Tiarnan is doing better, Grma for asking, I will let him know.

Sass

Dia duit, tá mo ainm Raven. Tá mé ar glantosaitheoirí i bhfoghlaim na Gaeilge agus bhain úsáid as Google aistriú a chruthú an teachtaireacht seo ar dtús. Tá mé Cheanada de shliocht na measctha a aithint cé mé an chuid is mó go láidir leis na máthar bhunadh na hÉireann. Bhí sí ina Murphy sula raibh sí pósta. Agus bhí sí an ceann a dúirt na scéalta.

Hello, my name is Raven. I am an absolute beginner in learning the Irish and have used Google translate to create this first message. I am a Canadian of mixed descent though I identify most strongly with mother's Irish ancestry. She was a Murphy before she was married. And she was the one who told the stories.

I am a 52 year old Pagan woman, and though I have been pursuing this path for 27 years it has only been in the last 4 or so that I have decided to dedicate myself specifically to studying the ways of my Irish Celtic ancestors. And I do not believe I can do this well, without understanding the language that they thought in.

I live in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, which is a small town where, at least to date, their are no Irish classes available so I would among other things like to be directed to the best sources for learning the Irish on-line. I have already found Daltaí na Gaeilge, the abair.ie utility provided by Trinity College Dublin and the Forvo Pronounciation site.

I am retired due to health reasons and my income is very limited, so I would appreciate being directed to services that are either free or very low cost. Also any help in developing an effective learning plan would be appreciated.

I look forward to talking with the folk here. Increasingly in the Irish as I learn.

not a good idea to use Google Translate, the translation is full of mistakes and hard to understand
It's better to use the few Irish you know, rather than using Google Translate, which doesn't work properly

By the way, míle fáilte romhad anseo / a thousand welcomes to you here

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Hi, Raven. I have been on this path (Irish) for about 27 years myself.

Hope we can help you achieve your goals.

Google Translate is known as Google "trashlate" around here.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

For anyone who doesn't know me from IGTF...I'm writing a book, well, that one book is now a first in a series AND I'm working on another-anywho, that's what brought me to IGTF. Sometimes I have questions/need translations. Of course, now I ask things sometimes just because I'm intrigued. What has become of IGT is what brought me to this site. Besides, I missed the Mods

Anyway-Hello all

Haigh

What kind of books are you writing? Novels, books about the language? something else?

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Novels-Fiction the first one that brought me to the site is about vampires. The others are about shape-shifters. I have some Irish characters in both.

Welcome over, Lavon.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Thank you for the advice on Google Translate. I suspected as much, and that is one of the reasons I declared my use of it my introduction. And I will certainly refrain from it's use in the future as I want to learn to think in Irish as well as to speak and write in it. And I believe this kind of translator would hinder that process even if it was accurate. Another was to was to show that I was taking a tongue in cheek laugh at how little I really know. Though I am not quite sure it had the effect I intended.