Bainisteoir Imeachtaí do Rith 2014
May 23, 2013
Is é Déardaoin 30 Bealtaine an spriocdháta iontrála don phost mar bhainisteoir imeachtaí le RITH Teo. d’Fhéile Rith 2014.
Is conradh lánaimseartha 8 mí a bheidh i gceist don phost ó mhí Mheán Fómhair 2013 go dtí Aibreán 2014. Is féidir iarratas a dhéanamh trí CV a sheoladh chuig post@rith.ie.
Beidh féile Rith 2014 ar siúl ón 7-15 Márta 2014 agus é mar cheann de phríomhimeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tá cúrsa dúshlánach leagtha amach chun ollrith sealaíochta a dhéanamh ó Bhaile Bhúirne i gContae Chorcaí go dtí Béal Feirste. Tá sé fógartha ag Rith freisin go bhfuil €15,000 dáilte acu ar ghrúpaí Ghaeilge fud fad na tíre.
D’eascair na deontais seo as brabús ó Rith 2012. B’fhéile náisiúnta a bhí i Rith 2012 a mheall 27,000 le páirt a ghlacadh in ollrith sealaíochta a bhí ar siúl ón 8- 17 Márta 2012 thar chúrsa 700km, ó Ghaoth Dobhair go hInis Mór, Árann. Scaipeadh an ciste ar 32 coiste atá ag feidhmiú i 15 contae ar
thograí pobail, teaghlaigh, spóirt, oideachais, drámaíochta, ealaíona, idirlíon agus óige.
Dúirt cathaoirleach Ciste Rith, Lorcán Mac Gabhann, “Fuair muid líon ard iarratais agus is cúis áthais
dúinn gur éirigh le Ciste Rith tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do 32 grúpa éagsúla ar fud na tire agus iad ag eagrú imeachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí Gaeilge. Tá muid dóchasach go mbeidh an chéad Rith eile in ann níos mó tacaíochta a chuir ar fáil d’imeachtaí mar seo.”
I gcontae na Gaillimhe bronnadh na deontais seo leanas: An comhlacht Gar, €300 do shuíomh idirlín; Conradh na Gaeilge, Maigh Cuilinn, €500 do chlub drámaíochta don óige; Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta, €750 do cheardlann chumadóireachta agus amhránaíochta; agus Coiste Pobail na bhForbacha, €750 do cheardlann cheoil.
Foilsithe ar 23 Bealtaine 2013
Moltaí á gcur chun cinn ag Gaelscoileanna maidir le pleananna Ruairí Quinn rialachán a chur faoin gcleachtas iontrála i scoileanna na tíre
May 23, 2013
Comhdháil na Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) – 10 mBliana ar Aghaidh – Óráid an Rúnaí Ginearálta, An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna: Seán Ó Foghlú
May 23, 2013
EU4Schools developing citizenship skills, creativity and information on the European Union
May 23, 2013
EU4Schools creates a new opportunity for secondary school students, giving a simple understanding of the European Union and its functions, and an opportunity for teenagers to share their opinions on the European Union.
The interactive website, EU4Schools gives young people the direction to communicate with the European Union. Digital learning is central to the website, providing online resources to both students and teachers to broaden students’ understanding of the European Union, and giving users the chance to utilise their role as European Union citizens.
EU4Schools covers many subjects which help in secondary school in the form of class projects, essays, debates and digital storytelling projects. It is an innovative way of learning, with emphasis put on digital media through podcasts, videos and digital storytelling available in the classroom.
In terms of classroom projects, EU4Schools inspires students’ creativity, independent thinking and use of digital media. The website also provides topics for open student-teacher discussions including citizenship, advocacy and empowerment. It aims to develop students’ skills and experience in a range of real life projects. The website also aims to help students meet their targets, as well as taking part in class debates, blogs, videos and cartoons – with an emphasis on sharing between students and their peer groups.
EU4Schools gives teachers thefreedom to administrate their own programs, on any subject they wish, with access to a range of modules via the website – all of which are related to the school curriculum and participation in the EU.
EU4Schools is the first of its kind, giving us a brand new product, which is very important during the year of the Irish Presidency of the European Union for the first time since 2004, and due to the fact that 2013 is European year of Citizens.
Founded and developed by director, Camilla Fanning, teacher and lecturer on the European Union, along with a national and international web development team, EU4Schools is available both in English and Irish. A trial version is available at www.eu4schools.com for one school term only and a yearly subscription is available by e-mailing subscribe@eu4schools.ie.
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Cad é an rud is fearr leat faoin samhradh?
May 23, 2013
Summer Camp in Mulligar – Summer 2013
May 22, 2013
8 July 2013 – 12 July 2013
The aim of Feachtas Óg-Ghluaiseacht na Gaeilge to develop the Irish language and they hey have a particular interest in providing Gaeilge to the youth, making it a permanent feature of their lives.
This summer Feachtas Óg-Ghluaiseacht na Gaeilge will host Irish language summer camp in Mullingar in Co. Westmeath aimed at primary school pupils aged 10-15yrs and they will run from 8th-12th July 2013.
The camp will be held in Coláiste Naomh Fhinín in Mullingar from 10am-3pm.
Events include Irish language classes in a relaxed setting, football, basketball, workshops, drama, art and music, singing, fun games, conversation, day trip plus much more.
There are 30 spaces available
The cost is €70. A family discount applies.
More information contact:
Liam Ó Maolchluiche
Feachtas Óg-Ghluaiseacht na Gaeilge
Oifig a 8,
Teach Coghill,
64 Sráid an Dáma,
BÁC 2.
Uimhir Theileafón: 087 9046136 / Ríomhphost: liam.feachtas@gmail.com
Online resource for Irish choirs is on-song
May 22, 2013
Online resource for Irish choirs is on-song Soprano Deirdre Moynihan,centre,with Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig students Evan McCába, Ciara O’Hanlon, Aoife McPolin and Luke Gallagher
Launched during the Cork International Choral Festival earlier this month, Deirdre Moynihan’s Choirs CAN project is a free online resource for choirs and amateur singers. The resource taps soprano and fiddle player Moynihan’s experience in classical and traditional music.
Moynihan says of Choirs CAN, which she produces: “It began about 12 months ago, as an idea to bring traditional songs into the realm of choral music. I wanted to make it accessible for everyone, not just in Ireland, but to choirs all over the world. The idea was to provide practical tools for choirs and conductors.
“Having spoken to people about it, there was a general consensus that there is a lack of arrangements, so I consulted them to see what they’d need.
“They were excited about having more Irish music available to them.” Moynihan successfully applied for funding from the Arts Council of Ireland, through the Deis award and Forais na Gaelige.
Their support allowed her to make imaginative, four-part choral arrangements, of eight traditional songs, available on her website to amateur choirs. The downloads include not just sheet music, but recordings of all the works by Moynihan’s choir, Moving Voices, and audio-learning aids for singers who learn better by ear.
An Irish pronunciation guide is included for each song, too.
“It’s nice to have the recordings as a reference. I think, it makes them less daunting,” Moynihan says. Moynihan made four of the arrangements,
commissioning two each from composers Andrew Synott and Mark Armstrong.
“The brief, for all of us, was to arrange something that would be suitable for secondary school and non-professional adult choirs, and to maintain the integrity of the traditional song.
“Within the set, there’s a variety in terms of style and difficulty. I really do think there’s something there for everybody. There’s a lot of fun to be had with them and
I think choirs will really enjoy singing them,” Moynihan says. Some 500 singers took part in the first public performance from the collection, during the ‘big sing’ at Cork International Choral Festival on the May bank holiday. Members of choirs from Ireland and abroad joined the public at the annual event, which was conducted by John O’Brien. Conducting from the stage of Cork City Hall, O’Brien formed a choir in 45 minutes, from the singers filling the auditorium, to singing Moynihan’s arrangement of ‘Óró sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’.
The project injects accessible choral music into a repertoire that can stagnate, with the same pieces of music being performed time and again in competition and concert.
The songs chosen all come from the seminal publication, Cas Amhrán, by Micheál Ó
hEidhin, a former schools’ inspector of music who died last year. “It was a little bluebook produced by the Department of Education in the 1970s,”says Moynihan. “My father used to teach us songs out of it, and I do find, when I mention it as a source, it’s very recognisable to a lot of people.
It had over a hundred songs, with lovely illustrations.” Choirs CAN represents an effective model for making participatory music accessible to the public for free, demonstrating a use of public funds that merits further exploration.
“I can certainly see it expanding in the future,” Moynihan says. “It will be interesting to see how much choirs use the resource.
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Coláiste Samhraidh i mBaile Átha an Rí
May 21, 2013
Gaelscoil an Chuilinn opening attracts large crowd
May 21, 2013
Gaelscoil an Chuilinn was officially opened in West Dublin last Saturday, 18 May.
Gaelscoil an Chuilinn has been in existence in Tyrrelstown since September 2012, when they started out with 15 students. With popularity gained over the last year, they are looking forward to welcoming a full class of 32 junior infants to the school next September.
Sporting hero Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was a special guest at the opening, and there were many other recognisable faces at the event, with local T.D.s Leo Varadkar, Joe Higgins and Patrick Nulty as well local councillors Michael O’Donovan and Kieran Dennison. Local T.D. Joan Burton spoke on behalf of the Government about the improvement and success achieved by the Gaelscoil to date, as well as the importance of a Gaelscoil to the area. There was a large local contingency at the launch also including members of the clergy, parents and the Board of Management.
Principal Fergus Ó Conghaile was delighted with the opening and the amount of people present; “There was a tremendous amount of people present, a big crowd of both well-known people and parents. I’m very happy with the growth of the Gaelscoil to date as well as the aid of the public in the area. I want to thank the priest and rector, who gave us a blessing and a warm welcome to the area. We’re looking onward to the growth of the school, as well as the opening of Naíonra an Chuilinn in September”.
With two people employed at Gaelscoil an Chuilinn to date, principal Fergus Ó Conghaile, as well as teacher Nóinín Ní Ghoill, the school is still registering new students for senior infants and first class for next year, though their junior infants class for next year has been filled.
“Heritage grows through learning” is the motto at Gaelscoil an Chuilinn, and without a doubt Irish heritage will grow more and more as the amount of students in the Gaelscoil grows.
More information on Gaelscoil and Chuilinn is available on gaelscoilanchuilinn@gmail.com or on 01-8262022.
As well as the new students coming to the school in September, Naíonra an Chuilinn pre-school will also be opening in the Gaelscoil. More information on this is available on naionraanchuilinn@gmail.com or 085-7266455.
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Uachtarán Nua ar Chomhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge
May 21, 2013
