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Rith 2012: Get on yer ‘brógaí reatha’!
This morning will see the arrival of ‘Rith 2012’ in Belfast, organisers are confident that hundreds will turn out to support the event. ‘Rith’, the Gaelic for ‘run’ is a ten day event in which thousands of Irish speakers and supporters of the language will run from Gaoth Dobhair in Donegal to Inis Mór, the [...] more »
Ban on Irish radio outside Belfast
By Katie McGreal Raidió Fáilte, Belfast’s Irish language radio station, wants to broadcast all across the 6 counties but the independent regulation and competition authority for the UK communications industry, Ofcom, refuses to give them permission to broadcast further than the five kilometres they are currently permitted. Ofcom say they cannot allow Raidió Fáilte broadcast [...] more »
A New Era for Newry Gaels
Work begins on ‘Gaeláras Mhic Ardghail’ The Irish language receives a huge boost in Newry this week when building work begins on the new Irish language centre, ‘Gaeláras Mhic Ardghail’. It is hoped that the work will be completed and the centre opened by September 2012 – in time for the centenary of Omeath Irish [...] more »
Labhraionn Mac Giolla Eoin amach
Tá ráiteas déanta ag leascheannaire an SDLP, Patsaí Mac Giolla Eoin ar an Ghaeilge : “Irish language must be above all party side deals”. Ag labhairt dó i mBéarla Deardaoin seo chuaigh thart dúirt sé : “It is simply untrue and harmful when Gerry Adams claims that Sinn Fein is the only party fighting for [...] more »
An Ghaeilge sa tSín / Chinese University to teach Irish
Deirtear linn mar Ghaeil go minic gur cheart dúinn éirí as labhairt na Gaeilge agus dul i mbun foghlamtha ar an Sínis nó an Mandairínis le bheith beacht. Nach iontach an rud é le cloisteáil go mbeidh an Ghaeilge a theagaisc ag Ollscoil sa tSín, Beijing Foreign Studies University! B’fhéidir go gceapann siad go gcaithfidh [...] more »
Saillte?
Rinne mé tuairisc an tseachtain seo chuaigh thart go raibh caint ar straitéis don Ghaeilge seachas ar Acht na Gaeilge i gcainteanna Chroimghlinne. Tá an ‘comhaontú’, an toradh ar an cainteanna seo anois ar fáil . Bhí mé iomlán mí-cheart, níl iomrá ar bith ar Acht, nó straitéis, déanta na fírinne ní luaitear an Ghaeilge [...] more »
Faic bainte amach don Ghaeilge?
Tá cuma ar an scéal go bhfuil sé beartaithe ‘straitéis’ a bheith ann don Ghaeilge mar thoradh ar na cainteanna ar siúil i gCaisleán Chroimghlinne. Beidh le feiceáil cad a bheadh i gceist ach tá dualgas ar a DCAL agus ar Nelson McCausland straitéis a chur ar bun don Ghaeilge cheanna féin, rud atá Nelson [...] more »
70 sign up for classes!
Láinseáileadh an clár oibre nua Ghlór na Móna aréir thuas i nGaelscoil na Móna. Is eagraíocht é Glór na Móna a dhéanann seachas a bheith ag caint amháin agus is dream iad a dhéanann a chuid obair ar an talamh, go háitiúil, i measc a muintire féin. Cá bhfuil an scéal anseo a deir sibh?Chláraigh [...] more »
Talks and the ILA
Whilst talks continue on the devolution of Policing and Justice let us remind ourselves that an Irish Language Act was also part of the St. Andrew’s Agreement. There has been no mention of the proposed Act being an issue in the current talks and I have no indication whatsoever that it is. My view has [...] more »
Reading Blogs; why?
There was a bit of an off topic exchange of views of the Cardinal Cahal Daly (RIP) thread between Turgon and ‘The Spectator’. ‘The Spectator revealed that he doesn’t read any of Pete’s threads and consciously avoids debating with Turgon, Turgon seems none too pleased. I would have commented there but I am tied to [...] more »
An Glór Poblachtach : Iris Ghaeilge Shinn Féin
Tuigtear dom go mbeidh iris nua Ghaeilge Shinn Féin : An Glór Poblachtach ar díol sa Chultúrlann inniu. Tá sé beartaithe ag an pháirtí an iris, atá lán dáite is i nGaeilge amháin, a chur amach dhá uair in aghaidh na bliana ‘mar thús’. Mar a dúirt mé inné beidh roinnt Gaeilgeoirí thíos leis an [...] more »
Foras back beo.ie
Predictably Foras na Gaeilge have today taken the most conservative option and awarded the new contract for a new online Irish magazine to beo.ie. As one leading Irish language journalist has stated on hearing the news … ‘seandaoine gan spioráid, gan fhís … tá siad ceannaithe ag a gcairde agus faoi ualach an éadóchais’ Old [...] more »
Politics and the Terminal Decline of the Catholic Church
Let me put my cards of the table, I am an agnostic. I have no idea about how the universe was created nor who or what created it, to me only a god could answer these questions. I think it is rather silly for humans to attempt to answer them as those who do have [...] more »
Gaelic Psalm Singers in Béal Feirste Cois Cuain
Next Saturday, 28th November there will be two concerts of traditional Gaelic psalm singing to be heard in Belfast. “Psalm singers from the Isle of Lewis will travel to Belfast on the 28 November 2009. They bring with them a unique sound and singing tradition. The psalms are at the heart of worship in the [...] more »
Fleadh Feirste launched this morning
Fleadh Feirste, the festival of the Gaeltacht Quarter was launched this morning in Cultúrlann. The events will be underway from the 26th to the 29th of November and include concerts, music workshops and An Cabaret Craiceáilte, transplanted from Gaoth Dobhair for the night. Interesting the website sports an Irish language translation of Belfast’s new logo [...] more »
The Doegen Records Web Project
The Doegen Records Web Project has gone on line. The Doegan records are a folklore collection of world significance and probably the most important of Ireland’s linguistic and folkloric collections. it is a great pity that we have had to wait this long to have them freely available – neverthless there are here now. The [...] more »
“tuv-blast-leprechaun-language-waste”
Its called racism folks. Its nasty, it is hatred, inspired by ignorance. It seeks to promote ignorance and hatred beyond itself in order to make the world a worse place – to bring it down to its own level. I have never, and clearly will never understand why a large section of ‘unionism’ seeks to [...] more »
Comhairle na Gaelscolaìochta launch video campaign
Comhairle na Gaelscolaìochta, the Council for Irish medium education in the North have launched a series a videos on their website to give information on IME. (Apologies for fadas pointing left, I can do nothing about it!)The five videos are entitled … 1.What is Irish/Gaelic-medium Education? 2.What are the advantages of Irish/Gaelic-medium Education? 3.Irish/Gaelic-medium Education; [...] more »
Comórtas faoi choinne conradh ar son nuachtán úr Gaeilge
Dar le Anton McCabe (Antón Mac Cába) agus é ag scríobh sa Sunday Business Post tá cúig dhream istigh i comórtas Fhoras na Gaeilge faoi choinne nuachtán nua Gaeilge. Conradh ceithre bliana atá i gceist. Is iad na dreamanna atá sa comórtas ná ‘Iar-fhoireann Fhoinse’ i gConamara, Nuacht 24 atá bunaithe i mBéal Feirste, Bard [...] more »
Opening Doors
I blogged a line or two last year about the ‘Opening Doors’ program being run in Baile an Chaistil and in Íle. Today’s Irish News reports that the ten week course is starting up again this new School year in both places. The course is designed for parents with little or no Gaelic and aims [...] more »
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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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