RÉ: FÓGRA! BUANNA 7 DÚSHLÁIN NA GAEILGE AG CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, 4 BEALTAINE 2007 RE: FÓGRA! SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE AT CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, MAY 4, 2007 A chairde, Tá áthas ar Chumann Carad na Gaeilge fógraí a scaipeadh faoi ranganna agus imeachtaí na Gaeilge mar seo thíos. Le bhur dtoil, insigí dúinn faoi bhur n-eachtraí cúpla seachtain (nó níos mó) rompu ionas gur féidir linn poiblíocht shaor in aisce a dhéanamh daoibh. Tá an teachtaireacht seo á seoladh chuig eagraíochtaí cultúrtha Éireannacha i Meiriceá Thuaidh agus chuig breis agus 160 múinteoir, scoil, agus eagraíocht na Gaeilge i Meiriceá Thuaidh amháin. / The Philo-Celtic Society is pleased to spread the word about Irish language classes and events like this one below. Please tell us about your activities a couple of weeks (or more) before them so that we can do free publicity for you. This announcement is going out to Irish cultural organizations in North America and to more than 160 Irish language teachers, schools, and organizations in North America alone. Le gach dea-ghuí, Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh / Jerry Kelly Rúnaí Fógraíochta / Publicity Secretary CUMANN CARAD NA GAEILGE / THE PHILO-CELTIC SOCIETY Working for the worldwide renaissance of the Irish language! <http://www.philo-celtic.com> www.philo-celtic.com FÓGRA! / ANNOUNCEMENT! Tá sé seo istigh ó Tomás Ó hÍhde ag Institiúd an Léinn Ghael-Mheiriceánaigh ag Coláiste Lehman, Ollscoil Chathair Nua Eabhraic / This is in from Thomas Ihde at the Institute of Irish-American Studies at Lehman College, City University Of New York: Seosamh Mac Donnacha, Academic Coordinator with the Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge (Academy for Irish-medium University Studies) at the National University of Ireland, Galway, will speak at CUNY Graduate Center on Friday, May 4, 2007, on the topic of "The Irish Language: Success & Challenges of Language Planning." The lecture with PowerPoint presentation will take place in Room C197 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (across from the Empire State Building). This lecture is co-sponsored by the Irish American Cultural Institute. Contact <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] for more information on this free public event. Seosamh Mac Donnacha M.Sc., Comhordaitheoir Acadúil, Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. Is as an gCeathrú Rua ó dhúchas do Sheosamh. Tá sé freagrach as forbairt an oideachais tríú leibhéal trí Ghaeilge agus pleanáil teanga. Tá spéis ar leith aige sa taighde ar ghnéithe eagraíochta agus straitéise den phleanáil teanga. Chaith sé tréimhse ag obair le forbairt polasaithe teanga mar bhainisteoir comhordaithe polasaí le Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, agus bhí sé mar stiúrthóir ar an gComhdháil Idirnáisiúnta ar Reachtaíocht Teanga a reáchtáladh i 1998. Tá tréimhse caite aige ag obair le Glór na nGael freisin agus bhí sé ar cheann de chomhbhunaitheoirí na heagraíochta Comhluadar. Tá céim B.A. i mBainistíocht aige agus céim Máistreachta in Iompraíocht Eagraíochta. Seosamh Mac Donnacha is Academic Coordinator with the Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge (Academy for Irish-medium University Studies) at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he also lectures in language planning. He has previously worked with several other Irish language planning organizations including Glór na nGael and Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaelige. He was a founding member of Comhluadar, a support organization for parents bringing up their children through the medium of Irish. Mr. Mac Donnacha’s research interests include the organizational and process aspects of language planning and the role of immersion education in Irish language planning. He has recently co-authored an important baseline study of primary and secondary schools in the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas of Ireland and is currently co-director of a major sociolinguistic study on the Irish language in the Gaeltacht. He is also an exponent of the traditional style of Irish language a cappella singing known as sean-nós, which is an important feature of the cultural identity of the Gaeltacht areas of Ireland and Scotland. In his lecture, Mr. Mac Donnacha will identify what the successes and failures of Irish language planning have been and will also identify the challenges that fact the Irish language if “she” is to remain a spoken language in a “globalized world” that is the Ireland of today. This will include a short summary of the history of the language, discussing attitudes amongst the populace in general towards the language, how effectively school children acquire Irish through the education system, the areas and domains in when Irish is used in society, and the future of the last remaining Gaeltachtaí (Irish speaking areas). The talk will conclude with a brief discussion of the importance of Irish as the language in which many of the cultural traditions of Ireland developed and are still to be found, with a particular focus on the sean-nós (old style/traditional) singing tradition. - Thomas Ihde, Institiúd an Léinn Ghael-Mheiriceánaigh ag Coláiste Lehman, Ollscoil Chathair Nua Eabhraic Fógra! Is A Publication Of CUMANN CARAD NA GAEILGE Ag obair d'athbheochan domhanda na Gaeilge! And celebrating 135 years since our first class in 1872!