Leagan Gaeilge anseo
The Irish Language:
Learning Irish
Irish Language Courses
in Dublin
Irish Language Courses
in the Gaeltacht
Irish Language Classes in Dublin
Gaelchultúr
Since February 2005, Gaelchultúr Limited (www.gaelchultur.com)
has been offering Irish language classes for adults in its centre
in the Filmbase building, Curved Street, Temple Bar. Classes
are available at the following levels: beginners, elementary,
lower intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced, accuracy in
Irish. For more information about classes, go to: www.gaelchultur.com
Foras na Gaeilge
Foras na Gaeilge (Tel: 1850 325 325 in the Republic of Ireland;
0845 3098142 in Northern Ireland) provides a comprehensive list
of Irish classes offered throughout the country. Information
is provided below on some of the main organisations that provide
Irish language classes in Dublin and in the Gaeltacht areas.
Conradh na Gaeilge
Conradh na Gaeilge organises winter and summer courses, conversation
groups and intensive courses at various levels, from complete
beginners to advanced grammar classes. The springtime classes
begin in January and continue until the end of March. Classes
are held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights during the
winter and last for an hour and a half each. Conradh na Gaeilge
also offers intensive 3-hour classes on two nights a week over
a period of three weeks during the summer.
Address: 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Phone: (01) 475-7401
Fax: (01) 475-7844
Email: eolas@cnag.ie
Website: www.cnag.ie/bunus/rang.htm
Gael Linn
Gael Linn's classes are now being held in its new modern centre
at 3 Dawson Street. It organises classes at various times during
the year and one can choose between morning or evening classes.
The classes are offered at five different levels. Gael Linn
also organises Gaeltacht courses in County Donegal and special
preparatory courses for primary teachers who qualified outside
the State to enable them to prepare for their examination.
Gael-Linn's courses generally last six weeks. There is a choice
of morning and evening classes. Evening classes are held on
Mondays and Wednesdays or on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.30
p.m. - 9.30 p.m. The morning classes are held two mornings per
week for six weeks.
Address: 35 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Phone: (01) 676-7283
Fax: (01) 676-7030
Email: gaellinn@eircom.net
Website: www.gael-linn.ie
Áras Chrónáin
Áras Chrónáin in Clondalkin offers Irish
language classes at five different levels throughout the year.
The autumn course begins in September and classes are held for
twelve weeks. A second course commences in the new year.
Address: Orchard Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Phone: (01) 457-4847
Fax: (01) 457-4847
Email: brian@araschronain.com
Website: www.araschronain.com
UCD, Adult Education Centre
The Adult Education Centre in University College Dublin offers
Irish language classes at four different levels. Classes are
held in Belfield.
Address: Adult Education Centre, Library Building, UCD, Dublin
4
Phone: (01) 716-1416
Email: adult.education@ucd.ie
Website: www.ucd.ie/~adulted
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Irish Language
Courses in the Gaeltacht
The Gaeltacht
The Irish speaking regions in the country are called na Gaeltachtaí.
The three largest Gaeltacht areas are in Counties Donegal, Galway,
and Kerry. There are also small Gaeltacht areas in Counties
Cork, Mayo, Waterford, and Meath. The amount of Irish being
spoken outside the Gaeltacht is continually increasing, as is
evident from the growing demand for Irish language classes and
primary and post-primary schooling through Irish. More and more
families and individuals in non-Gaeltacht areas are choosing
to live their lives bilingually. More information on Gaeltacht
areas can be found at this website:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/gaeilge.html#gaeltachtai
Oideas Gael
Oideas Gael is based in Gleann Cholm Cille in County Donegal.
It was founded in 1984 to promote the learning and use of Irish
and to foster Irish culture within the Gaeltacht and elsewhere.
The annual programme of courses and events achieves the further
aim of bringing together people of Irish and other Celtic backgrounds
to participate in everyday Gaeltacht life, improve their fluency
in Irish and enjoy the living culture.
Courses are held between mid-June and early September and at
other times during the year as well. Each year they attract
learners from all over Ireland and Britain, as well as from
countries such as the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia
and virtually every Western European country.
Each course contains three or more levels - beginner, intermediate
and advanced, and usually lasts a week. There are also cultural
activity courses available in traditional music and singing,
set-dancing, archaeology, hill-walking, painting and tapestry
weaving.
Address: Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille, Co. Donegal
Phone: (074) 973 0248
Fax: (074) 973 0348
Email: oidsgael@iol.ie
Website: www.oideas-gael.com
Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain
Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain is the
Irish Language Acquisition and Maintenance Centre for NUI, Galway
and is situated in Carraroe in the Conamara Gaeltacht. Irish
language courses are offered to adults, including Irish and
non-Irish nationals, teachers and third-level students.
All course programmes include traditional and cultural activities
- workshops on Irish dancing and singing and visits to local
places of interest. Áras Mháirtín Uí
Chadhain also offers summer courses for credit in Irish studies
and Irish language as well as certificate and higher diploma
T.E.F.L courses and an International writers' course.
Address: Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain,
An Cheathrú Rua, Co. Galway
Phone: (091) 595101/595038
Fax: (091) 595041
Email: caitriona.uichualain@oegaillimh.ie
Website: www.gaeilge.oegaillimh.ie/aras_chadhain.html
Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne
Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne was founded in 1980 under the auspices
of Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne to draw attention
to our heritage - language, history, geology, biology, etc.
- and to make a special effort to preserve and develop it. It
is based in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) on
the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Some of the Irish language
courses combine learning the language with other cultural activities
in the area.
Address: Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry
Phone: (066) 9156100
Fax: (066) 9156348
Email: mus@cfcdteo.iol.ie
Idirlíon: www.corca-dhuibhne.com
More information on the Dingle Peninsula and the West Kerry
Gaeltacht can be found at: www.dingle-peninsula.ie
An Chrannóg
An Chrannóg Language and Cultural Centre is located in
Derrybeg in the Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltacht in County Donegal and
is a campus of NUI Galway. An Chrannóg is encouraging
the wider use of Irish through its extensive range of educational
courses and community activities. Research facilities include
a comprehensive library with special emphasis on publications
of Ulster authors, an extensive radio and television archive
and a modern language laboratory. Courses in conversational
Irish with special emphasis on the Ulster dialect are offered
at three levels.
Links have been created with other groups learning Irish in
places such as Glasgow and New York. An Chrannóg also
organises conversation groups and specialised courses through
Irish (accounting, business studies and German, for example).
Among the cultural activities offered by An Chrannóg
are writing and literature workshops, exhibitions and social
evenings.
Address: Srath na Corcra, Derrybeg, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Phone: (074) 953 2208
Fax: (074) 953 2189
Email: eolas@Crannog.iol.ie
Idirlíon: www.crannog.ie
Comharchumann Ráth Cairn
The Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn is situated in County Meath
and has a unique history. Between 1935 and 1937, as part of
a scheme initiated by 'Muintir na Gaeltachta' and the Land Commission,
a total of 41 families migrated from designated 'congested districts'
in Conamara to four Athboy townlands in County Meath. In exchange
for the properties they left behind, each family was provided
with a house, 22 acres of land, basic livestock and implements,
and a National school was provided. Surrounded by English speakers,
the new settlers were left to their own initiative to develop
as a community and did so without losing their language. Ráth
Cairn was not officially recognised as a Gaeltacht area until
1967. In 1973 Comharchumann Ráth Cairn was formed to
plan and undertake development in the area.
As well as organising courses for teenagers and third-level
students, Ráth Cairn offers weekend language courses
for adults, custom-designed courses for professional groups
and organisations and cultural holidays (set-dancing classes,
singing, sean-nós dancing, céilí, tours
and cultural talks).
Address: Comharchumann Ráth Cairn, Áras Uí
Ghramhnaigh, Athboy, Co. Meath
Phone: (046) 32067
Fax: (046) 32381
Email: Rathcairn@tinet.ie
Website: www.rathcairn.com/gaeilge/cursai.htm
Dáil Uladh
Dáil Uladh provides the following:
* Irish Language Courses for Families & Adults
* Intensive Language Courses
* Painting Workshops
* Cookery Class
* Mountain Walk
* Cultural & Creative Courses
* Story Telling Workshops
* Creative Crafts Weekend Workshops
* Traditional Dry Stone Wall Building Workshops
Address: Coláiste Uladh, Gortahork, County Donegal
Phone: (074) 916-5822
Email: dailuladh@eircom.net
Website: www.dailuladh.com
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