Irish · Gaeilge

Read your first book in Irish.

Short stories in Irish that stay inside the words you know, with the meaning of any word a tap away and audio to read along to.

A1–C1
Five reading levels
5 min
Chapters
250
Words to start
Why Irish, why reading

The shortest path to reading Irish.

Vocabulary drills only take you so far. To learn to read Irish you have to read Irish, and that's where most learners stall. Native books are a wall. Children's books are written for children. Graded readers are dull.

ReadBilingual gives you short Irishstories pitched at your level, set from the words you've learned or from a one-minute placement quiz. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence. Press play to hear the story read aloud.

A reading level for every Irish learner

A1

Just starting

About 250 core words. One or two characters, a single place, simple actions.

A2

Comfortable

About 800 core words. Multi-chapter stories with a small cast.

B1

Conversational

About 2,000 core words. Dialogue and subplots. Full short stories.

B2

Independent

About 4,000 core words. Idiom and regional voice. Novellas of 8 to 12 chapters.

C1

Advanced

Fiction at native level, curated.

The classics

At C1 the rest of Irish literature opens up. We'll point you at where to start.

Start reading Irish today.

Coming soon to iOS and Android. Your first story will be five minutes away.

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