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Bitesize Irish
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Bitesize Irish is a podcast and platform for learning Irish.
From the website: "Our free resources include the popular 1-Week Challenge, plus our Gaeilge Gach Lá Newsletter (8,000 subscribers), YouTube channel, Instagram page, Facebook page, and podcast."
The podcast covers a wide range of topics including grammar, discussions about current or upcoming holidays, guest interviews, and more. There is typically a lot of English spoken, and the Irish used is broken down for learners.
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Watch out
Some of the podcast hosts and guests are second language learners. They might use incorrect pronunciation or grammar.
Gaeilge Weekly
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Gaeilge Weekly is a podcast, which is part of a wider set of courses and resources for Irish created by Learn Irish Online.
The Gaeilge Weekly podcast has a single host (a native speaker from Galway) who talks about diverse topics including his travels, sport, music, current news, and more.
Uniquely, the Gaeilge Weekly podcast is produced in three versions:
Fluent Irish
Irish with English
Simple Irish with English
This provides a great opportunity for learners to hear the same story with various levels of English help.
Example podcast in simple Irish with English help.
Nuacht Mall
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Nuacht Mall (Slow News) is a short weekly podcast that features current news events read in slow, clear Irish. The accent of the speaker is listed with the title, so you can practice hearing different Irish accents.
Raidió Fáilte
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Raidió Fáilte (Welcome Radio) is an Irish-language community radio station, broadcasting from Belfast, in Northern Ireland.
The station can be heard on 107.1 FM in the Belfast area, and online through a live stream on the station's website. It is broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Raidió na Gaeltachta
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RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (Radio of the Gaeltacht), is an Irish language radio station. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the internet. The station's main-headquarters are in Casla, County Galway with major studios also in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal and Ballydavid, County Kerry.
Raidió na Life
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Raidió na Life (Liffey Radio) is an independent Irish-language radio station broadcasting in County Dublin, Ireland. In addition to being transmitted on FM, the station's output is available worldwide via the internet.