This week is week 7! (I know the weeks are flying by) This week is like any other week in the semester, deadlines are fast approaching BUT we have something to celebrate this week which is Seachtain na Gaeilge! (Irish language week) Tá sé ar ais arís. It runs from the 1st to the 17th of March every year ending on Paddy’s Day so really it’s two weeks but we’ll celebrate both. Seachtain na Gaeilge was established in 1903 by Conradh na Gaeilge. An even better quality about Seachtain na Gaeilge is that it’s a non profit organisation that promotes Gaeilge during this two week féile.
There was lots of events, guest speakers and Irish films shown on campus for this years Seachtain na Gaeilge. Its great we get this time dedicated to our native tongue. Seachtain na Gaeilge encourages us all to us our cúpla focal and also to learn something new as Gaeilge. Sechtain na Gaeilge isn’t just for Gaeilgeoirí it’s for everybody to embrace the Irish language and all it has to offer. Find more information in the following link if you want to make the most out if it! https://snag.ie/
This week I have been reflecting on the Irish language and how we can all improve by using cúpla focal on the daily, I like to think as gaeilge so this helps words come to my head faster mar a deirfá ‘Beatha an teanga í a leabhairt’. The life of a language is to speak it.
Bain trail asti! – Surprise yourself
‘Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam’ A country without a language is a country without a soul – Pádraig Mac Piarais
‘Is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla cliste’ Broken Irish is better than clever English.
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https://snag.ie/
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