Progress in Irish Audio (Ceachtanna 1 - 11)

These lessons are presented by Mike Newell, a native Irish speaker.  The lessons are from the text, Progress in Irish, A Graded Course for Beginners & Revision by Mairead Ni Ghrada M.A., H.D.E.  The book provides a good foundation for the Irish language and has been utilized by schools and universities.

Mairéad Ní Ghráda (1896 - 1971) was a poet, playwright and broadcaster.  She was born in Knockadangan, Kilmaley,  Co. Clare and was known as a fearless champion of truth and fair play. Her her most noted play, "An Triail," highlighted some of the harsh truths about Irish society and exposed the hypocrisy of the time. Tomás MacAnna, who produced the play, praised it as the precursor of women's lib and it still ranks with Brendan Behans "An Giall" as the most successful play in the Irish language.  [Information summarized from Clare People, the Clare County Library, http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/nighrada.htm].
 

To hear the lesson, just click on the Lesson set listed below.  We will be adding to these lessons as time permits!   You should get a window overlaying this page with the audio player and a script showing the current lesson (current set of lessons is listed in the playlist beneath the player).  The audio is invaluable when going over the book's lessons that cover vocabulary and some introductory grammar concepts.

Additional Resources

There are answers to the exercises available from Conradh na Gaeilge of New England. 

PDF file directory for navigating the book: http://www.gaeilgesanastrail.com/docs/liftout0811.pdf. This provides a table that is very useful for traversing the lessons with a particular focus.

PDF Index of Progress is at www.gaeilgesanastrail.com/docs/progress.pdf

Progress in Irish, A graded course for Beginners & Revision, by Mairéad Ní Ghráda is published by The Edco, Educational Company of Ireland (February 2, 1980).  [ISBN-10: 0861671597/ISBN-13: 978-0861671595].