag goddess whose image is ubiquitous in the ancient landscape? What happened to make Ireland's Stonehenge disappear from the landscape? Who were the first kings of Tara? What were the indigenous Irish myths about the Milky Way? Did someone try to steal the Tara Brooch? Why are there myths in Ireland about flooded towns and cities? Lavishly illustrated with exquisite photographs of the Irish landscape and ancient monuments, Mythical Ireland represents a personal and yet universal journey, a quest to reimagine the shrines as empowering and transformative sacred places. Murphy invokes the druids and poets of the Boyne and thus the sídhe of the ancient texts are reawakened for a modern and turbulent world.

Author : Ian O'Malley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781326975043

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The Irish Culture Book 2 - Teacher Resource Book by Ian O'Malley Pdf

THE IRISH CULTURE BOOK is a photocopiable resource book of activities designed to foster discussion on aspects of Irish culture. It can be used by anyone with an interest in exploring Irish culture, most especially in a learning or multicultural environment. The book is particularly useful for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) and can be used by language students as a self-access book. The book can help students develop speaking skills and improve fluency. The conversations deepen critical thinking skills essential for success in a new culture and also for studying in university programs. The book is full of interesting and thought-provoking activities and gives users great opportunities for comparative reflection on their own cultures. There are over 350 questions, over 100 quotations including Irish proverbs; as well as questionnaires, matching and correcting exercises; quizzes and creative problem-solving tasks. All listenings are available to download for free at: www.irishculturebook.com

Author : Aaron Edwards
Publisher : Merrion Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785373435

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Agents of Influence by Aaron Edwards Pdf

Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were ‘agents of influence’. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKEKNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against Irish republicanism. Now, for the first time, some of these agents have emerged from the shadows to tell their compelling stories. Agents of Influence takes you behind the scenes of the secret intelligence war which helped bring the IRA’s armed struggle to an end. Historian Aaron Edwards, the critically acclaimed author of UVF: Behind the Mask, explains how the IRA was penetrated by British agents, with explosive new revelations about the hidden agendas of prominent republicans like Martin McGuinness and Freddie Scappaticci and lesser-known ones like Joe Haughey and John Joe Magee. Bringing to light recently declassified TOP SECRET documents and the firsthand testimonies of agents and their handlers, Edwards reveals how British Intelligence gained extraordinary access to the IRA’s inner circle and manipulated them into engaging with the peace process. With new insights into the spy masters behind the scenes, their strategies and tactics, and Britain’s international intelligence network in Northern Ireland, Europe, and beyond, Agents of Influence offers a rare and shocking glimpse into the clandestine world of secret agents, British intelligence strategy and the betrayal at the heart of militant Irish republicanism during the vicious decades of the Troubles.

Author : Reg Hindley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135084196

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The Death of the Irish Language by Reg Hindley Pdf

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention. He puts Irish into a broader European context as a European minority language, and assesses its present position and prospects.

Author : Rosalind Horowitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351547147

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Talking Texts by Rosalind Horowitz Pdf

This volume examines how oral and written language function in school learning , and how oral texts can be successfully inter-connected to the written texts that are used on a daily basis in schools. Rather than argue for the prominence of one over the other, the goal is to help the reader gain a rich understanding of how both might work together to create a new discourse that ultimately creates new knowledge. Talking Texts: Provides historical background for the study of talk and text Presents examples of children’s and adolescents’ natural conversations as analyzed by linguists Addresses talk as it interfaces with domains of knowledge taught in schools to show how talk is related to and may be influenced by the structure, language, and activities of a specific discipline. Bringing together seminal lines of research to create a cohesive picture of discourse issues germane to classrooms and other learning settings, this volume is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, classroom teachers, and curriculum specialists across the fields of discourse studies, literacy and English education, composition studies, language development, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Author : Manchán Magan
Publisher : Bonnier Books UK
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781804184042

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Thirty-Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan Pdf

Rediscover the lost words of an ancient land in this new and updated edition of an international bestseller. Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German, and branches spanning the world, from Australia and India to North America. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic. In Thirty-Two Words for Field Manchán Magan explores the enchantment, sublime beauty and sheer oddness of a 3000-year-old lexicon. Imbuing the natural world with meaning and magic, it evokes a time-honoured way of life, from its 32 separate words for a field, to terms like loisideach (a place with a lot of kneading troughs), bróis (whiskey for a horseman at a wedding), and iarmhaireacht (the loneliness you feel when you are the only person awake at cockcrow). Told through stories collected from Magan's own life and travels, Thirty-Two Words for Field is an enthralling celebration of Irish words, and a testament to the indelible relationship between landscape, culture and language.

Author : Christopher Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Education
ISBN : OXFORD:600005275

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Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish and Their Descendants by Christopher Anderson Pdf

Author : Tomás Ó hÍde,Máire Ní Neachtain,Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew,John Gillen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000656237

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Colloquial Irish by Tomás Ó hÍde,Máire Ní Neachtain,Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew,John Gillen Pdf

Lots of interest in the Irish language amongst 'heritage' learners in England and Scotland, and particularly in Ireland itself Represents the local dialect of East Connemara, rather than the 'Official Standard' which is not actually spoken by native speakers in Ireland This dialect is also used in the soap opera Ros na Run which is aired nationally and internationally via the Internet Strong team of educators and native speakers

Author : James F. Olwell
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781039176959

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The Art of Being Irish in Hell's Kitchen by James F. Olwell Pdf

Amid the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s—an era that included the Black Civil Rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland—young Irish Americans in New York began to question what it meant to be Irish in America. Led by Irish revolutionary socialist Brian Heron, these young people discarded outdated stereotypes and created an inclusive space to explore, celebrate, and share their culture. Thus was born An Claidheamh Soluis, the Irish Arts Center, an organization that is still going strong fifty years later. As an early organizer and director of the Irish Arts Center, James F. Olwell recounts how this premier cultural institution came to be. Beginning with his own experiences growing up Irish American in the Bronx, Olwell describes how Irish Americans grew to reclaim their cultural identity and share their art, traditions, and language through the Irish Arts Center. Olwell combines his personal experiences with extensive interviews and broader historical context to bring the story of the 1970s Irish Arts Center to life. Well researched and replete with funny, moving, and thoughtful anecdotes, The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen is an essential cultural history of the Irish American community in New York. Pull up a chair and enjoy the tale. All are welcome here.

Author : Siuan Ni Mhaonaigh,Antain Mac Lochlainn
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780071593694

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Speaking Irish by Siuan Ni Mhaonaigh,Antain Mac Lochlainn Pdf

Take a big step toward fluency in Irish Speaking Irish is a unique opportunity to sharpen your listening and conversational skills in the company of speakers from all corners of Ireland. Filmed on location throughout Ireland, the DVD features authentic, unrehearsed interviews with more than twenty Irish speakers, representing all three regional dialects. Just put the disc in your DVD player, and your journey begins. Hear Aoife weigh the pros and cons of life in Dublin as opposed to the Irish countryside. Listen to Máirín describe a good friend. Learn about Gaelic games and their place in the community from Donncha. And enjoy animated discussions of other topics like family, education, the environment, the Gaeltacht, and the Irish in America. The companion book provides a transcript of all the interviews, plus extensive exercises and notes on vocabulary, grammar, regional variations, and more. Download additional classroom activities at mhprofessional.com.