This resource for learners sounds really good.

http://nuachtlitreacha.ranganna.com/New ... 23&lang=en

The Irish language organisation COGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta) recently launched a new iTunes U channel which contains a collection of audio and visual material that will be a very useful resource for Irish speakers, and for primary school teachers in particular.

The material on iTunes U COGG was chosen carefully from the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Archive and from the National University of Ireland, Galway Archive, agus there is a particular emphasis on helping users acquire useful idiomatic phrases. Although the channel is aimed primarily at pupils in classes 5 and 6 in Gaeltacht and all-Irish schools, the material will also be useful for learners of Irish at other levels. The resources available on the channel include songs, poems, stories and history items, and the main dialects of Irish can be heard.

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Another cool technological thing I've recently discovered: Learn Irish (a project of Oideas Gael) has released an app of Irish conversations spoken by native Ulster Irish speakers that you can download and listen to on either iPod or Android:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/enjoy-irish ... EnjoyIrish

I downloaded it so I could try it out and maybe show it to some learners I know locally. It's really cool!

Redwolf

Yes, 'tis. Here's a sample:

http://www.enjoyirish.ie/Sampla.html#acnhor

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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).

Do people really say "cad é is ainm duit?" somewhere? Looks like the Munster expression "cad is ainm duit" with "cad é" added in order to make it look Ulster... but as far as I know, "what's your name" is "c'ainm atá ort" in Ulster...

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

Ah, yes, I remember "Now You're Talking" had "c'ainm atá ort?".

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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).

I've heard both from native speakers, both at our DSG here and in Donegal. I suspect that, like many things with a living language, various forms are making their way into all of the Gaeltachtaí.

BTW, the developer of the program is a native speaker, as are the speakers hired to do the recordings, as is the director of the organization that is promoting it. So I'm quite comfortable with their offerings.

Redwolf

"cad é is ainm duit?" -
It wouldn't be my way of saying it, but I can't say it's wrong either as I'm not familiar with the dialect.

"Cad é" , isn't that the same as "Goide" in Donegal??


There is more than one way to something right, even within a dialect.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Yes...it's often spelled that way as well, though modern books tend to standardize it to "cad é."

Redwolf

I think the variations I've come across in the North are C'ainm atá ort? and Cad é an t-ainm atá ort?.

Cad is ainm duit? is pretty much a Munsterism that gets taught in schools.

That doesn't mean Cad é is ainm duit? doesn't exist but it does feel a bit contrived by comparison.

Perhaps it's another case of the standard encroaching, especially if it certain phrases are required by the Department of Education.

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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).

The latter of those morphed in Scottish Gaelic into Dè an t-ainm a th'ort?

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.