About these e-books

e-Books are made from a set of digital images of each page of a book, which are then combined into a PDF (Portable Document Format) file, which can be read on and printed from any computer/platform, using Adobe's free "Acrobat Reader" program, available at Adobe.com.

The following e-books and any subsequently added books are written entirely in Irish or are about the Irish language. Preference has been given to pre-1950 "old script" Irish texts. If you have an old Irish book which you would like to scan and have made into an e-book, please contact us for instructions regarding scanning, resolution, file formats, etc., and also to make sure the same book isn't already being worked on.

Are you unfamiliar with "old script" Irish"? Click here for a PDF sheet showing old-script letters and their modern counterparts, as well as a brief overview of the common problems people encounter when first reading Irish in the older typeface. (Thanks to Christie Wescott for this informative download!)

Files listed below which have in their filename "RevA" are "rough" scans which are still in need of "cleaning up". In many cases the fadas and séimhiús seem to "connect" to their letter, and occasionally the lighter bits in some letters do not connect. Such flaws will later be corrected and a "RevB" file will be uploaded.

All of these books are long out of copyright, so feel free to download and distribute widely. We ask that you leave the filenames intact as you redistribute them, as the "RevA" and "RevB" can continue to indicate to the recipient whether they have the "cleaned up" version or the first rough release.

IMPORTANT: If you customarily use your internet browser to view PDF files, allow these documents enough time to "load". They range in size from 1 MB to 6 MB each. You may also simply download them to your hard drive -- use your right mouse button (Windows) or hold down your mouse button (Mac) over the filename you wish to download. Then select "Download Link to Disk" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link Target As" (Netscape) and choose the directory on your hard drive where you wish to save the downloaded file.

Problems? Questions? Contact us for assistance.

About this project

A handful of people have decided to begin sharing their out-of-print personal collections of books in Irish and books about the Irish language with interested Gaeilgeoirí worldwide. This is an "as-time-permits" project for most of us, and we therefore ask for your patience as our "library" grows.

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Second Irish Book
by The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language
SecondIrishBook-RevA.pdf
Part two of this very popular series from the late 1800s. (Books 1 & 3 on the way!)
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Íosagán
by Patrick Pearse
Iosagan-RevA.pdf
From the library of "Cara na Teanga".
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Dublin Penny Journal
29 November 1836
DublinPennyJournal1834RevA.pdf
Note especially on the 3rd page the article called "On the best books for attaining a correct knowledge of the Irish language"
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Irish Phrasebook Manuscript
by R.A.S. Macalister
MacalisterManuscriptRevA.pdf
This does not appear to have ever been published. It was intended for the advanced level classes of the London branch of Conradh na Gaeilge.