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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall

Post Number: 158
Registered: 06-2005


Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 09:52 am:   Edit Post Print Post

Mo leithscéal i've been meaning to start this thread for ages - -

I spent a week there i nGaeltacht na Rinne.. What i picked up was rather interesting..

An Rinn is a very small Gaeltacht 1km sq more or less and is getting smaller due to coastal erosion..
It's people speak either English for whatever reason or Gaeilge and English in whatever proportion..
As like every Gaeltacht in Eirinn it is under threat but after studying this small society i feel hopeful for its future..

My class visited the local business who use Gaeilge as their everyday language -
Meitheal Trá na Rinne ( co-op a dhéanann Oysters sa chuan)
Criostal na Rinne ( a small business run by an ex-waterford crystal master cutter)
Nemeton ( a production company that makes programmes for Rté agus Tg4 )
Colaiste na Rinne ( a boarding school and Summer colásite)

Firstly the co-op was setup by farmers as there was too much pressure on the land and údaras gave them money to get setup.. Today the majority of their workers are from Eastern Europe who can barely speak English never mind Gaeilge, the irish people use their Gaeilge with pride. The business continues to expand and reflects modern day ireland's refusal to get her hands dirty - instead employ foreigners.

Criostal na Rinne leases the premises to your man and he refuses to employ others. There's huge demand but he refuses - i plan to buy him out :) He makes a good bit of dosh..

Nemeton was excellent. They make programmes such as ard san aer and health squad. The business has grown from to over 50 and continue to grow despite a fierce competition. Everything was modern and after work their employees continued with the Gaeilge in the pubs in Dungarvan (the town just outside the gaeltacht)

Coláiste na Rinne was very good also. It's a private boarding school - around 100 students during the year. In the summer its 3 courses cater for around 400 per course..I worked there this summer. They also catered for my course while we were there. Most college students go to the big Gaeltachtaí and as such we were treated very well. The point was made that people such as ourselves going to the Gaeltacht to learn Irish from the locals themselves does much to the strength of the language in the area and i do agree - If the locals see Gaeilge as a valuable asset they'll use it themselves..
An coláiste also provides a place for the locals to meet, a leabharlann full of local writing, song etc etc..and of course it provides plenty of employment for cleaners, kitchen staff (*few of these people had any Gaeilge) and múinteoirí/ Cinnirí.

Aon tuairim ag éinne faoi seo?
Míle,
Domhnall

Ní Síocháin Go Saoirse.
Is í slánú na Gaeilge athghabháil na Saoirse

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Djwebb2002
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Post Number: 77
Registered: 07-2005
Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 09:59 am:   Edit Post Print Post

Domnhall, can you stop strangers in the street in the Ring and speak to them in Irish? What if you went up to someone in the designated Gaeltacht area and asked for the time? Would the average person 1) not understand the question; 2) understand but be reluctant to talk Irish for whatever reason; or 3) be happy to reply in Irish, regardless of whether they personally used more English in their daily life?

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Domhnall
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Post Number: 160
Registered: 06-2005


Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 04:12 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

Defo number 3..
Pretty much everyone in Ireland understands 'Cén t-am é'?
In the Gaeltacht - Any Gaeltacht the chances of a randomer not understanding it are next to nothing.. I've also found Muintir na Gaeltachta to be the nicest people in the whole 32 counties of Ireland.
A few other things i meant to say in that thread - Udaras and their airgead are fundamentally needed to revitalise Gaeilge agus Gnó sa Ghaeltacht. Without those grants etc it's Slán to Gaeilge.
The old view of Gaeilge as 'bogger-latin' is disappearing for various reasons and everyone there agrees that Gaeilge is stronger is Dungarvan than anytime in the last 50 years.. Indeed there's quite a few sessions had in the local pubs with everyone(not just múinteoirí, muintir na Gaeltachta but "gnáth-dhaoine" using their Gaeilge...
So here's to athbheochan Gaeilge Na Rinne! ;D

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Djwebb2002
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Post Number: 79
Registered: 07-2005
Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 05:59 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

I see, I understand now.



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