Hello everyone. I have been studying Irish for a while and recently decided to study Munster Irish. I already have the TYI but was wondering what other books are out there that deal with this dialect specifically.

Pimsleur is a good way to start learning Munster Irish. There are only 8 lessons, but everything in the lessons is taught very thoroughly. There is no reading or writing at all, so they make you start actually speaking Irish right away. The best thing about Pimsleur is that they've got a way of pounding Irish into your memory forever. I've learned a lot of Irish and forgotten a lot of Irish, but I never forgot anything that I learned from Pimsleur.

Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Understand- ... ish+gaelic

Hi guys, I have split this thread as it is off topic for the other thread, but will certainly be of interest to people. It would be lost in the study group thread. Saoirse.

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Thanks a lot!

No other books like TYI, or "Colloquial Irish" specifically for Munster? What about elementary readers?

If you would like to start on Munster Irish, I would recommend:

The old 1960s/1970s Teach Yourself course. (Cork Irish)
A copy of An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Corca Dhuibhne (Kerry Irish)
You can read this after learning a few new linguistic terms. Please ask if you have any questions.

For reading, start with Aesop a tháinig go hÉirinn on this site:
Cork Irish: Aesop

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Just to clarify a bit: "Teach Yourself Irish" by Myles Dillon and Donncha Ó Cróinín was first published in 1961 and reprinted every year until 1992; the new "Teach Yourself Irish" first came out in 1993 and teaches "standard".

A Jeremy, a chara,
If you want easy and quick access to a selection of Munster Irish books, then take a look in the "My Munster Irish Library" folder in my Box.net account:
https://www.box.com/s/2e516599abbe49553576
You will need to familiarise yourself with the Old Type, or seanchló, as most of the old books are written in that type.
Some of the books I have re-typeset, where I thought that a searchable document would be an advantage, but as re-typesetting is a major task, I have only done a few.
Brennan: IRISH MADE EASY.pdf is re-typeset, the other file is the image from which it was generated.
ChristianBrothers: You will find a re-typeset version in the subfolder: AidsToThePronunciationOfIrish.
Gaelic Fonts: You will need these fonts to correctly read the .doc files.
Myles Dillon TYI: You need to explore this folder, it contains the full history of my work on TYI1961. You will find the latest version of this work at:
Myles Dillon TYI / InteractiveTYI / Compleat TYI / TYICompressed / TYI1961.pdf
Ó Cuiv: You will find here a selection of books in Ó Cuiv's Simplified Spelling, and also a scholarly book explaining Munster pronunciation, in a style similar to the Chrianan Brothers' book, but based on the Simplified Spelling. I have taken the liberty of re-typesetting this book, which you will find in the sub-folder, Sound Of Irish.
Ó Duirinne: This contains 'The Educational IRISH-ENGLISH Pronouncing Dictionary' which I have re-typeset.
The inside covers guide you to the works of Father Gerald O'Nolan, and other works, which you will find in the sub-folder 'Associated books'. His Introduction to Studies in Modern Irish, I have re-typeset.
In the back inside cover of EPD, there is a reference to Lane's Larger Dictionary, and you will find this in the Other Books folder, along with various other dictionaries, including Dinneen.
Ó Nolan: This is a dummy entry, for my convenience, for these files are synchronized to my computer, and this folder is there, an Alias. You will find though, a link in the explanatory notes which will give you a direct link to the actual folder, which is in the folder: Ó Duirinne, above.
Old Books: Various old grammar text books, and the SPIL folder, which contains a whole series of book printed for 'the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, among which you will find a folder labelled "A Grammar of the Irish Language (Joyce). In there you will find my re-typeset version of this foundation book.
The O'Donovan folder contains John O'Donovan's "A Grammar of The Irish Language", which I had to split to get it uploaded, because it is too big for my upload limit.
PÓLeary: This represents a library in its own right. Buried in ther, you may like to find "Catilina", which I have retypeset, and also added the Simplified Spelling on facing pages, matched line for line.

Of course, my work is subject to error, and WILL need correcting.
YOUR help is needed here, not just for me, but for other readers too.

Is mise, le meas,
Deġeḃ.

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Is mise, le meas, Deġeḃ.
Is Sasanaċ mé.
Tá beagán Gaoluinn agam.
As Béarla:
I see things differently.
I see things other people can't see.
Sometimes what I see is not there.
Some people call me crazy, and some of them are right.

Thanks David for your response. I am very aware of your website and enjoy it very much. I am still in the very few first chapters but once I have gotten a little deeper I look very forward to reading and going through the reading sources that you have there. I must also commend you on the verb section there. Its a resource that I have not found anywhere else.