Description: Ideal for those new to Irish, learning at home or in the classroom, this guide includes a brief history of the Irish language; 10 carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; a guide to the Irish alphabet and pronunciation; and online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers.
Brief description: Gabriel Rosenstock is a poet and the author/translator of over 160 books, including 13 volumes of poetry and a volume of haiku in Irish and English. A member of Aosdána (the Irish Academy of Arts and Letters), he has given readings in Europe, South, Central and North America, India, Australia, Japan and has been published in various leading international journals. He resides in Dublin, Ireland.