This basic primer of the Irish language was privately printed, and sponsored in part by the American Irish Association of Westchester. It was used, along with the accompanying tapes, as the textbook for the classes I took with the Tara Circle, a local Irish-American cultural organization.

It is focused on learning basic conversational skills, and is organized in a fairly standard format. There are 40 lessons, or "Ceacht," each of which contains a short grammatical lesson, a list of vocabulary (focloir), and translation exercises. I recall thinking that it was a very effective teaching tool, although I have since moved on to Mícheál Ó Siadhail's Learning Irish.

As a side note, my teacher used the Ulster dialect in teaching our class, and I am fairly certain that the audio cassettes use the same. ( )