Má thá aoinne dh'iarraidh aghaidh a thabhairt ar an Seana-Ghaoluinn don chéad uair, ní mór duit an leabhar so a cheannach:
A Student's Companion to Old Irish Grammar by Ranke de Vries
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... h+de+vriesCé go bhfuil fadhbanna thall is abhus leis is fiú súil a chaitheamh ar an leabhar so chun cur amach éigint dh'fháilt sara dtugann tú fésna leabhrachaibh gramadaí eile a bhíonn rud beag níos deimhne agus níos casta, cosúil le leabhar graiméir Thurneysen srl..., óir is minic a chuireann na leabhracha so mearbhall is crá croí ar dhaoinibh.
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If anyone is looking to get stuck into Old Irish for the first time, I would really recommend this book:
A Student's Companion to Old Irish Grammar by Ranke de Vries
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... h+de+vriesCompanion is the right word for it, for if anyone has ever tried to navigate the Old Irish verbal system you'll know what I mean.
There are a few issues here and there, but the book is brilliant at giving you an introduction to particular facets of grammar, so that your better able to tackle the more authoritative Grammars such as Thurneysen's
Grammar or Bergin's
Old Irish Paradigms.
The book is really accessible for those who aren't big into linguistic jargon, and its written in a sort of 'Old Irish for Dummies' style which can be amusing and tends to keep you sane.
Cian
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I'm familiar with Munster Irish/ Gaolainn na Mumhan (GM) and the Official Standard/an Caighdeán Oifigiúil (CO)