Out of this world support
Feabhra 27, 2014
Seachtain na Gaeilge has even won support from an astronaut this year.
Born-again Irishman, Commander Chris Hadfield, features on a video promoting the events. He says: ‘Is leatsa í, mar sin úsáid í’ (‘It’s yours, use it.’) Last year, Commander Hadfield put Ireland on the map with the first tweet from space as Gaeilge: “Tá Éire fíorálainn” (Ireland is beautiful). This year’s Seachtain na Gaeilge ambassadors are Dublin footballer Ciarán Kilkenny, TG4’s Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill, and Lynette Fay of BBC Radio Ulster.
Thousands of events have been organised, including Saturday’s national opening in Killarney, a street festival with a free concert, and Rith 2014 – a national relay run from Cork to Belfast. On Saturday there will be a match at Somerton GAA pitch in Dublin between Ciarán Kilkenny’s club, Castleknock and the Irish-speaking club Na Gaeil Óga.
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OPINION: Our next storm is coming from the Gaeltacht
Feabhra 27, 2014
SOMETIMES I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming – or hallucinating, as the case may be.
It happened again at the weekend when I saw the first pictures of an angry protest march through the centre of Dublin, just as this frail economy was desperately trying to recover from the devastating effects of storm Darwin. It seemed like the perfect time to raise another storm. Over 5,000 ‘gaeilgeoiri with a grudge’ were marching from Parnell Square to the Dail to demand their civil rights in what sounded like an angry ‘gael’ force wind. Most of them were incandescent with rage, their faces painted red to indicate varying stages of apoplexy, and, no doubt, to put the fear of God in the rest of us. As I’ve said, I had to pinch myself. But is this a new departure in the campaign to restore the Irish language?
If it is, I’m petrified.
The protesters claimed that Irish language communities were sick of being treated like “second class citizens”. Well, maybe they should try living like the rest of us then, without the industrial grants, the rent subsidies, the special housing aids and the employment grants, not to talk of the extra points in the Leaving Cert and the reserved places in primary teacher training colleges. Far from being disadvantaged, Irish language speakers are the most pampered and the most indulged minority group in the whole EU and I think it’s time someone had the guts to tell them that they are not, by any means, the biggest priority facing the country at the moment.
Everyone has a right to march for fair play and justice, and no-one is denying the fact that the Irish language is very close to the hearts of many people in this country and beyond. But there are many others, like myself, who chose not to define either our identity or our Irishness by the tongue we speak. Seeing that we are in the majority, do we not deserve a break now and then from the incessant whinge that emanates from the ranks of the gaeilgeoiri in claiming that the country is not doing enough to restore the language? Short of beating the English out of us with whips, I don’t know what more the Government can do with limited resources to satisfy the unreasonable demands of the fanatics. I was force fed Irish as a child. Now it’s being forced on my consciousness. Everywhere I go, it’s in my face, from road signs with dumbed down Irish place names to ballot papers with confusing options.
It seems to me that there is no public service now that isn’t available in both Irish and English. Although one marcher did complain that she wrote an email in Irish to the HSE and got a reply in English. She should be thankful that she got a reply. I couldn’t even apply for the pension myself without indicating whether I wanted to do so in Irish or English. I checked with Social Welfare, after spending an hour trying to get through. “No,” said an irate public servant at other end. “You won’t get bonus points if you apply through Irish.” I must be brainwashed! There must be a better way of keeping the life in the language without resorting to bully tactics and guilt provocation. Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam has become a jaded cliché, especially since the country would have no problem selling its soul to the highest bidder if it got half a chance.
Anyhow the farcical antics of many of the protesters on Saturday did nothing at all for the dignity of the ancient tongue they purported to be trying to save. If I were an Irish language enthusiast myself, I’d have been mortified. Some of them couldn’t even hide their own self interests. The march apparently was organised in response to the news that the Language Commissioner, Sean O’ Cuirreann, is to resign over the Government’s failure to improve services in Irish. Look, hasn’t the Government enough on its plate at this delicate stage of our economic recovery, without having to maintain another quango for just 70,000 Gaeltacht dwellers? The bottom line is the cost of our delusions. We really don’t have the resources to indulge our supposed grandeur or national uniqueness. And even if we did strike gold or oil in the morning, it would be impossible to satisfy the demands of the gaeilgeoiri who I suspect, want nothing less than a fully staffed alternative administration for themselves – all 70,000 of them. On the other hand, I think they’d get a right shock if their plan succeeded and we all abandoned the English language and started spouting a cupla million focail in the morning.
What would happen then to the elite status they currently enjoy? What would become of the righteous superiority that sustains many of them in a nation where they are vastly outnumbered by people with lesser Irish credentials, like me?
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Éiríonn Ó Cuirreáin as a chúram mar choimisinéir
Feabhra 27, 2014
D’éirigh Seán Ó Cuirreáin as a chúram mar Choimisinéir Teanga Dé Domhnaigh i ndiaidh deich mbliana a chaitheamh i mbun oibre.
Reachtáil lucht na Gaeilge mórshiúl i gConamara leis an lá a chomóradh agus le litir a thabhairt do Ó Cuirreáin, ag cur a mbuíochais in iúl dó as a chuid oibre. ‘Dearg le fearg’ Dúirt Julian de Spáinn ó Chonradh na Gaeilge gur léirigh “an méid daoine a tháinig amach ar shráideanna Bhaile Átha Cliath an Satharn seo caite agus iad “dearg le fearg” go raibh aird dírithe aige ar fhaillí an státchórais i leith na Gaeilge agus go raibh pobal na Gaeltachta is lucht na Gaeilge dúisithe anois agus nach mbeadh siad sásta a thuilleadh glacadh leis an muga maga is an cur i gcéill a bhíonn ar bun go rómhinic i dtaobh chearta lucht labhartha na Gaeilge”.
Lena chois sin, d’fhág lucht an léirsithe litir in oifigí Roinn na Gaeltachta don Aire Stáit, Dinny McGinley, ag cur a míshástachta in iúl dó agus “ag iarraidh air agus ar an Rialtas, deireadh a chur leis an gcur i gcéill agus díriú ar na bacanna atá ag an státchóras freastal mar ba cheart ar lucht labhartha na Gaeilge, sa Ghaeltacht agus taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht ina dteanga féin”.
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Irish language under threat
Feabhra 27, 2014
A chara, – While Eanna Coffey (February 24th) is more than entitled to his opinion, one feels he may be coming from rather a limited viewpoint.
As someone who has managed this far to receive all education through Irish (up to Masters level), and who communicates professionally and personally through Irish every day, nobody told me that “the Irish language is functionally useless in the modern economy, and as such the money spent is an extremely poor investment”. I believe I may be the antithesis of Mr Coffey’s rather unfounded sweeping statements, along with many others who contribute to Ireland’s modern economy, and who have managed, thus far, to stay in employment since leaving university. I may be part of a minority, but I prefer this to being part of the majority still leaving Ireland to find employment. – Is mise,
AILISH BHREATHNACH,
Baile na hAbhann,
Co na Gaillimhe.
A chara, – They say you can use statistics in an attempt to prove anything and Eanna Coffey’s letter criticising the use of the Irish language (February 24th) certainly gives credence to that. According to Census 2011 the main statistic concerning the use of the Irish and Polish languages stated that 1.77 million people speak as Gaeilge on a daily basis here, while 112,811 speak Polish. This fact should put the rest of Mr Coffey’s letter in some perspective. – Is mise,
EFFANNING,
Whitehall Road,
Churchtown, Dublin 14.
A chara, – Perhaps Eanna Coffey is mistaken about the simple demands made by muintir na Gaeilge in the past few weeks. Far from demanding that Irish replace English in Ireland, an aspiration given up on by the government in 1965, fair and equitable treatment by both governments is all we seek. It would seem from Brian Mac a’ Bhaird’s letter that far more resources were squandered by Revenue in trying to dissuade him from using Irish than simply fulfilling its own legally binding commitment as laid out in its own language scheme. The Iarchoimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin has stated that the structural changes needed to provide these services would be “cost neutral”. It is not a matter of money. It is a matter of practice, recognition and respect. While we all agree, especially muintir na Gaeilge, that changes need to be brought in to the curriculum, hyperbolic accusations that children are “force-fed” like foie gras Gaeilgeoirí are not representative of reality or of the attitudes of all young people. Mr Coffey should ask the thousands of young people who gave up their Saturday at midterm to march for language rights their opinion rather than speaking for them. – Is mise,
MAITIÚ de HÁL,
Páirc na Canálach Ríoga,
Baile an Ásaigh,
Baile Átha Cliath 15.
A chara, – According to Eanna Coffey “the Irish language is functionally useless in the modern economy, and as such the money spent is an extremely poor investment” (February 25th). Even were that true, why should we value things only on their economic utility? And, given that the country has been economically wrecked by following the wisdom of the so-called financial experts, I see no reason to think that investing in our culture and identity isn’t a sound idea; even if it doesn’t bring money rolling in, at least it won’t end up with us owing foreign banks and investors vast fortunes. – Is mise,
Revd PATRICK G BURKE,
Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny.
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Earrach na Gaeilge ag bláthú faoi dheireadh
Feabhra 27, 2014
Chonaic mé teachtaireacht le linn na seachtaine a phostáil eagraí Lá Mór na Gaeilge ar Twitter agus bhain sé siar asam.
De réir an fhir seo, b’alt “stairiúil” mo cholún an tseachtain seo caite ós rud é go raibh sé dearfach. An chéad fhreagra a thug mé — an é go gceapann an duine seo go mbím diúltach chomh minic sin gur féidir leis “alt stairiúil” a bhaisteadh ar cheann a cheapann sé a bheith dearfach? Ar ndóigh, ní chreidim go mbím diúltach — is amhlaidh gur duine mé a chuireann mo thuairim mhacánta i láthair. Ní chreidim sa bholscaireacht. Ní fhéadfadh duine a bheith diúltach faoi Lá Mór na Gaeilge mar ba cheiliúradh é an oiread is b’agóid é. Má deirim nach dóigh liom go n-imreoidh sé tionchar ar an Rialtas — agus na páirtithe ar mhaith leo a bheith i gcumhacht — ní hionann sin agus a rá nach n-imreoidh sé tionchar ar phobal na Gaeilge.
Creidim gurb é sin an iarmhairt is tábhachtaí a bheidh ag an ócáid úd i mBaile Átha Cliath. Faoi dheireadh, is gluaiseacht í Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge arís. Ní féidir ach a bheith dearfach faoi sin. Tá earrach na Gaeilge ag bláthú. É sin go léir ráite, tá ceisteanna fós le freagairt. Céard a tharlóidh anois? Tuigim go mbeidh mórshiúlta eile ann agus is maith ann iad. Ach an féidir an fuinneamh sin a chur ag obair ar son spriocanna áirithe a bhaint amach? Creidim gur féidir. An freagra a bhí agamsa ar Lá Mór na Gaeilge ná feachtas a thosú chun iarraidh ar na páirtithe éagsúla agus ar an Oireachtas níos mó Gaeilge a úsáid ar na meáin shóisialta. Más féidir le Parlaimint na hEorpa a bheith ag tvuíteáil i nGaeilge, níl aon chúis nach féidir lenár bparlaimint féin a bheith ag tvuíteáil sa teanga náisiúnta. Tá corrpholaiteoir i bpáirtithe éagsúla a phostálann corrtvuít i nGaeilge — ach tá na páirtithe féin go hainnis. Is é Sinn Féin (@sinnfeinireland) an páirtí is mó a úsáideann an Ghaeilge ina tvuíteanna — ach céard a chiallaíonn sé sin? De réir an tsaineolaí ar tvuíteáil i nGaeilge, bíonn 1.6% de tvuíteanna SF sa teanga náisiúnta. Tá Fianna Fáil, an Lucht Oibre agus Fine Gael níos measa ná sin féin!
Ar aon nós, tá an feachtas #gaeilgeledthoil nó #gaeilgeledothoil ag dul ó neart go neart ar Twitter. Tá cara liom a cheapann go bhfuilimid róbhéasach tar éis feachtas #gaeilgeAnois a thosú. Is í an sprioc chéanna atá againn ar fad. Is é sin, áiteamh ar pháirtithe polaitúla agus forais stáit a bhaineann úsáid as na meáin shóisialta labhairt linn i nGaeilge. Mar a déarfadh an file, Seán Ó Riordáin, dá mbeadh sé beo, b’fhéidir, má labhraimid leo i nGaeilge, nach nGaelófaí iad? B’fhéidir go bhfuilim saonta sin a cheapadh ach ní dóigh liom gur rud saonta é a bheith ag cur na gceisteanna agus ag iarraidh ar na páirtithe is na forais stáit an Ghaeilge a úsáid agus iad ag labhairt liom ar mheáin chumarsáide saor in aisce. Cúirtéis a éilím. Sin an méid. Mura bhfuil a ndóthain Gaeilge ag ár gceannairí agus ár n-údaráis 140 carachtar i nGaeilge a phostáil, cén saghas oideachais a fuair siad? Tá ceisteanna tromchúiseacha le cur faoina gcaighdeán oideachais, gan an Ghaeilge a chur san áireamh fiú, murar féidir leo an méid sin a dhéanamh !
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How students are learning Gaeilge with rugbaí beo agus YouTube
Feabhra 27, 2014
As Irish scores through live rugby and Twitter, Kim Bielenberg looks ahead to Seachtain na Gaeilge
It is all about taking the Irish language out of the classroom on to the dancefloor, and possibly putting the results up on YouTube. Hundreds of thousands of people will take part in Seachtain na Gaeilge, which gets under way on Saturday. The events will be launched in Killarney with a performance by Seo Linn, the band that created one of the unexpected smash video hits of the past year. More than 3.5 million people have viewed Seo Linn’s Irish language version of Avicii’s hit ‘ Wake Me Up’ since it was recorded with students at Coláiste Lurgan in the Connemara Gaeltacht last summer.
It is by far the most popular Irish language video ever made and one of a string of unlikely hits for the summer college in Co Galway. YouTube has now become a popular medium for Irish. Organisers of Seachtain na Gaeilge hope the popularity of the videos will help to boost the events, which run from this weekend until St Patrick’s Day. “Until now many young people have seen Irish as a subject that you study in school,” says Seachtain na Gaeilge manager Brenda Ní Ghairbhí. “The whole purpose of the events over the next fortnight is to take it out of the classroom and show that it is something to be enjoyed. “In the past, people had negative connotations about school work and Irish. There is more focus on the spoken language now, and that is helping it to become popular.” She says videos such as those produced by Coláiste Lurgan show how Irish can be fun. Last year, students and staff at the summer college started making their film at 7.30am one day, and did not finish until 3am the following morning. One of the ambassadors for Seachtain na Gaeilge this year is Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill, presenter of TG4’s popular sports programme, Rugbaí Beo. TG4 has won hundreds of thousands of viewers beyond the gaeilgeoir fraternity with its lively coverage of the provinces in the RaboDirect Pro 12 league.
Máire grew up in an Irish-speaking area of Connemara, where her mother comes from. Her father hails from the rugby heartland of Limerick, and she wore a Munster shirt from a young age. “Rugby on TG4 has a huge following and I think it normalises the language as something to be enjoyed, and not something that you just do at school,” says the presenter. The native Irish speaker had a stint as a primary school teacher in a gaelscoil before she got a job at the Irish language station. “As ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge, I want to motivate people to speak it, and not to worry too much about making mistakes or breaking the rules. “Whether it is watching rugby or making a video, people can focus on what is happening — and the fact that it is in Irish does not really matter.” During the rugby broadcasts, she is joined by pundits such as the former government press secretary Eoghan Ó Neachtain, who played rugby for the defence forces. He is a fluent Irish speaker. Also on the panel are former internationals Jerry Flannery and Marcus Horan.
“They have really immersed themselves in the language since becoming analysts and are getting better all the time.” Aodhán Ó Deá , youth Coordinator at Conradh Gaeilge, says Irish is not just enjoying a video boom. “There is evidence that its use is growing rapidly on Twitter and Facebook. It is one of the top hundred languages used on social media. “Young people are now much more open to using it. When you have a big event such as a blizzard across the country, people will use an Irish hashtag on Twitter, such as #sneachta. It gives a sense of uniqueness.” During the recent wet weather, tweeters have used the hashtag, #whatthefliuch. The youth co-ordinator says there has been a surge in popularity of the language in thirdlevel colleges recently. The Cumann Gaelach in UCD now has 2,000 members, making it one of the most popular college societies. There are similar groups in 26 colleges across the country. “In the colleges, there are nights out, people sing in Irish and the language is seen as cool.” Aodhán Ó Deá says there is still a stigma among older people about speaking Irish in public, however. “In some places, if you start talking Irish people think you are being awkward or rude, or even cheeky. Hopefully that is declining.” During Seachtain na Gaeilge, many schools will have days when only Irish is spoken.
Seachtain manager Brenda Ní Ghairbhí says the secondlevel curriculum could be improved to give a further boost to the language. “Many in the Irish language movement believe there should be two subjects. The core subject would be about language and communication. Then there could be a second subject, based on culture, literature and history.” Aodhán Ó Deá says that at primary level schools could be encouraged to use the language in other subjects, such as art and PE. The idea for Seachtain na Gaeilge was first put into practice at the start of the last century, but it has ebbed and flowed in popularity over the decades.
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Leas-Phríomhoide
Feabhra 27, 2014
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‘Cúram, Cothú agus Ceannaireacht’ – Comhdháil an Fhorais
Feabhra 27, 2014
Beidh Liam Ó Néill, uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, ina aoi speisialta ag Comhdháil an Fhorais Phátrúnachta a bheidh ar siúl ar an Satharn beag seo (1 Márta 2014) in Red Cow Moran Hotel, Baile Átha Cliath.
Tá An Foras Pátrúnachta, an pátrún is mó ar scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge, ar an bhfód le 20 bliain anuas ag an bpointe seo agus 67 scoil faoina phátrúnachta. Is é ‘Cúram, Cothú agus Ceannaireacht‘ téama na comhdhála i mbliana.
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Seolfar leagan Gaeilge de leabhrán ilchreidhmeach do scoileanna agus fógrófar buaiteoirí Chomórtas Ealaíne an Fhorais Phátrúnachta, comórtas nua atá tosaithe ag an eagraíocht i mbliana.
Tugann an ócáid seo deis do phríomhoidí, do chathaoirligh, do mhúinteoirí, do bhaill de bhoird bhainistíochta agus do dhaoine atá ag obair in earnáil an oideachais, teacht le chéile chun mórcheisteanna a phlé.
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Doire réidh le Seachtain na Gaeilge 2014 a cheiliúradh
Feabhra 27, 2014
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ag druidim linn agus tá Doire réidh leis an Ghaeilge agus gach rud atá Gaelach a cheiliúradh le clár lán imeachtaí a bheas ar siúl ón 1ú go dtí an 17ú Márta.
Ceiliúrtar Seachtain na Gaeilge ag pobail Ghaeilge ar fud fad oileán na hÉireann agus ar fud an domhain agus tugann an fhéile deis d’fhoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge agus chainteoirí líofa araon a gcuid Gaeilge a úsáid agus an cultúr Gaelach a cheiliúradh.
Tosaíonn Seachtain na Gaeilge 2014 i nDoire le hÉigse Cholm Cille, imeacht bliantúil de chuid Ollscoil Uladh a chíorann stair litríocht na Gaeilge. Beidh Éigse 2014 ar siúl ón Aoine 28ú Feabhra go dtí an Satharn 1ú Márta agus is é téama na bliana seo ná ‘Scoláirí Gaeilge Iarthar Uladh’.
Filleann Féile Bheag na Leabhar arís i mbliana, féile leabhar agus scéalaíochta do pháistí arna eagrú ag Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire i gcomhar le Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin. Beidh an fhéile bheag ar siúl ar Lá Domhanda na Leabhar (Déardaoin 6 Márta) agus é mar chuspóir aici suim i leabhair Ghaeilge, scéalaíocht agus i litríocht na Gaeilge a mhúscailt agus a chothú i measc páistí. Ceiliúrfar Féile Bheag na Leabhar le seó le páistí do pháistí dar teideal Lúrapóg Larapóg agus ceardlann scéalaíochta leis an tseanchaí iomráiteach Connallach Gearóidín Bhreathnach.
Ar an Satharn 8ú Márta ceiliúrfar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan 2014 le sraith imeachtaí faoi inspioráid an téama ‘Ceol na mBan’. Tá sraith imeachtaí á n-eagrú le ról na mban sa cheol Gaelach a thaiscéaladh: ag 1:00in ar an lá, beidh painéal ban ag plé ‘Mná sa cheol traidisiúnta’ le seisiún ceoil ina dhiaidh. San oíche chéanna beidh ceolchoirm dar teideal ‘Ceol na mBan’ ar siúl a ndéanfaidh ceiliúradh ar cheol na mban i gceol tíre agus i gceol traidisiúnta na hÉireann ina mbeidh roinnt taibheoirí iontacha ag léiriú a gcumas i gceird an cheoil.
Ón 10ú go dtí an 12ú Márta beidh Scéim an Fháinne ar siúl ag Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin le deis a thabhairt dóibh siúd atá ag foghlaim na Gaeilge sa chathair agus sa dúiche fáinne airgid nó fáinne óir a bhaint amach trí scrúdú béil a dhéanamh. Beidh Bronnadh na bhFáinní ar siúl ag imeacht speisialta ar an Déardaoin 13ú Márta nuair a bronnfar teastais agus fáinní orthu siúd a d’éirigh leo sna scrúduithe béil. Beidh deiseanna labhartha Gaeilge ar fail i rith na féile le Ciorcail Chomhrá ar an 5ú agus ar an 14ú Márta. Ná caill an deis le snas a chur ar do chuid Gaeilge nó le bualadh le foghlaimeoirí agus cainteoirí líofa eile.
I rith Sheachtain na Gaeilge beidh deis ag an phobal cuairt a thabhairt ar thaispeántas úrnua dar teideal ‘Scéal na Gaeilge’ a léiríonn stair na Gaeilge sa cheantar ó thus ama go dtí an lá atá inniu ann. Chuir Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire an taispeántas seo le chéile i ndlúthpháirtíocht le pobal na Gaeilge le Bliain na Gaeilge 2013 a cheiliúradh agus le leagáid de Bhliain na Cathrach Cultúir a chur ar fáil do na glúine atá le theacht.
Críochnaíonn Seachtain na Gaeilge ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig agus tá imeachtaí ag tarlú ar fud fad na cathrach agus sa cheantar comhairle faoin inspioráid an téama ‘Ceol, Miotais agus Draíocht’ – tá clár iomlán Lá Fhéile Pádraig ar fáil trí cuairt a thabhairt ar www.derrycity.gov.uk/stpatricksday
Bí ar an eolas is déanaí faoi gach imeacht atá ag tarlú mar chuid de Sheachtain na Gaeilge trí shúil a chaitheamh ar leathanach Gaeilge de chuid Chomhairle Cathrach Dhoire www.derrycity.gov.uk/gaeilge nó caith súil ar ár leathanach Gaeilge ar Facebook www.facebook.com/foramphobalnagaeilge. Nó más maith leat eolas faoi imeachtaí atá ag tarlú ag Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin cuir glaoch ar T: (028) 71 264132 nó seol r-phost chuig fiachra@culturlann-doire.ie.
SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE 2014
Doire Cholm Cille
1ú – 17ú Márta
Ceiliúrfar Seachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana ón 1ú go dtí an 17ú Márta agus tá réimse imeachtaí ag tarlú i gceantar Chomhairle Cathrach Dhoire. I mbliana beidh Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin ina lárionad don fhéile. Seo thíos blaisín den chlár:
Aoine 28 Feabhra & Satharn 1 Márta
ÉIGSE CHOLM CILLE
Ollscoil Uladh, Campas Mhig Aoidh, Doire
Comhdháil bhliantúil ar Litríocht na Gaeilge. I mbliana pléifear an téama: ‘Scoláirí Gaeilge Iarthar Uladh’
Tuilleadh eolais: Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil, T: (028) 71 675 770, r-phost: nm.mccaul@ulster.ac.uk
Saor in aisce
Luan 3 Márta – Luan 17 Márta
SCÉAL NA GAEILGE
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Taispeántas nua a léiríonn scéal na Gaeilge i nDoire sa stair agus sa lá atá inniu ann.
Tuilleadh eolais: Pól Ó Frighil, Oifigeach Gaeilge, Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire, T: (028) 71 376 579, r-phost: gaeilge@derrycity.gov.uk
Saor in aisce
Máirt 4 Márta, 7:00in
SEISIÚN CEOIL TEAGHLAIGH
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Seisiún ceoil do theaghlaigh agus ranganna ceoil
Tuilleadh eolais: Odhrán Ó Maoláin, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: odhran@culturlann-doire.ie
Céadaoin 5 Márta, 12:00in
CIORCAL COMHRÁ
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Ciorcail chomhrá ag bunleibhéal, meánleibhéal agus ardleibhéal.
Tuilleadh eolais: Fiachra Mackel, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: fiachra@culturlann-doire.ie
Saor in aisce
Déardaoin 6 Márta, 10:00rn-2:30in
FÉILE BHEAG NA LEABHAR
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
I mbliana beidh Féile Bheag na Leabhar ag tarlú ar Lá Domhanda na Leabhar – 6 Márta 2014. Beidh ceardlann scéalaíochta leis an tseanchaí clúiteach as Tír Chonaill – Gearóidín Bhreathnach agus seó le páistí do pháistí – Lúrapóg Larapóg. Eagraítear Féile Bheag na Leabhar ag Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire i gcomhar le Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin.
Tuilleadh eolais: Pól Ó Frighil, Oifigeach Gaeilge, Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire, T: (028) 71 376 579, r-phost: gaeilge@derrycity.gov.uk
Oscailte do Ghaelscoileanna i gceantar Chomhairle Cathrach Dhoire.
Satharn 8 Márta
LÁ IDIRNÁISÚNTA NA mBAN
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Is é téama Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan i mbliana ná ‘Ag spreagadh athraithe’. Beidh Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin ina lár-ionad do dhíospóireacht phainéil agus cheolchoirm le ceoltóirí ban ó shaol an cheoil thraidisiúnta.
1:00in –Díospóireacht Phainéil agus Seisiún Ceoil
‘Mná sa cheol traidisiúnta’ le Lynette Fay, Laoise Kelly, Alana Henderson agus Emma Sweeney.
Saor in aisce
8:00in – Ceol na mBan
Ceiliúrfar saibhreas ceoil na mban le ceoilchoirm a léiríonn na ceoltóirí ban is fearr ó shaol an cheoil thraidisiúnta.
Tuilleadh eolais: Odhrán Ó Maoláin, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: odhran@culturlann-doire.ie
Cead isteach: £8
Luan 10 – Céadaoin 12 Márta, 9.30rn – 5.00in
SCÉIM AN FHÁINNE
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Tugann Scéim an Fháinne deis d’fhoghlaimeoirí ar fud fad na cathrach fáinne a ghnóthú ag leibhéal ‘Cúpla Focal’, ‘Airgead’ nó ‘Ór’.
Scrúduithe béil ón Luan 10 go dtí an Chéadaoin 12. Ní mór d’áit a chur in áirithe.
Tuilleadh eolais: Fiachra Mackel, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: fiachra@culturlann-doire.ie
Déardaoin 13 Márta, 8:00in
BRONNADH FÁINNÍ & TRÁTH NA gCEIST
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Bronnfar fáinní ar fhoghlaimeoirí a chuaigh faoi scrúdú béil i rith Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Reáchtáilfear Tráth na gCeist i ndiaidh an bhronnta.
Tuilleadh eolais: Fiachra Mackel, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: fiachra@culturlann-doire.ie
Aoine 14 Márta, 11.00in
CIORCAL COMHRÁ
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Mórshráid Shéamais, Doire
Ciorcail chomhrá ag bunleibhéal, meánleibhéal agus ardleibhéal.
Tuilleadh eolais: Fiachra Mackel, T: (028) 71 264 132, r-phost: fiachra@culturlann-doire.ie
Saor in aisce
Satharn 15 Márta, 7.30in
OÍCHE GHAELACH & CÉILÍ
Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál, Bóthar an Trinse, Doire
Ticéid ar fáil saor in aisce ó oifig na scoile.
Tuilleadh eolais: Caitríona Uí Dhoibhlín – cdevlin278@icc.derry.ni.sch.uk
Luan 17 Márta
LÁ FHÉILE PÁDRAIG
Cuirtear fáilte roimh an phobal bualadh isteach chuig Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig le sult a bhaint as lá lán de cheol agus imeachtaí teaghlaigh. I measc na n-imeachtaí atá geallta beidh:
12.30-2.00 & 4.00-6.00
Siamsaíocht le The Fanzini Brothers agus Seisiún Mór le Ceoltóirí na Cultúrlainne agus Cairde eile
Sparánacht taighde agus maoiniú áiseanna ar fáil ó COGG
Feabhra 25, 2014
Tá fógartha ag an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) an tseachtain seo go mbeidh siad ag cur fáilte roimh iarratais mhaoinithe d’áiseanna teagaisc mar aon le hiarratais do sparánacht taighde.
Maoiniú
Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais ó dhaoine aonair, ó ghrúpaí, ó chomhlachtaí, agus ó fhoilsitheoirí a bhfuil suim acu áiseanna a sholáthar a bhaineann le foghlaim nó le teagasc na Gaeilge nó teagasc trí Ghaeilge.
Sparánacht Taighde
Fáilteofar freisin roimh iarratais ó mhic léinn ag leibhéal dochtúireachta nó ó thaighdeoirí iardhochtúireachta ar mian leo taighde a dhéanamh ar Theagasc nó ar Fhoghlaim na Gaeilge, ach glacfar freisin le hiarratais ar ábhair ábhartha eile a bhaineann leis an nGaeilge.
Tá foirmeacha iarratais agus tuilleadh eolais ar fáil le híoslódáil ar www.cogg.ie. Ní ghlacfar le haon iarratas i ndiaidh 4pm, 19 Márta 2014.
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