(Gaeilge) Folúntas: Gaelscoil an tSeanchaí, Machaire Fíolta
April 22, 2015
(Gaeilge) Folúntas: Coláiste Choilm, Corcaigh
April 21, 2015
Public Meeting on the establishment of Irish-medium school in Stillorgan/Goatstown!
April 21, 2015
We would like to invite you to come to a meeting at 7pm on April 29th in Stillorgan Park Hotel to discuss the establishment of a new Irish-medium school for Stillorgan/Goatstown. Gaelscoileanna Teo. and the school’s prospective patron, An Foras Pátrúnachta, would like to meet with anyone interested in lending their support to the campaign, and everyone is welcome.
We would be grateful if you could pass the information on to anyone you think might be interested, and ask them to contact us if they’re available to attend. You’re very welcome to contact us if you have any questions about the campaign, and we look forward to meeting you on the night.
clare@gaelscoileanna.ie
’Coláiste Chineál Eoghain closure a ‘disgrace’
April 21, 2015
The closure of Colaiste Chineal Eoghain could also serve as the “death knell” for the peninsula’s Irish language primary and pre-schools, according to a loal TD.
Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn said: “If you’re a parent who wants their children to go through their education in the Irish language you’ll want them to do so through primary, secondary and be fluent by the time they get to university. If the secondary school closes, some may not opt to send their child to the national school.”
Deputy MacLochlainn said “all the issues need to be sorted out.”
“What we won’t be doing is accepting that there won’t be an Irish language secondary school in Inishowen,” he said.
Minister Joe McHugh described the news as “very upsetting.”
He said the school’s ‘temporary status’ which was “difficult for parents to give a commitment to.”
He said: “There are excellent teachers there and pupils who have excelled. I have learned there is a huge appetite and love for the Irish language in Inishowen and we need to do everything in our power to keep it open. Also, taking away that temporary status would increase confidence.”
Colm Og MacLochlainn, who is part of the campaign to keep the school open, said the school had been getting the required number of pupils.
“One bad year and they decide to close it. It’s a disgrace and unacceptable.”
http://www.derryjournal.com/news/colaiste-chineal-eoghain-closure-a-disgrace-1-6694954
Stark fight for Irish language school to stay
April 21, 2015
WINTER is coming for a Game of Thrones actor whose school in Donegal is threatened with closure.
Art Parkinson, who plays Rickon Stark in the fantasy series, said he would have to travel for almost two hours to the nearest Irish language school if his secondary school in Buncrana closed.
Colaiste Chineal Eoghain, the only Irish language secondary school on the Inishowen peninsula, is set to shut because of low student numbers. Some critics of the decision suggest that it is a result of internal disputes at the school.
“Last week the chief executive of the ETB [Education and Training Board] contacted us to say the school is not sustainable,” said 13-year-old Art. “It’s very annoying. I want to keep learning in Irish — a country without a language is a country without a soul.”
Full story available on the Sunday Times website: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/News/article1545920.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_04_18
(Gaeilge) Folúntas: Scoil Chaitríona, Baile Átha Cliath
April 20, 2015
(Gaeilge) Folúntas: Coláiste Chroí Mhuire, Co. na Gaillimhe
April 16, 2015
Adventure weekend for families with Irish being held in May.
April 16, 2015
Glór na nGael is organising an adventure weekend for families in May.
The event will be held in the Kippure Adventure Centre in Wicklow on 17 and 18 May 2015. Activities will organised for younger children as well as older children as part of the weekend The Centre, located in the Wicklow Mountains, is fifty minutes from the centre of Dublin and thirty minutes from the M50/Tallaght. The weekend event will include team games and orienteering on the 240 acre estate.
It will cost €50 per person for one night stay and the following days activities. Glór will be offering a discount, reducing the cost to €30. Families will have the option of staying a second night at the additional cost of €35 for bed and breakfast.
Further information is available from Glór in marcas@glornangael.ie or by phone on +353 86 171 9755.
This event will held solely through the medium of Irish.
Public meeting to discuss the establishment of a new Irish-medium school for Marino/Drumcondra/Dublin 1
April 16, 2015
We would like to invite you to come to a meeting at 7pm on April 22nd in Gaelscoileanna Teo.’s offices to discuss the establishment of a new Irish-medium school for Marino/Drumcondra/Dublin 1 in 2016. Gaelscoileanna Teo. and the school’s prospective patron, An Foras Pátrúnachta, would like to meet with anyone interested in lending their support to the campaign, and everyone is welcome. We would be grateful if you could pass the information on to anyone you think might be interested, and ask them to contact us if they’re available to attend. You’re very welcome to contact us if you have any questions about the campaign, and we look forward to meeting you on the night.
clare@gaelscoileanna.ie
(Gaeilge) Folúntas: Naíonra ag Gaelscoil Uí Chéadaigh, Cill Mhantáin
April 14, 2015
