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Éanna
Gaelic (Irish)
Native
Chinese (Mandarin)
German

From Ireland

Living in Berlin, Germany

Certified Teacher who specialises in helping beginners through stories! Hi! I’m Eanna, an Irish teacher from Ireland. Dia duit! Fáilte romhat! 🍀 I’ve been teaching Irish and English for over 15 years combined, and I’m passionate about helping people not just learn Irish, but actually use it. I’m a big proponent of the TPRS method — Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. In my lessons, we learn Irish through interesting stories, questions, conversations, and lots of understandable Irish. You’ll hear the language again and again, in context, so that you can gradually start understanding it and using it naturally yourself. I know how effective this approach can be because I’ve used TPRS myself to learn Chinese, and I loved it! As both a language learner and a teacher, I really appreciate being able to engage with interesting topics at my level rather than spending lessons making awkward small talk or simply working through grammar exercises. I specialise in helping students who get very little opportunity to use Irish in their daily lives and who understand more Irish than they feel able to produce. My goal is to give you a relaxed environment where you can hear, understand, and use Irish regularly, without worrying about getting everything perfect. Whether you’re a complete beginner, reconnecting with Irish, or already have some Irish but want to become more confident speaking, I’ll adapt our lessons to your level and goals.
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Trial Lesson
151 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Speak Irish
A1-A2
Language Essentials
379 lessons completed
USD 30.00
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5.0
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Student Keith
Keith
21 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Éanna is fun to talk with, the classes are fun too because of how chill & professional he is. A bonus for him is when I'm walking, on a bus/luas/train he'll continue to go along with the class, even if it's likely there could be some small distractions e.g traffic & loud crowds. Best teacher I've ever had Go raibh maith agat
Student Kyli
Kyli
19 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Eanna is a very good teacher and I can testify because I've been a teacher for a very long time. I wanted to focus on conversation and he has a creative and highly effective way to teach conversational Irish. He taught me simple sentences. For example: Snamhann Adam [Adam does swim] and Nil snamhann Adam [ Adam doesn't swim]. I listened to the teacher say the words and I imitated his mouth movements so I could pronounce it correctly. I also typed each sentence in a Google doc but I typed it phonetically rather than how it is spelled. Eanna's slow pronunciation and my imitation of his speech as well as phonetic typing/writing ingrained the simple sentences in my mind. Eanna is friendly, relaxed, and patient. Patience is a virtue that a good teacher should have and he has it. You should take Irish lessons from him.
Felicitas Ilg
72 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
It was a good lesson. Eanna is very helpful with pronaunciation and grammar
Student Matt Hutton
Matt Hutton
15 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Éanna is very polite and takes time explaining information thoroughly. I appreciated that he asked me questions and gave me time to answer the best I could and gave great feedback. I will continue to take lessons with Éanna.
Felicitas Ilg
72 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
very good lesson. Eanna is kind and helpful when you struggle a little bit
Marianne Kennedy
1 Gaelic (Irish) lesson
A great first lesson, really fun and encouraging and I learned a lot!