Ciarán Dunbar 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 the language”. Mhaigh sé gurbh é an Bille Teanga de chuid an SDLP an dóigh leis an teanga a ‘dhí-pholaitiú’. Is doiligh a thuiscint cén …
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 siad ullmhú don todhchaí nuair a bheas an Ghaeilge ina teanga dhomhanda arís, cá bhfios, nó b’fhéidir go dtuigeann siad go bhfuil luach i ngach …
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 ar chór ar bith. Ar sailleadh sinn?Is dócha go mbeidh sé á mhaíomh go bhfuil cúrsaí teanga cludaithe san abairt … The First Minister and …
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 ag déanamh a sheacht ndícheall chun moill a chur air, seans nach bhfuil i gceist sa straitéis seo ach an tAire ag cúlú siar céim …
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 70 do na ranganna i mbliana. Sin moll mór daoine agus is fianaise é gur féidir an difear a dhéanamh má dhéantar an obair ar …
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 also been that the proposed Act is a long term campaign and that equality for the language in the North is highly unlikely so long …
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 a cultural respect for the dead. I have a confession to make. I do not read any of Pete’s entries. I occasionally read Turgon’s entries …
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 fhorbairt seo agus beidh lúchair ar Ghaeil Poblachtacha leis. Beidh sé suimiúil áfach an mbeidh tionchar ar bith aige ar pháirtí eile chun foilseacháin Gaeilge …
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 people without spirit, without vision … they are bought by their friends and under the burden of hopelessness. I find it hard to disagree frankly. …
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 ‘faith’ do. I am not a Dawkinist nor an atheistic, maybe people of faith are correct. For me however these faiths are just another set …
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 Free Church and other Presbyterian Churches in the Western Isles. However, in the Hebrides they are sung in Gaelic as they have been for centuries.” …
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 , a sign of changing times in the Dome of Delight? Nuacht 24 have the story. Ciarán DunbarFreelance journalist, working mostly in Irish. Have my …
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 original records were made in 1928-31 by the German Dr Wilhelm Doegen on the request of the Irish Government. The site has not been entirely …
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 maximise the vote for a united Ireland and seeks to alienate the maximum number of people possible from the ‘United Kingdom’. I am clearly not …
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; Parent and pupil experiences 4.Irish/Gaelic-medium Education; Frequently asked questions 5.Irish-medium Post-primary Education They should provide a good introduction to those unfamiliar with bilingual education and …
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 na nGleann as Muscraí, Independent Free Newspapers Group i nGaillimh agus EoTeilifís / Connacht Tribune, arís bunaithe i gConamara. Táthar i mbéal na nGael go …
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 to encourage them to use the language in the home as far as possible, it is also hoped that this will give more people the …
This Thursday 3 September on BBC Two, 19:00-19:40 will see the screening of Rang 71, an Imagine Media documentary on Bunscoil Phobal Feirste, the first Irish medium school in the North. The school was founded to educate the children of the Pobal Feirste Gaeltacht community and it remains a thriving school to this day and has led the way in terms of Irish medium education. The parents who founded the school did so despite the threat of imprisonment from the …
Déanann muid díospóireacht le focail ar chúrsaí cultúrtha agus teangacha anseo. Déanann daoine eile argóintí s’acu le scriosadh agus tine. Éireoidh Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche arís áfach. As ‘Béarla’. Ciarán DunbarFreelance journalist, working mostly in Irish. Have my own independent news website – antuairisceoir.com – which is in constant need of material. I am the former editor of the newspaper Gaelscéal, www.gaelsceal.ie
Heads up to Dubhaltach mac Éamon Óig, mhic Éamoin, mhic Sheáin, mhic Mhártain Óig, mhic Mhártain, mhic Tomáis Uí Reachtair. Folks, I will never slag off Google again, I will never have to read in English again! And non-Gaelic speakers will be able to see (approximately) what we Gaeil are saying, ok, it is not perfect, far from it, but it is a start and I am sure it will be refined. All is changed, changed utterly. Update : I …
