Greetings:

I am interested in learning some Gaelic and I'm wondering if there are any local resources for this. I am using online resources, which are helpful. But there's nothing like interacting with others when learning a language. Also, I am not familiar with the orthography of Gaelic, the matching of letters to specific sounds. It looks quite different from standard English, but I haven't found a good guide to how to read it.

I am specifically interested in Manx Gaelic because of my own ancestry from the Isle of Mann (Ellan Vannin). But any help in Gaelic in general would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim