Buntáiste Breise na Gaeilge Tour 2013
January 15, 2013
As part of our 2013 tour Gaeilge Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge are currently hosting a series of Irish language careers seminars for secondary school students all over Ireland.
In recent years Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge have organised over twenty such seminars with 6,453 students from 201 post-primary schools from all over the country having attended the seminars nationwide.
These seminars cater for students in fourth, fifth and sixth year in secondary schools across the country. These seminars cater for second level students all over Ireland. Guest speakers and well-known personalities will speak on the advantages which the Irish language has afforded them in their chosen careers.
On Wednesday, 27th February 2013 the seminar will cater for pupils in counties Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo when a seminar will be hosted in Ballina, Co. Mayo.
On Thursday 28th February a seminar will take place in The Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny where pupils from all over Donegal, Derry, Fermanagh and Tyrone are invited to attend and listen to a wonderful panel of guest speakers on the day.
Speakers include, from RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta broadcaster Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí, Caitlín Uí Chlochláin Irish language Officer with Donegal County Council, Donegal’s footballer Eamon McGee and Dermot Mc Laughlin, Project Director City of Culture 2013.
As part of the seminars, questions from the students are welcomed, which give rise to lively debate about such subjects as the future of the language, Gaeltacht status, Irish as a compulsory subject, Irish at third level, and the Government’s support for the language.
Here are some upcoming seminars which will take place in Autumn 2013:
Carrick-on-Shannon – Wednesday, 16th October 2013
Galway – Thursday, 17th October 2013
Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Cork City – Wednesday, 13th November 2013
The Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry – Thursday, 14th November 2013
If your school would like to attend this seminar, please contact Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge: +353 1 679 4780 / e-mail eolas@gaelport.com for further information visit: www.gaelport.com/bbnag.
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