Language classes are on schedule for this evening!

Tá ranganna ar siúl anocht ag an Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center suite ar 6 Lake Ave, Danbury, CT.  Beidh chili ar fáil nuair a bhaineann tú amach!

Classes Resume for the Spring Term 2010

Dia daoibh, a chairde!  I hope your Holidays were enjoyable.  Weekly classes start again on Monday, January 25th.  Intermediate at 6:45 PM and Beginners at 8:00 PM as we had last term.  The classes will be held at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center (GDICC) located at 6 Lake Ave in Danbury, CT.  The classes are a continuation of the previous term.  The class schedule is as follows:

Jan 25
Feb 1, 8, 15 (no class), 22
March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 (no class)
April 5, 12, 19, 26
May 3 and 10.

There will be a total of 14 classes.  To register or for more information call 203 417-1700 or e-mail jfeeney@kells-all.com. 

The February weekend  by Daltaí na Gaeilge is coming up on the 12-14th and 14-15th for the teacher's workshop.  The weekends are excellent and details are available on their website http://www.daltai.com/ and Events. 

I look forward to speaking Irish with all again!

Cóisir Nollag

The classes got together for a Christmas party and seisiún on December 14th at the Hibernian hall in Danbury. Everyone brought something to share for dinner and to drink. For the seisiún there were a variety of poems, songs as Gaeilge and music on the tin whistle.

At left is Rita on the tin whistle.

Tá Eibhlín, Máire agus Megan ag baint sult as an gcóisreacht.

ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHÁISE DAOIBH GO LÉIR!

 

Irish Language Classes Resume for Fall 09

Irish language classes will resume on Monday, Sept 28th for a 10 week term:

Sept. 28
Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26
Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30
Dec. 7

Classes will be offered at 2 levels:
1. Beginner level
2. Advanced Intermediate level (This class will now be held on the same night i.e. Monday night)

Registration is open now. Tuition: $120 plus cost of books. For information call 203 417-1700 or e-mail: jfeeney@kells-all.com.

Location: 161 Main St. Danbury, CT

Looking forward to seeing you all again and meeting some new ones.

le gach dea-mhéin

John

Irish Language Week - Daltai na Gaeilge

Daltai will hold their annual Irish Language Week this month from August 23-29th. A week of Irish language classes for all levels with workshops in dance, tin whistle and singing available. There will be interesting talks, films and music seisiúns also. The setting is the Marist Brothers Retreat Center located in a beautiful wooded area on the Hudson. There is time to enjoy the trails, inground pool and the area around Esopus, NY each day. This is great way to learn Irish with a friendly group and will certainly enhance your fluency. Registration details are on their website at www.daltai.com. Look for Events and follow the prompts. The deadline is August 15th so don't delay.

Lá na Gaeilge and Rebirth of An Gael Magazine

I had the good fortune to be teaching at the Lá na Gaeilge hosted by the Irish Cultural Center (ICC) at Elms College (Chicopee, MA) on Saturday, June 6th. An excellent program was put together by Elms former president Kathleen Keating, SSJ and Elms Professor Emeritus Thomas Moriarty. The setting was very inspirational in a Romanesque Manor house called Berchmans Hall with its stone fireplaces and stained glass windows. The members of the ICC ran a language program at 4 levels, workshops for dance, computer, drama and a film selection from Bibeanna. Bibeanna is a series of interviews of Irish women who have spent their entire lives in the Dingle Peninsula area. Filmed in Irish. The day ended with a fine seisiún. A Lá worth attending each year.

Last Friday I attended the second launch of the Irish Language magazine An Gael at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan. The first launch was in the 1800's and the magazine ceased publication in 1904. Now with the growing interest in an Ghaeilge and a resurgent Cumann Carad na Gaeilge (The Philo-Celtic Society), the first edition of the reborn An Gael was published in June. A beautiful magazine with good articles, poetry and photography and all in Irish. The magazine will be published quarterly and is available at http://angael.magcloud.com or www.litriocht.com. The website is: www.angaelmagazine.com.

Slán go fóill

Irish Classes in Danbury

The Spring term at the Irish Gaelic Circle was completed this week. Classes will begin again in the Fall at the end of September. Registration will begin in September and at the Danbury Irish Festival in the Cultural tent. Bain sult as an shamhradh! (Enjoy the summer).