Post Beginners’ Irish Language (12 Week Course) Autumn 2025 with Nollaig Doughan
August 1, 2025
Ag Tosnú 18ú Mean Fómhair @ 6:00 i.n. - 07:30 i.n. agus ag leanúint ar aghaidh gach Déardaoin go dtí am Nollag.
Course commences on Thursday 18 September 2025.
12 x classes every Thursday evening. Classes will be classroom based, in-person (except for the occasional class on Zoom when circumstances make it difficult for the class to meet in-person, such as adverse weather)
Please note that due to other events, there will not be a classroom based in-person class on Thursday 16 th and 23 rd October 2025. The teacher will discuss alternative arrangements during the course with students (which may include taking a break, changing to another evening, or proceeding on Zoom) and will take on board student preferences.
Post Beginners
Oiriúnacht (Suitability)
Anybody who has completed a comprehensive Beginners’ Course (of around six months) or anybody with a previous knowledge (e.g. having learned Irish at school) and who is returning after a break.
Fáinne Airgid
The group will prepare for this, with the option to do the exam late Spring / early Summer 2026. For those students who do not wish to do the exam, they will still benefit greatly from the preparation work. We will integrate the prep work into the normal classes for everybody, with a greater emphasis on the Fáinne Airgid during the Spring course
commencing in 2026. The teacher will discuss and explain this in more detail to the class in September 2025.
Leabhair (Books)
Must Have - Irish for Beginners (Usborne) agus Briathra na Gaeilge - Regular and Irregular Verbs (Folens)
Nice to Have - Buntús Cainte Part 1.
Registering for this course:
Please see a member of staff in the office, or contact by email: cis@covirishsoc.org.uk or telephone 024
7625 6629 to complete registration.
Registration closes 11 September 2025.
Total Course Fee £80 per student for members of the Coventry Irish Society / £85 per student for non-members.
The course fee is for a course consisting of 12x classes and is payable in advance to the Coventry Irish Society by 11 December 2025.
Entry on to the course is only permitted once payment has been made in full. If there are any difficulties with paying the full fee in advance, then please discuss with a member of staff before registration closes on 11 September.
The course fee is non-refundable.
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