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Athlone Pop Up Gaeltacht goes from strength to strength

Commencing at 9pm each Thursday, the Athlone Pop Up Gaeltacht originated in 2019 among a number of friends who were learning the national language via Duolingo.

New strategy to revive urban Gaeltacht area

The rollout of a seven-year Irish language plan for the East Galway City Gaeltacht is to begin in earnest next month

Community and Business centre opens on Inis Meáin

The gteic – Digital Network of the Gaeltacht – is a serious of innovation hubs by Údarás na Gaeltachta meant to encourage the development of modern businesses, and make regional areas more viable to live in.

Galway city clubs taking part in exciting GAA competition

Gaeil na Gaillimhe GAA Club are holding an exciting event next week to promote women in sport, and the Irish language, with many clubs joining in.

Fás le Foras – MÓINÍN

This week’s blog takes a look at an organisation focused on literature and publishing as well as other aspects.

From blow-in to building a business trí Ghaeilge in the Gaeltacht

Chef and café-owner, Diarmuid Ó Mathúna writes about his experience of being a ‘blow-in’ in a Gaeltacht region and building a successful business run through Irish.

Fás le Foras – Raidió na Life

This week, an Irish radio station will be discussed in this blog.

The Mayo surf school with a difference

Owner Declan O’Connor dubs it as a “unique surf lesson with a touch of the Irish language” with every age, level and group welcome.

TG4 reveals new look for its young people’s brand Cúla4

TG4 has revealed a new brand look and introduced a new onscreen presenter for its young people’s schedule.

An Italian man living in the Gaeltacht with fluent Irish

Andrea Palandri’s roots are very firmly in Italy and Scotland, but his branches have now reached Ireland, living in the Gaeltacht as a fluent Irish speaker

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The Irish Lead Organisations

Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge is the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community and works promotes the language throughout the whole of Ireland and around the world.

An tOireachtas

Oireachtas na Gaeilge celebrates the traditional arts through the medium of Irish and provides opportunities which support the use of Irish and establishing networks.

Cumann na bhFiann

Cumann na bFiann organises Irish language youth clubs giving the students the opportunity to use and improve their spoken Irish.

Gaeloideachas

Gaeloideachas is the lead organisation in the Irish-medium immersion education and preschool sector and also provides support services for Irish-medium schools in Gaeltacht areas.

Gael Linn

Gael Linn is the Lead Organisation responsible for the teaching of Irish as a school subject and in adult education and the creation of opportunities for school pupils to use Irish.

Glór na nGael

Glór na nGael is the lead organisation responsible for promoting language in the family, language in business and enterprise and language in community development.

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Media

RAIDIÓ NA LIFE

Broadcasting in Dublin since 1993, Raidió na Life is a community-of-interest radio station set up to provide a community-oriented Irish language radio service to the Irish-speaking community of Dublin and surrounding areas on a non-profit basis.

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RAIDIÓ FÁILTE

Raidió Fáilte is Belfast’s only Irish radio station, broadcasting in the city Raidió Fáilte provides a community radio service to the Irish language community, helping to support and spread the the Irish language in Belfast and around the world.

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