Newsletter #30: April 2015

Fáilte!

There’s plenty of information in this month’s edition of Nuachtlitir Ghaelchultúir about events run by the company itself and by other organisations. So whether you’re looking for a language course or an Irish language hobby, you’ll find all the best advice here.

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Postgraduate Diploma in Translation: Advice for applicants

This autumn, Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr will be offering the Postgraduate Diploma in Translation for the third time and this article contains advice for those who intend to undertake the course’s entrance exam.

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Gaelchultúr offering three new EPV courses this year

Over 4,800 primary school teachers have done one of Gaelchultúr’s online EPV courses and now, to cater for demand, we’re offering three new courses!

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Gaelchultúr’s evening classes: A pleasant way to pass the long summer evenings!

If you’re interested in learning Irish as a beginner or improving on the level you already have, you’ll soon have the chance to put the long, bright evenings to good use by doing one of Gaelchultúr’s evening courses.

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Meet our teachers 1: Muireann Ní Chíobháin

In this new series, we’ll give our readers a chance to get to know a little bit about the teachers on Gaelchultúr’s Irish language courses. Cork-born Muireann Ní Chíobháin is the first teacher we’d like to introduce to you.

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Ten grammar puzzlers and one intensive course in written Irish!

Are you a grammar guru? Are you clued up on conjunctions and the conditional? Or maybe you have a great grasp of genders and the genitive? We’ve compiled a list of ten questions for those of you who would like to test your knowledge of grammar. And if you’d like to learn some more, we also offer a specialised course in grammatical accuracy!

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Deal of the month

April’s Deal of the Month on siopa.ie is free shipping on all orders over €25 to anywhere in Ireland, and on all orders over €50 to any other part of the world.

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The Certificate in Professional Irish awarded for the first time in Fingal County Council

Last month, certificates were awarded to the first group of students to undertake the Certificate in Professional Irish in Fingal County Council at a special presentation event in the County Hall in Swords.

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Song of the month (Bruach na Carraige Báine)

“Song of the month” aims to encourage the readers of this newsletter to learn songs in Irish and sing them themselves. Lyrics are provided for each song, as well as an English translation and a link to a video of the song on YouTube.

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Competition

The six books chosen by ClubLeabhar.com for the spring 2015 series are being offered as a prize to readers of Nuachtlitir Ghaelchultúir this month!

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Winners of the January competition

Congratulations to the winners of the January competition!

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Irish Language Events: Féile na Bealtaine and a night of bilingual poetry

Information about Irish language events that are being held in the coming month.

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Link of the month: the Manx language

Manx was once in danger of dying out completely but, as an article published recently in The Guardian newspaper explains, the language is thriving once again.

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Important dates

A list of important dates relating to events being run by Gaelchultúr and by other organisations.

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