I just looked for Irish Classes here on Daltai and noticed that nothing, not one, is listed for South Carolina. It surprised me because SC is so full of Irish decendents and even first generation Irish. There's even the Cara Club in Greenville. I would love to see classes listed for SC.

In Greenville, durring St. Patrick's Day, the Cara Club hosted the celebration in the city's park. There were people speaking Gaeilge there. If anyone knows of a class in SC please let me know, and if there are any fellow South Carolinians that are interested in Gaeilge perhaps could persuade the Cara Club to give lessons. I know they sponsor Irish dancing and cultural activities. Why not Gaeilge?

Also, I think the study of other languages besides English has fallen into dissrepair in SC. I really think that it should be given more importance. I go to a University and soon there will only be Spanish offered here. Though I will have graduated by then, I feel sorry for the students left here or that will go here in the future because they will not have a choice as to which language they study, and they may never learn the joy of languages because they are forced into one they have no interest in.

My Highschool is another example. Years before I became a freshmen there, we had German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French, and Latin (only for honors students). When I went there, there was only Spanish, very little French, and Latin. Now there is probably only a little Latin and Spanish. And that is sad that my highschool has two languages at least to study and my university will only have one. This dissapearance of foreign language study is horrible. Even if we have to go to offering online classes taught by professors at a different location, that would be better than forsaking them all together. And most of all I think Gaeilge should be included at least at the major universities and perhaps offered online to other colleges.

Hi Cáit,

Why not start off by organising an immersion weekend?

You can bring in a team of teachers from outside of the area if needed (through DnaG).

This would form a core group of Irish-language enthusiasts and learners...

...Then take it from there...

I would love to have a guest speaker come to my university. I'm president of the English Honors Society and Club, and we represent the English and Foreign Languages department, though not the specific languages themselves. Literature is more our concern, but anyone specializing in culture and other languages and humanities interests come and visit and speak is very welcome. Would something like that be plausable?

One of the most impressive buildings in downtown Charleston is the Hibernian! Good luck with your initiative!!