Irish-English/English-Irish Practical Dictionary | 
 enlarge | Author: Ciaran O'pronntaigh
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 554475
Media: Paperback
Pages: 251
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0781807778
Dewey Decimal Number: 491
EAN: 9780781807777
ASIN: 0781807778
Publication Date: June 2001
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Product Description
This long-anticipated addition to Hippocrene's Irish library is the ideal concise reference for both Irish and English speakers. The two-way dictionary contains over 20,000 total entries; a basic introduction to the use of Irish is also included. This contemporary reference book is suitable for all levels, but is especially designed for travelers and tourists, and for anyone with an interest in Ireland and the Irish language.
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 good for starters October 10, 2008
Kathleen Mccahill (san jose)
This is a basic - very basic - Irish-English dictionary.
A good starting point, but not as thorough as I would have liked it to be.
 Good basic dictionary July 2, 2008
R. Hembree (Lone Wolf, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It isn't always easy to find a really good Irish dictionary, but this one comes closest to what I was looking for. It has a pretty good number of entries for a small book. It is a good reference for anyone who would like to learn Irish Gaelic.
A Small Wonder is a Grand Thing December 19, 2007
Draoi (New York USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A mysterious sort of book; it kept dissapearing and seems to be possessed by a mischevious spirit from the Emerald Isle herself. Small enough, about 4" X 3" it is portable enough for the pocket traveller pressed for space whilst hiking through damp and desolate glens. I had difficulty turning the stiff pages; normally I like a good 'flick' factor in a volume whose main purpose is immediate and essential information... but I cant remember whether my incapacity to turn the pages was the fault of my drunkeness, the lack of clear daylight or the rough-looking country gentleman trying to pummel my face in with a 8lb monkey wrench.
Nothing satisfies my soul more than an evening of etymological browsing, making curious connections and developing an enlightened repetoire of strange words with which I can impress friends, foes and family... and this dictionary is convenient enough if you actually happen to be learning Irish Gaelic. And remember the Irish Saying: "Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam" (The country without a tongue is a land without a soul!).
Go mBeid gra is sonas i ndan duit (may peace and happiness be your destiny).
David
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