Oideas Gael
January 21, 2013
The Oideas Gael 2013 range of courses is on our new website at www.oideasgael.ie. Adult Irish Courses at all levels, Cultural Activity Holidays and courses for teachers.
Ranganna Gaeilge i nDún Uladh, An Ómaigh
January 21, 2013
Irish Language Classes in London Irish Centre
January 21, 2013
Irish Language classes will take place in London Irish Centre based in Camden Town.
Various levels of classes will be provided from complete beginners to more advanced.
- Beginners
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Classes will commence in February 2013 with the price of £80 for 8 classes.
Venue:
The London Irish Centre
50-52 Camden Sq
London NW1 9XB
Tel: 0207 916 2222
For further details regarding events visit: www.londonirishcentre.org or e-mail gaeilge@londonirishcentre.org.
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Gaelscoil vying to secure playground equipment through a Facebook competition
January 18, 2013
A few months ago, Gaelscoil Dara, Renmore, entered a Facebook competition run by the English company Wicksteed Playscapes, to win playground equipment to the value of £25,000.
After diligent efforts were made by parents of the students to share the link and encourage their online friends to vote for Gaelscoil Dara, 1,737 votes were secured which allows the school to progress to the next stage of the contest for which 10 schools have been shortlisted.
A panel of adjudicators will visit the schools later in the month to determine which is the one most deserving of the prize. Parents, teachers, and the student body will team up to prove their determination to win. The children must exhibit their passion through artistic media, why they believe their school should be selected to win.
Out of the 120 schools which entered from Ireland and the UK, Gaelscoil Dara earned one of the highest numbers of votes. After a 27 year wait, Gaelscoil Dara received funding to build a permanent, new, premises, which can be seen from the Dublin Road, opposite GMIT, including a playground, but nfortunately the funds ran out before its completion. Instead, you have an empty, fenced off, spacious play area void of playing equipment and full of the school’s wheelie bins.
The children would love to see the building completed with the equipment in the empty playground as there is no other playground within walking distance in the community. It would be especially advantageous to the children with special needs attending the school and those who still visit from Rosedale School beside where Gaelscoil Dara once used to be.
Michelle Kirby, school secretary of Gaelscoil Dara, and instigator of the school’s application to the competition, thanks all the people of Galway and their Facebook friends, who took time to vote for the very deserving potential winner.
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Gaelscoil nua do Chill Dara
January 17, 2013
Cúrsa Scannánaíochta do dhaltaí Iarbhunscoile
January 17, 2013
Cúrsa Cumarsáide do dhaltaí Idirbhliana
January 17, 2013
Cúrsa Ullmhúcháin don Bhéaltriail Ardteiste le Gael Linn
January 17, 2013
Find an Irish class to suit you with Gaelport.com
January 15, 2013
Have you made it your New Year’s Resolution to learn Irish or to brush up on your grammar?
There are Irish classes running all over the country at different levels from beginners to fluent speakers wishing to brush up on their written skills.
There are many options in Dublin for venues and levels. Gaelchultúr, Gael Linn and Conradh na Gaeilge provide weekly classes in the city centre and Áras Chrónáin provide weekly spoken classes in Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
Conradh na Gaeilge’s classes are not only limited to Dublin city, courses are available in Galway City, Mayo, Kildare, Limerick , Clare and even in Liverpool, UK, all starting between 22 and 24 January. Gaelchultúr’s classes are also spread across the country.
As well as running classes for adults, Conradh na Gaeilge also run a preparation course for the Leaving Cert Oral Exam. The course gives guidance to Leaving Cert students on the most effective ways to answer questions on the ‘Sraith Pictiúr’ section of the exam as well as brushing up on fluency. The course begins on 15 January and runs for 10 weeks.
For those applying for Hibernia College’s Higher Diploma in Primary Education, Gaelchultúr is providing a preparatory Irish course for the entrance exam. All emphasis is on spoken and listening skills and grammar is taught in the context in which it’s needed. The course runs for 7 weeks.
There are many opportunities to learn, practice and speak Irish in Belfast in 2013 in ‘An Droichead’ cultural centre, based in Belfast city and with Cumann Cultúrtha Mhic Reachtain based on the Antrim Road. As well as that, Máirín Hurndall, a lecturer with Queen’s University and radio presenter with Raidió Fáilte is running a Welsh class every Thursday at Cumann Chluain Ard, Belfast.
In the south of the country, Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne is running Irish Accuracy courses in February 2013 in west Kerry directed at teachers, editors or anyone who wishes to brush up on their accuracy in written Irish and in Cork city Gael-Taca are providing weekly classes in the Irish Language centre based in O’Sullivan’s Port and all over Cork.
All details on courses mentioned above and more can be found at www.gaelport.com/cursai. If you would like to register a course for free contact eolas@gaelport.com.
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Minister launches more patronage surveys
January 15, 2013
Residents of Kildare town awoke yesterday to hear the unexpected news that a new gaelscoil is to open in September 2013.
Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn TD said that the decision had been founded on a clear demand amongst locals for Irish language medium education.
Secretary General of Irish language patronage body An Foras Pátrúnachta, Caoimhín Ó hEaghra said that he was delighted with the decision to accept the evidence for a new gaelscoil.
The Minister made the announcement at the launch of a new series of surveys on school patronage in primary schools across the country. Parents in 38 areas will eligible to take part in the process.
However it is uncertain whether the Minister believes that any further announcements of school openings is to follow the surveys, due to the stable nature of the population in some of the more rural areas. Minister Quinn did hint that more negotiations might take place to divest current schools from the patronage of the Catholic Church, depending on the outcome of the surveys.
In spite of this, Irish language organisations have asked interested parents to show their support for Irish medium education.
“This is a great opportunity for parents who wish to promote Irish language education in their area, a move which could be established under the auspices of the Irish language patronage body, An Foras Pátrúnachta” said Secretary General, Caoimhín Ó hEagra.
This is the next step in the process since results of pilot studies in Arklow, Castlebar, Tramore, Trim and Whitehall were announced last December. The biggest outcome, according to the Minister was a clear demand for diversity of patronage in these areas.
However some groups have pointed out that the results of the surveys which were completed by 1,788 parents, were unrepresentative of the school population in those areas.
Speaking yesterday, Minister Quinn said that lessons had been learned from the initial pilot survey scheme. He confirmed that the process would take place over a longer period of time and that the Department would work to publicise the initiative in the various regions.
He has asked parents to take part in the process online on www.education.ie and fill in the surveys before Friday February 8th 2013.
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