Mayo festival falls to cutbacks
Museum keeper Tony Candon said Féile na Tuaithe will not go ahead next year. The summer festival, held for the past seven years, had established itself as a key cultural event in the west of Ireland....
View ArticleThe Right Hon
Tugann an clár léargas ar Pat McFadden atá ina fheisire parlaiminte thar ceann iardheisceart Wolverhampton i Westminster. Tá dlúthbhaint ag McFadden le Gaeltacht Dhún na nGall bíodh is gur tháinig sé...
View ArticleCouncil to review Gaelic Culture Museum plans
The plans are for the entrance end of the site, just off the N22. Moreover, the demolition of existing toilets and northern and eastern boundary walls will need to go ahead to allow for the project....
View ArticleA Christmas tale that puts language in the picture
This year, aged 75, Dublin grandmother Catherine Sheridan fulfilled a huge ambition. After a life filled with family committments and a long-held interest in art, she published her first children’s...
View ArticleOifigeach Gaeilge sábháilte ag ‘Cumhacht na nDaoine’
Bhíodar ag iarraidh an post seo a chur faoi chúram an Oifigigh Chomhionannais. Ar an Satharn, bheartaigh siad gan glacadh leis an smaoineamh seo mar gheall ar fheachtasaíocht ó Ghaeilgeoirí. Is...
View ArticleNa saoithe
Agus nuair a chonaic siad an réalta tháinig ardáthas orthu. Agus chuaigh siad isteach sa teach agus fuair siad an leanbh, agus a mháthair Muire, agus Iósaef, agus d’umhlaigh siad go talamh ag déanamh...
View ArticleCruinniú ag Fóram Phobal na Gaeilge
Pléifear cathair Chultúir 2013 agus Seachtain na Gaeilge 2012 go príomha ag an gcruinniú. Is fóram ionadaíocht é atá comhdhéanta de ghrúpaí, eagraíochtaí agus dhaoine aonair atá ag obair in earnáil na...
View ArticleDreoilín Cheatharlach
Is nós ceilteach agus traidisiúnta é an Dreoilín. Titeann Lá an Dreoilín ar Lá le Stiofán, an 26ú Nollaig, agus ar an lá áirithe seo gléasann daoine idir óg agus fásta iad féin le haghaidheanna fidil,...
View ArticleLive music series sticks to tradition
Geantraí, the traditional music television series, is only one of three programmes on TG4 to have survived since the Irish language station began broadcasting in 1996 — Ros na Rún and Nuacht TG4 being...
View ArticleAn Nollaig ar R na G
Scrúdófar obair mhisinéirí na hÉireann san Afraic Theas sa chlár Misean Cara san Afraic, go háirithe obair an tAthair Pádraig Ó Neachtain, fear de bhunadh an Spidéil. Sa chlár Imircí Nua labhróidh...
View ArticlePast pupils reunion to celebrate 30 Years of Education through Irish in...
Little did the founders of Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc back in 1982 realize the growth that was to lie ahead for the school when it opened its doors to its first twenty junior infants in a rented...
View ArticleComharthaí fíor-ama i nGaeilge
Gheall an tÚdarás Náisiúnta Iompar go mbeadh na comharthaí ar fáil i nGaeilge Béarla ag tús mhí na Samhna. Ní raibh aon chostas sa bhreis ag baint le leagan Gaeilge de na comharthaí a chur ar fáil...
View ArticleMisspelt signs 'an insult to people' says Cllr
Cllr Michael Gleeson, whose native townland of Minish is one such place name incorrectly spelt on a sign and whose meaning has been altered as a result, described the practice as "an insult to people"...
View ArticleCastlebar Shop Window winners announced
“Gnó Mhaigh Eo were really delighted with the response from the Castlebar businesses and with their use of Irish. We hope that this is just the first step and that it will encourage businesses to...
View ArticleBua straitéise
Agus mé ag cúléisteacht i seomra eile leis na páistí, arsa an duine is sine de mo chúram (14) leis an duine is óige (6) i nGaeilge as a stuaim féin: “Druid an doras, le do thoil.” Agus dhruid. Bíodh...
View ArticleDráma dorcha le Liam Ó Flaithearta i gcló den chéad uair
Ach níor chuir an t-aistear sin beaguchtach ar an scoláire, Brian Ó Conchubhair, agus é ar lorg lámhscríbhinne caillte – Dorchadas – de chuid an scríbhneora iomráitigh, Liam Ó Flaithearta. Tháinig Ó...
View ArticleSchool's out, activities in
IF IT’S Tuesday it must be ballet – Monday is music and Wednesday is swimming . . . For many a family the days of the week are defined by who has to be where to do what after school. The pursuit of...
View ArticleFluent in three months? Mon dieu!
Ireland might have two official languages, but we are, shamefully, a nation of monoglots. There are a few myths that we stubbornly cling to about language learning, almost as an excuse, such as that...
View ArticleFF condemn Quinn’s sneaky approach to cuts
Fianna Fáil launched a private members’ bill last night amid concerns that minority faith and smaller schools could be forced to close due to cutbacks. "You’re dealing with two-teacher, three-teacher...
View ArticleComóradh Comhar
Ó tharla an oiread sin d’eagarthóirí agus scríbhneoirí Comhar ina measc siúd a bhunaigh Cumann Merriman i 1967 – Tomás De Bhaldraithe, Daithí Ó hUaithne, Seán Mac Réamoinn, Eoghain Ó hAnluain – ba...
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