Online resource for Irish choirs is on-song
Mí na Bealtaine 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 [...]
Gradam Speisialta do Raidió na Life as ‘Scoth na Seirbhíse le 20 Bliain’ & ‘Láithreán Gréasáin na Bliana’ ag Gradaim Chumarsáide 2013
Mí na Bealtaine 21, 2013
Bronnadh Gradam Speisialta ar Raidió na Life as Scoth na Seirbhíse le 20 Bliain (1993 – 2013) ag Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais 2013 ag ócáid i nGaillimh Dé hAoine seo caite 17ú Bealtaine. Ag ócáid stairiúil i stair 20 bliain an stáisiúin bronnadh duais ar Raidió na Life freisin do ‘Láithreán Gréasáin na Bliana’ dá [...]
SPRAOI ag Tuistí agus Leanaí don Samhradh
Mí na Bealtaine 21, 2013
Tiocfaidh SPRAOI, an grúpa dátheangach Tuistí/Leanaí, le chéile arís an Satharn seo chugainn, 25 Bealtaine ag 11 a chlog ar maidin. Bunaíodh SPRAOI an samhradh seo caite agus tagann an grúpa le chéile gach dara Dé Sathairn in Ionad Phobal Darach Úr. Bíonn tae agus caife do na tuismitheoirí agus comhrá dátheangach ar siúl acu [...]
Naíonra Cheatharlach
Mí na Bealtaine 21, 2013
Ag druidim le deireadh scoilbliana eile ag gach leibhéal den oideachas ó réamhscolaíocht go bunscolaíocht, iarbhunscolaíocht go tríú leibhéal ní foláir tosnú ag réiteach gan mhoill don chéad scoilbhliain eile. Sin mar atá ag Naíonra Cheatharlach agus clárú faoi lán seoil do Mhí Mheán Fómhair. Tá an naíonra i mbaile Cheatharlach lonnaithe i nGráig Chuilinn [...]
Reprieve for Buncrana’s Irish Language school
Mí na Bealtaine 20, 2013
Inishowen’s only Irish language secondary school has been granted a ‘stay of execution’ as the Department of Eudcation has decided to extend provisional recognition to Coláiste Chineál Eoghain for the 2013/2014 year. There was outcry several months ago when it became clear the Department intended to close the Irish medium school because of ‘insufficient numbers’. [...]
Now you’re speaking our language!
Mí na Bealtaine 20, 2013
Deirdre Reynolds meets TG4’S stars ahead of tonight’s Irish language media awards Move over, Dáithí — meet the new buachaillí on the block. Maura Derrane, Gráinne Seoige and Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile are just some of the gorgeous Gaeilgeoirí to emerge from TG4 in recent years. But following in the footsteps of former weather man Dáithí [...]
Grassroots Gaelic
Mí na Bealtaine 17, 2013
Crawford Mackie’s letter about research into Gaelic language education (14 May) was redolent of the type of blustering train crash which generally occurs when prejudice comes up against scientific research. After a scattergun ad hominem attack on the academics involved, Mr Mackie questioned the sample size of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, while indicating that [...]
Conamara students are on the right frequency
Mí na Bealtaine 16, 2013
Students from Coláiste Cholmcille, Indreabhán, Co Galway, are on the right frequency, having won third prize in the national radio programme competition, Comórtas Clár Raidió Gael Linn 2013. This popular competition is organised annually by Gael Linn, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, to promote new radio talent among transition year students in particular. The [...]
Half of Scots back right to send child to Gaelic school
Mí na Bealtaine 13, 2013
ALMOST half of Scots believe parents should have the right to send their children to a Gaelic school, research shows. Analysis of results from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey found there was widespread support for youngsters being able to attend Gaelic-medium education, where classes are taught in Gaelic with English as a secondary language. The [...]
An tAos óg agus an Ghaeilge
Mí na Bealtaine 13, 2013
Bhog Donncha Ó hÉallaithe ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go Conamara 40 bliain ó shin. ‘B’í an Ghaeilge a mheall mé le bogadh amach as Baile Átha Cliath,’ a deir sé san eagrán reatha de beo.ie. Ach téann sé ar aghaidh: ‘Tá creimeadh mór tarlaithe ar an Ghaeilge ó shin… Tá cuid mhaith de na daoine [...]
