Teach Yourself Irish Complete Course

The only pronunciation guide is in the first chapter, you must memorize all those crazy rules to proceed, unless you buy the audio CD. But I am hard of hearing so that's no help in reading anything.

Irish belongs to the Celtic language family, the most western of the Indo-European language groups. It is of interest to linguists since it may preserve features of the original Indo-European proto-language. The family has two branches, the first composed of Gaelic and Manx, which are very similar to each other, and the other branch, composed of Welsh, Breton, and Cornish, but they are too different to be mutually intelligible... Read Full Review

From what I have seen, this is the best all around course on Irish language there is. I bought it awhile ago and was impressed with its comprehensive compilation. Remember, study everyday for a short period, Irish is hard to learn and easy to forget so it takes constant study.A warning to the learner, Irish has a number of dialects, some of them are mutually unintelligable such as the Ulster and Connacht dialects. Don't be... Read Full Review

After researching Irish language courses at my local libraries and on-line, I selected the following two textbooks for my own study of this language. The two books are Teach Yourself Irish by Diarmuid O Se (1993 edition) and Learning Irish by Micheal O. Siadhail (1995 edition). Before reviewing each one, let me first warn those wishing to learn the rudiments of this language that you may find Irish grammar, spelling, and pronunciation... Read Full Review

The grammar is explained very clearly, and the companion tape is to explain how Irish is to pronounce. The Irish used in that course is very up to date; I think it's the best course of Irish, provided, of course, that you aren't an absolute beginner.