That does look pretty good, Redwolf.

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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).

So far, looking through it, I'm very impressed. It comes with audio CDs, and can be used on its own or with Gaelchultúr's on-line course.

Éamonn's a great teacher...he really has a good handle on how adults learn.

Redwolf

There appears to be an online version of Gaeilge gan Stró with sample lessons available free for trial at:

http://www.ranganna.com/

The sound files contain a range of native speakers from all three major dialects (though it doesn't point out which is which) and only a very small ratio of second-language speakers.

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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).

Some more good materials including native sound files at different levels:

http://www.teg.ie/gaeilge/teagasc.htm

Thanks to Saoirse and Mick for bringing teg to our attention.

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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).

What is "the Irish of Cois Fharraige"? According to Wikipedia, it's a festival?
I'm looking for a very basic beginner's book with CDs and I found Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail and wondered what dialect it favors.

Cois Fharraige is just a sub-dialect of the Connacht dialect of Irish, and it is the dialect used in Mícheál Ó Siadhail's Learning Irish. His book isnt very basic though, i'd only reccomend it if you studied Irish in school or have a year or two under your belt.

Have you an iphone? You can download Buntús Cainte which will get you saying the basics in no time

I don't have an iPhone, but I found this on Amazon. Is this it?
http://www.amazon.com/Buntus-Cainte-Cei ... EXYZTS5BKR

Yeah thats it although it looks like the book comes in more than one part though I assume its more or less the same layout.

The audio n text also may work on other phones check it out, app may be cheaper than the books http://talkirish.com/mp3-irish-course/

There are three books in the Buntús Cainte series. It goes through in easy steps to a very high level.

The pronunciation quality is also very good, i.e., they used native speakers with traditional Irish sounds (no pseudo-Irish anglicized accents in sight).

The downside is that there's not much explanation of grammar - but we can remedy that by providing backup here.

PS: Don't be afraid of Learning Irish, though, we can help you through that as well. Cois Fhairrge is the seaboard west of Galway and especially the part around Carraroe. It is the biggest of the remaining Gaeltacht areas.

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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).