example sentences
The following examples were prepared by the historical linguist Myles Dillon and are organised according to his lessons. His lessons generally followed a grammatical theme and his selection of words seems to have generally been based on the novel Séadna by Peadar Ua Laoghaire. While he is quite exact that these sentences are intended to be examples not conversation pieces, as the lessons get more advanced, the sentences tend to be more conversational and focused on rural and village life in the Gaeltacht at the time when he was writing. Audio by native speakers has been included where available. If you hover your mouse over the red arrow you can hear the item spoken. The voice recordings are read by the folklorist, Donncha Ó Cróinín from Baile Bhuirne, Co. Cork and by the Irish actress Gobnait Ní Shúilleabháin. The voice recordings were originally published by Gael-Linn Records. You can use these sentences to practice the vocabulary in context and get a sense of the syntax of how words are used together.
