An tua le titim ar iriseoireacht scríofa na Gaeilge
Márta 10, 2014
Ag cruinniú den Bhord Fhoras na Gaeilge ar an 28 Feabhra 2014, ar mholadh ón gCoiste Nauachtán agus Irisí, glacadh an cinneadh deireadh a chur leis an maoiniú reatha do na hirisí Feasta, An tUltach, agus NósMag agus leis na láithreáin ghréasáin Gaelport.com, Beo.ie agus Saol.ie.
Tiocfaidh deireadh le maoiniú na n-irisí agus na láithreáin ghréasáin seo ar 30 Meitheamh 2014, agus níl aon nod tugtha ag Foras na Gaeilge an mbeidh aon tseirbhís eile le teacht ina n-áit, nó an mbeidh aon scéim mhaoinithe eile á chur ar fáil ionas go mbeidh deis ag na seirbhísí leanúint ar aghaidh faoi mhúnla maoinithe eile.
Tháinig an scéal seo aniar aduaidh orthu siúd a chuireann na seirbhísí seo ar fáil, agus is trí ghlaoch teileafóin tráthnóna Dé Máirt seo caite a cuireadh an scéal in iúl dóibh. Níl scríofa go fóill ag Foras na Gaeilge chuig gach dream chun an scéal oifigiúil a chur in iúl.
Ní fios an cinneadh é seo a rinneadh go tobann, nó ar phlé an Bord an féidearthacht seo go rialta roimhe seo, ó tharla nach bhfuil miontuairiscí ó chruinnithe an Fhorais curtha in airde ar a suíomh acu le seacht mí.
Tá roinnt de na seirbhísí seo iontach rathúil faoi láthair. Faigheann an suíomh seo, Gaelport.com, breis agus 1,000,000 amas sa bhliain, agus tá 7,000 síntiúsóir cláraithe dá ríomhirisí, agus is iomaí duais agus gradaim atá bainte amach ag Gaelport le blianta.
Is iad Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge a riarann príomhshuíomh eolais na Gaeilge, Gaelport.com. Dúirt Kevin De Barra, Stiúrthóir na Comhdhála: “Nuair a fógraíodh i mí Eanáir go mbeadh Foras na Gaeilge ag cur deireadh le maoiniú na Comhdhála, thuigeamar go mbeadh orainn ár bhfoireann a ligean chun siúl. Bhíomar den tuairim go mbeadh an deis againn na tionscadail atá faoinár gcúram, ar nós Gaelport.com, a thabhairt ar lámh do dhream éigin eile ionas go leanfadh an tseirbhís don phobal, ach faraor, leis an bhfógra is déanaí seo, tá sé doiléir an mbeadh sé sin inghlactha fiú. Cuireann sé an-bhuairt orm go bhfuil gach suíomh agus gach iris Ghaeilge i mbaol anois, agus nach bhfuil aon eolas tugtha faoi cén straitéis nó cén phlean atá ann do thodhchaí na hiriseoireachta scríofa”.
I ráiteas atá eisithe ag Eagarthóir na hirise Feasta, Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa, deir sé: “Caithfear a bheith imníoch faoi thodhchaí na hirise, mar níl sé indéanta iris liteartha nó staire cosúil le Feasta a reáchtáil ar bhonn gnó i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla. Níl brabús le déanamh ar ghearrscéalta, filíocht agus léirmheasanna leabhar a chur i gcló, dá riachtanaí seirbhís dá leithéid. Is gá deontas”.
I mí Feabhra 2013, cuireadh deireadh le maoiniú an nuachtáin Gaelscéal, nuair a chinn Bord Fhoras na Gaeilge nach raibh dóthain díolaíochta ag an nuachtán chun luach ar airgead a sholáthar. I mí na Nollag 2013, d’fhógair Foras na Gaeilge scéim nua chun maoiniú a chur ar fáil do nuachtán seachtainiúil Gaeilge ar líne. Níl toradh na scéime sin fógartha go fóill, agus san idirthréimhse tá breis agus bliain caite ó bhí nuachtán Gaeilge ar fáil do phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta.
Gaelport.com
Lá Dearg i mBéal Feirste
Márta 10, 2014
Tá na socruithe tosaithe ar An Lá Dearg, an mórshiúl a bheidh ar siúl i mBéal Feirste Dé Sathairn, 12 Aibreán 2014 ag 14.00. Tá an bhileog eolais agus an póstaer thíos, maraon le híomhá le cur ar Facebook agus treoir maidir le plé le masla ar líne. Is féidir ordaithe do na hábhair seo a chur chuig ladearg@gmail.com.
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Treoir – Ag Plé Le Masla Ar An Idirlíon
Cliceáil ar an íomhá thuas le leagan níos mó de a fháil.
Galf le Gaeilge
Márta 10, 2014
Tá comórtas Galf le Gaeilge ar siúl ag Áras Chrónáin i gCluain Dolcáin Dé Sathairn 15ú Márta do Sheachtain na Gaeilge.
Tá fáilte roimh dhaoine aonair nó foirne de thriúr páirt a ghlacadh ann.
Seo na sonraí,
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Blitz Tras-Tíre na nGaelscoileanna 2014
Márta 10, 2014
Agus an ghrian ag lonradh Déardaoin seo chaite – Feabhra 27ú 2014, bhailigh na foirne le chéile i nDroichead na hInse ar son Gaelscoil Inse Chór, Gaelscoil Cholmchille, Scoil Mológa, Gaelscoil Lios na n-Óg, Gaelscoil Naomh Pádraig agus Gaelscoil na Camóige.
Bhí ceithre rás againn le cailíní shóisireacha (400m), cailíní shinsireacha (600m), buachaillí Shóisireacha (500m) agus buachaillí shinsireacha (800m) ag rith diaidh ar ndiaidh. Le brieis is 120 lúthchleasaí ag glacadh páirt agus lucht tacaíochta sách-mhór ó na scoileanna uile bhí atmaisféar den scoth sa pháirc. Bhí boinn, teastais agus soláistí sa halla ina dhiaidh againn.
Is ceiliúradh iontach a bhí againn don lúthchleasaíocht agus don Ghaeilge le teastas tuillte ag gach duine a rith.
Irish language under threat
Márta 10, 2014
Sir, – As happens every year or so, the proxy debate over the Irish language rages between those who are “for” it and those “against” it.
I say proxy, because the debate is ostensibly between different theories or value judgments about culture or about one sentiment or another in the letter writers. But only ostensibly. The real issue is not about those different judgments or sentiments of one person or another. It is about the degree to which the judgments and sentiments of one group in society is imposed on another group through the exercise of State power in the education system. The whole debate could disappear by the simple action of making Irish a subject of choice in the Leaving Certificate. Then each contesting group could follow their own judgment and sentiment without having to persuade any other group of their infallibility and without having to take exceptional measures to impose their will on others. – Yours, etc,
DONAL FLYNN
Breffni Terrace,
Sandycove, Co Dublin.
A chara, – While Jason Fitzharris (March 5th) may be correct as to the proportion of census forms filled out in Irish, we must ask why the figure is so low. One valid reason is that the choice is not presented to the participant on the spot, suggesting that they are not available. I had to specially request my form. More hassle to me and to the collectors. If, as in Canada, we had an “active offer” of either language giving citizens a real choice, there would be higher uptake. – Is mise,
MAITIÚ de HÁL,
Páirc na Canálach Ríoga,
Baile an Ásaigh,
Baile Átha Cliath 15.
www.irishtimes.com
Irish was path to a job for life
Márta 10, 2014
Madam — I fully agree with the view expressed by Declan Lynch ‘A monument to our national failure’, ( Sunday Independent, March 2, 2014).
No doubt, there were Gaelgoirs who made a career out of being proficient in Irish as it ensured they had a job for life. In the early years of the State’s birth, this was important as the only alternative was the emigrant ship. There was a man I dealt with regularly over the years in business. In many conversations during our working relationship, he told me he was an enthusiastic Irish speaker as a young man in the early years of the new Irish State.
He, like many of his colleagues at that time, went to Irish classes to perfect their native tongue. Years later he met one of his former classmates in town. He greeted him warmly and addressed him by his English name. His former friend told him that he had changed his name years earlier and was now known only by his Irish name. And the cynical reason was that he realised early on in his career that if he became a fully fledged Gaelgoir, he would never be out of a job!
Those who were not cute enough to see the career opportunity took the boat to England. Would it not have been better to teach them good English rather than be seen as the thick Irish when they looked for jobs over there?
Brendan M Redmond,
Terenure,
Dublin 6w
www.independent.ie
Language shapes our very thoughts
Márta 10, 2014
Madam — Declan Lynch ( Sunday Independent, March 2, 2014), misses the point.
Language matters. It forms our thoughts and shapes our lives. The Irish language, because of exclusion from public life, has gone from being the majority language in the early 1800s to being a minority language today. This was the greatest social change in Irish history. Imagine had England been conquered and its language replaced by Spanish, French or German. Imagine an English population unable to read Shakespeare except in translation and cut off from their own history. Imagine the effect this would have on the psyche, confidence and sense of self. Now consider Ireland: an Anglophone State where officialdom uses Irish as an ornament, if even that.
Our English-only mentality costs us export markets and jobs. Our negativity toward speaking Irish saps morale. We need to open our minds to the wider world. Rejection of Irish, no matter how it is presented by Declan, is profoundly negative and shameful, rejecting as it does normal curiosity as to the meaning of place names, common surnames and historical sources. America and Australia are offshoots of English culture. We are not. Americans promoting English is an affirmation of self. The Danes learnt English without abandoning Danish and have a stronger economy than we have. Small open economies with educated multilingual confident populations do well.
It’s high time to stop being in awe of the Dutch or Finnish multilingual and become Irish multilinguals. Speaking Irish makes Ireland sound and feel like a regular European country. It is the recovery of our intellectual and cultural sovereignty and contributes to an inclusive Irish identity beyond colour or creed.
Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, BL,
An Leabharlann Dlí,
Baile Átha Cliath 7
www.independent.ie
Cluiche Ríomhaire nua – An Aimsir Óg ar PC CD-ROM
Márta 10, 2014
Seas le Marine agus a cairde i gcoinne an Tiarna Dragan!
Cluiche rólimirte straitéiseach é seo, an chéad ceann riamh sa Ghaeilge.
Aldorlea studios sa bhFrainc a dhear an cluiche. Lightnight Strike Comics (Baile Átha Cliath) a mhaisigh an leabhrán. Biddy Jenkinson a chuir Gaeilge ar an gcluiche.
Tá ealaín, ceol, scéalaíocht agus dearadh cluichíochta d’ardchaighdeán san Aimsir Óg. Is féidir ‘éasca’ nó ‘éasca peasca’ a roghnú ón gclár agus beidh treoir agus cúnamh le fáil ón té nár imir cluiche mar seo cheana. An té a roghnaíonn ‘gnáthleibhéal’ nó ‘deacair’ beidh fíor dhúshlán roimis agus réimse breise de roghanna agus d’eachtraí.
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Is féidir ‘An Aimsir Óg’ , Cuid a h-Aon a cheannach sa Siopa Leabhar, 6 Sr. Fhearchair, B.ÁC 2 nó is féidir é a cheannach ar an idirlíon ó www.cleclic.com
Féile Aisteoireachta Choirm Gael Linn
Márta 10, 2014
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Cúrsaí Ullmhúcháin Gaeilge don Bhéaltriail – Gael Linn
Márta 10, 2014
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