#Gtuít: First ever Irish language tweetup
September 11, 2012
#Gtuít, the first ever Irish language tweetup will take place in The Culture Box, 12 Essex Street in Dublin’s Templebar on Thursday 27 September from 6-17.15 pm. Developments in technology as well as the success stories of Irish language campaigns online will be some of topics discussed at the open event which is free to the public.
Irish language news and information website, Gaelport.com is organising the event. It is timely that the event should take place as 2012 has been a phenomenal year for social media and a year where the Irish language community has really harnessed digital media to communicate with speakers across the globe, according to editor of Gaelport.com, Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin.
“We hope to give Irish speakers and those with an interest in digital media and technology the chance to network in person with those who use social networks on a daily basis to communicate as Gaeilge”, she notes.
The event is taking the format of a mash-up between a tweetup and information session but will be open not only to Twitter users but to users of other social networks such as Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ as well as users of the Irish languages own social network Abair Leat which was launched earlier this year.
“We are delighted that one of the founders of Abair leat, Mícheál Ó Foighil will speak at the Gtuít about the abair leat social network and he will also speak about Irish language college Coláiste Lurgan’s sensational success in bringing the Irish language to a new generation on YouTube”, she adds.
Emerging trends and developments on line will also be discussed by Fiachra Ó Marcaigh, Director of internet consultancy firm Amas.
“We hope that the #Gtuít will kick-start a discussion of the role of the Irish language in future technologies and that it will inspire new developers, bloggers, organisations to come together and create new Irish language digital projects in the future”, says Niamh.
An #Gtuít will take place from 6-7.15pm in the Culture Box in Templebar Thursday September 27th. All are invited to attend. Gtuíters wishing to tweet and blog from the #Gtuít are invited to use the #Gtuít hashtag on Twitter and on other social networks.
Gaelport.com is a digital media project of Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge and receives funding from Foras na Gaeilge. Gaelport.com wishes to acknowledge the support of the Templebar Cultural Trust in organising this event.
For further information contact Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin: 01 679 4780/0879624868 niamh@gaelport.com
www.gaelport.com/gtuit
