Hello from Read Irish

Most people who learn Irish get plenty of grammar and very little to read. The books that exist are either written for native speakers or for children, and neither is much fun when you are an adult at A2 and want a real story.

Read Irish is our answer. We take books that are out of copyright, translate them into clear Irish, and grade each one to a level you can name: A1, A2, B1. You read in the app one sentence at a time. The Irish stays on the page. When a sentence stops you, one tap shows the English, and another tap hides it again.

The first book

The first title is Dracula, graded at A2/B1. It is about twenty-five thousand words, which is long enough to feel like a book and short enough to finish. It has a full narrated audiobook, read by a native speaker, so you can listen along sentence by sentence.

What is next

More books, more levels, and a way for teachers to set reading for a class. If you teach, have a look at the schools page. If you want to know when new books land, this blog has an RSS feed.