We received the following message today from Peter Stranney at LearnIrish.com . Peter studied Irish at postgraduate level in Aberystwyth University in Wales and is now spearheading a campaign to make vital online resources available to Irish language learners. We strongly urge all our members and supporters to circulate the indiegogo appeal ( linked below ) to anyone they know who is interested in preserving the Irish language. The campaign is looking for future students and subscribers and the rates are very reasonable. We at AmeriCymru would like to take this opportunity to wish LearnIrish.com every success with their fundraising campaign.

The Irish language is recognised as being one of the oldest written languages in the world but is classified by Unesco as being 'definitely endangered'. On average, a language dies every fortnight and it's predicted that half of the world's 7000 languages will die out within the next 100 years. LearnIrish.com aims to help make the Irish language and learning resources accessible to more people around the world.

If funded, LearnIrish.com hopes to deliver a comprehensive Irish language course complete with games and quizzes to monitor progress. They've set a goal of $7000, with two days into the campaign they've almost reached 20% of their target but need as much support as possible to make it to the end.

Funding options start at just $8 for 12 months' access. The develeper, Peter Stranney, has been learning Irish for over 7 years and recognises the difficulty faced by people who want to further their knowledge of the language. He studied Irish at postgraduate level in Aberystwyth and lived in the Welsh speaking village of P ontrhydfendigaid. He has a love of the Welsh language and culture and was inspired by seeing how strong the Welsh language was - his team mates would have to translate the half time talks when he played for P ontrhydfendigaid FC!

Peter aims to develop an online course which is easy to use and with a clear route for progression. He has native Irish speakers ready to help with the development of the course but just needs the funding to make it possible. He'll face an uphill struggle raising the money with just 23 days to go and another battle to deliver the course but he's no stranger to hard work.

Check out the campaign on indiegogo and help support this very worthy cause