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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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