I'm trying to work on my Irish language skills. (I'm an American.) And I was wondering if there were any organizations that allowed students to travel to Ireland and live with a family in an Irish-speaking community. Thanks.
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I'm sure there are. You could find the address of a school in, say, Dingle, and send a letter to the school principal, asking if you could board with an family that speaks Irish at home. The best way to getting the contact details of a school anywhere is to use the telephone directory: www.goldenpages.ie. Good luck!
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The best thing to do is go the the "Gaeltacht". Here you can study the Irish language. Just Google it, or go to education.ie and you'll find a list of areas. The college will set you up with a family, or "Bean an Ti" to live with.
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Tá Gaeilge go h-iontach againn! Now M.D. you can always come live with our family in Ballydung. It's just meself and the brother but we're a proper family right enough. Just one or two stipulations - you must be a female of course, and over the age of 18. PS Just to make sure, you're not Michael D Higgins by any chance? Cos if ya are you can go find another family to spout your 'poetry' to! Sher you're only trottin after William Topaz McGonagall
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There's a month-long summer program through NUI Galway that's quite good. They place you (and several other students) with a local Gaeltacht family and you attend formal classes each day. The website is here: http://www.nuigalway.ie/international_summer_school/irish_language.html
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