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Concern over ‘alarming drop’ in Gaeltacht’s native speakers
Daily Irish speakers in Dún Chaoin (Dunquin) fell from 86% of the population to 59% over a 10-year period, 1996 to 2006. Located on the extreme western tip of the Dingle Peninsula, Dún Chaoin is the...
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Aisteoirí an Lóchrainn
Athbhunaíodh an grúpa anuraidh agus chuireadar an dráma “Dúirt Bean Liom” le Lady Gregory ar an stáitse. Táid i mbun cleachtaidh arís i láthair na huaire agus an dráma “Bidín” leis an Athar Pádraig...
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Bernard Dunne bródúil as a chuid Ghaeilge
Tá i gceist aige 10,000 duine a mhealladh ar ais i dtreo na teanga, ina measc siúd beidh Kevin Myers, Ray Foley, Tom Dunne agus craoltóirí eile a raibh amhrasach go leor go dtí seo faoi luach na...
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Stuck in Lá Groundhog?
The fact that Ann Marie Hourihane does not encounter Irish as a living language does not mean that the language is “non-spoken” (Opinion, March 5th). There is a significant minority of Irish people...
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Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh nua le fógairt ag McGinley
In agallamh leis an gcolún seo agus a chéad bhliain caite aige mar Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, thug Dinny McGinley (FG) le fios go raibh €500,000 curtha ar leataobh ag an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus...
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Good sport Kenny is spreading the word about Seachtain na Gaeilge festival
He showed off his hurling skills to Noinin Ni Mhurchu (5), from Scoil Bharra in Cabra, to mark the start of the two-week festival. Running up to and including St Patrick's Day, the festival aims to...
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To Be Honest - A STUDENT writes
ON TUESDAY I will sit three Leaving Cert exams, one after the other. I am one of 279 students expected to sit the Russian paper this year and, since the subject has been timetabled for the same day as...
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Ciorcal Comhrá Samhraidh
Tá Gaeilge Locha Riach ag eagrú sraith ciorcal comhrá do mhic léinn meánscoile agus do dhaoine fásta, ag tosú an tseachtain seo agus ag leanúint ar aghaidh go dtí mí Lúnasa. Beidh ciorcal comhrá...
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Comórtas Liteartha an Oireachtais
Ní mór a mheabhrú do scríbhneoirí na Gaillimhe gurb é an chéad lá de mhí Iúil an spriocdháta iontrála do chomórtais liteartha an Oireachtais. Tá réimse leathan comórtas i gceist, iad dírithe ar...
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Fiafraithe
AN FÍOR go bhfuil dath buí ar an ngáire agus dath donn ar an mbrón? Nach músclaíonn póg an gheimhridh tú i moiche na maidne? An ngabhann an tuar ceatha isteach sa talamh agus amach ar an taobh eile?...
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An Béal Bocht le Cló Mhaigh Eo
Tá súil le leagan grafach den leabhar cáiliúil An Béal Bocht le Myles na gCopaleen a bheith ar fáil an samhradh seo. Is é an comhlacht fhoilsitheoireachta Cló Mhaigh Eo, comhlacht atá lonnaithe i...
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Irish language bodies welcome report
IRISH LANGUAGE organisations have welcomed the contents of an Oireachtas report which recommends that funding for the sector should not be subject to competitive tender. The focus of the report,...
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A world of music at Celtic Connections
Howard Levy, pianist and harmonicist extraordinaire, who has recently rejoined the band after a 17-year hiatus, completed the line-up. What Fleck described as a ‘tasteless’ first half fizzed with...
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Criteria shake-up will mean new Gaeltacht areas
Areas designated as official Irish-speaking areas and which are entitled to State funding will now be decided according to linguistic criteria instead of by geography, which has been the position to...
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Cabinet approves Gaeltacht Bill plan
Under the legislation being prepared by Minister for the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan, areas outside the traditional Gaeltacht may be recognised as Gaeltacht regions, subject to fulfilling particular...
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Bonus points for Irish? That's bogus
The Leaving Cert is supposed to be a “level playing field”. That’s the phrase that supporters of this exam love to use. Bonus points for Irish queer the pitch. Take two students, equally able, going...
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Rialtas faoi ionsaí as 'droch-chinneadh' eile teanga a dhéanamh
Caithfidh ábhar múinteora trí sheachtaine a chaitheamh ar chúrsa Gaeltachta mar chuid éigeantach dá gcéim oideachais. Ach tá Roinn an Oideachais le deireadh a chur leis na deontais do na cúrsaí seo le...
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Maoiniú na heagraíochtaí Gaeilge
Beidh ceann de na sraith chruinnithe seo ar siúl tráthnóna Luain seo chugainn, 12 Marta, in Óstan an Menlo Park, Gaillimh ag tosú ag 7.00i.n. Tá eolas faoin tsamhail nua mhaoinithe ar fáil ag...
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Oíche Shean-Nóis i Maigh Cuilinn
Tá súil le hoíche mhór arís i mbliana, agus i measc iad siúd a bheidh le cloisteáil Oíche Chéadaoin seo chugainn,14 Márta, tá Johnny Mháirtín Learaí, Josie Sheáin Jeaic, Máirtín Tom Sheainín, Máire...
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Ag Rith don Ghaeilge
Deir siad go mbeidh na mílte daoine, idir pháistí scoile, cumainn pheile, cumainn lúthchleasaíochta, oibrithe monarchana agus a lán eile ag tabhairt faoin rith. Deir an lucht eagraithe freisin go...
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