February 2012
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Idiot on the internet: There must be a word for yes. There can't not be, that has to be wrong.
Me: Yep, in all my years of speaking Irish, the word for yes just sneakily evaded me somehow.
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Máirt Inide - Oideas simplí do phancóga →
Agus Máirt Inide buailte linn, féach thíos oideas simplí chun pancóga deasa milis a ullmhú.
Pancóga Oideas bunúsach do fuidreamh Comhábhair 4unsa (100g) plúr ½ phionta (250ml) Bainne 1 ubh Gráinnín salann (leathspúnóg tae) Comhábhair breise 2unsa (50g) im Siúcra / líomóid / nó oráiste do bhlas breise Ag déanamh na pancóga Cuir an plúr agus an salann le chéile i mbabhla. ...
Wombat's Gaeilge Grammar Guide [PDF] →
“Má tá tú ag lorg cara gan locht, béidh tú gan cara go deo. ~ If you’re looking...”
– Irish sayings. (via lightningtheraintransformed)
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Cearta teanga, pobal mionteanga agus polasaí an... →
TUARASCÁIL : THUG AN Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta deis don phobal le deireanas moltaí a roinnt leis an Stát san athbhreithniú atáthar á dhéanamh ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003.
Is iondúil go gcuirtear fáilte roimh dheis athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar fheidhmiú pholasaí agus chleachtais an Stáit i réimse freagrachta ar leith.
Is neamhghnách, áfach, sa chás seo go bhfuil...
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Eagraíochtaí Gaeilge slán go dtí Meitheamh 2013 →
In Inis Ceithleann inniu thug an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas treoir do Fhoras na Gaeilge go leanfaí ag cur maoiniú eatramhach ar fáil do na heagrais bunmhaoininthe Gaeilge suas go dtí an 30 Meitheamh 2013.
D’fhreastail Carál Ní Chuilín, MLA, Aire Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta, Donnchadh Mac Fhionnlaoich, TD, Aire Stáit ar a bhfuil freagracht ar leith as Gnóthaí Gaeltachta agus ...
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“Is iomaí cor sa tsaol.”
– Seanfhocal
There is many a twist in life.
(via fuckyeahsandorclegane)
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Language chief calls for spirit of co-operation →
IRISH-LANGUAGE organisations need to co-operate in an effort to reduce costs, the chief executive of Foras na Gaeilge, the body which disperses public funds to the sector, has said.
Foras na Gaeilge currently has a budget of €21 million of which more than €7 million is spent on the 19 language organisations.
They include Conradh na Gaeilge, Oireachtas na Gaeilge and Comhdháil Náisiúnta na...
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Raidió na Gaeltachta →
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Do Theanga, Do Rogha!
carberp4:
An Ghaeilge do scoláirí dara leibhéil i Loch Garman, agus níos faide
Fad is atá sibh ag dul tríd an meánscoil, is cinnte go mbeidh cúig bliana déanta agaibh ag déanamh staidéir an nGaeilge. Bíonn tuairimí difriúla ag gach aon duine ar an nGaeilge, mar is cosúil le gach ábhar ar scoil is dócha. Ach níl aon ghá do dhaoine meon iomlán acadúil a bheith acu ar an teanga.
Tá i bhfad...
metrax:
Labhair Gaeilge liom más féidir leatsa!
Speak Irish with me if you can!
“Languages embody the intellectual wealth of the people that speak them. Losing...”
– Ken Hale (via lesserjoke)
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Concern over ‘alarming drop’ in Gaeltacht’s native... →
An “alarming” drop in the number of Irish speakers in a Kerry Gaeltacht parish which produced some of the best known writers in Irish is causing concern.
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 country’s most westerly settlement and...
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It's innovation and inspiration as Gaeilge in... →
By MARIA HERLIHY
Thursday February 02 2012
INSPIRING ideas and ground-breaking work being carried out by Irishspeakers is the focus of the third annual ‘Imbolc’ seminar in Ballyvourney.
Taking place on Saturday, February 18 in the Ionad Cúlturatha centre in Ballyvourney, the one day event is entitled ’ Imbolc’ after the pre-christian festival day to mark the...
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056539400&pp=15&page=1
Boards.ie and it’s never-ending debates about an Ghaeilge. Trigger warning; may cause some anger and/or depression.
Vowels
Ar mhaith leat Gaeilge a fhoghlaim? ^_^ Basics...
a: like 'o' in "cod"
á: like 'aw' in "flaw"
e: like 'e' in "peg"
é: like 'ay' in "hay"
i: like 'i' in "tin"
í: like 'ee' in "heel"
o: like 'u' in "bud"
ó: like 'o' in "home"
u: like 'u' in "bud"
ú: like 'oo' in "cool"
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NUIG launches iTunes channel to help... →
By Kernan Andrews
A new learning resource, The iTunes U – COGG Channel, developed by NUI Galway for Gaeltacht and all-Irish primary schools was launched this week.
The iTunes U – COGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta) Channel comprises audio and video resources that have been carefully selected from both the Raidió na Gaeltachta and NUIG archives, as part of a...
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Call for talks on Foras funding →
The implementation of a new funding model for the Irish language voluntary movement by Foras na Gaeilge will result in the demise of the sector, according to recent past presidents of Comhdáil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge.
Under the new model - due to be implemented later this year - not-for-profit language groups would have to compete on a three-yearly basis for funds to implement schemes planned by...
“Ní bhrisfidh siad mé mar tá an fonn saoirse agus saoirse mhuintir na hEireann i...”
– MP Bobby Sands, 1981
[If they aren’t able to destroy the desire for freedom, they won’t break you. They won’t break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is...
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde.
thatchardkid:
“Beware of the anger of a patient man.”
An Irish Proverb
January 2012
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slip-jigs-and-bun-wigs:
“Poirtín sheáin a tsíoda
As rince philib a’cheoil
Déansa domhsa rince
Is seinnfidh mise an ceol”
Learning this atm… can safely say it’s been in my head for a good week or so now :| it’s also a slip jig though I realised lol, could multi-practice ;D
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“Agus shíl mé, a stóirín,
go mba gealach agus grian tú,
agus shíl mé ina...”
– from “A Ógánaigh an Chúil Cheangailte”, an Irish folk-poem. Published in An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed, ed. Seán Ó Tuama. Trans. Thomas Kinsella. (via maststocedartrees)
Anonymous asked: What's the proper translation for "I will settle down"? :)
maststocedartrees:
Applying for funding to go to An Ceathrú Rua and study Irish this summer…wish me luck!
ádh mór ort a chara! go n-éirí leat.
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Dingle film fest offers €5,000 prize for Irish... →
FILM-MAKERS MIGHT BE interested in this generous-looking prize being offered by the Dingle International Film Festival this March. The festival – which is heading into its fifth year – is offering a €5,000 cash prize to the winner of a competition for short film proposals in the Irish language.
The festival organisers, headed by artistic director Maurice Galway, say that they want to...