A chairde, Tá áthas ar Chumann Carad na Gaeilge fógraí a scaipeadh faoi ranganna agus imeachtaí na Gaeilge. Le bhur dtoil, insigí dúinn faoi bhur n-eachtraí ionas gur féidir linn poiblíocht shaor in aisce a dhéanamh daoibh. Tá an teachtaireacht seo ag dul amach go heagraíochtaí cultúrtha Éireannacha i Meiriceá Thuaidh agus go breis agus 160 múinteoir, scoil, agus eagraíocht na Gaeilge i Meiriceá Thuaidh amháin . Ach an t-am seo, ba mhaith linn insint daoibh thíos faoinár ranganna féin. The Philo-Celtic Society is pleased to spread the word about Irish language classes and events. Please tell us about your activities 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. But this time, we'd like to tell you below about our own classes. Le gach dea-ghuí, Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh / Jerry Kelly Rúnaí Fógraíochta / Publicity Secretary Cumann Carad na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society www.philo-celtic.com FÓGRA / ANNOUNCEMENT RÉ: RANGANNA CHUMANN CARAD NA GAEILGE AR FUD AN DOMHAIN I MÍ FEABHRA RE: PHILO-CELTIC CLASSES AROUND THE WORLD IN FEBRUARY A chairde, Tosóidh Cumann Carad na Gaeilge ranganna na Gaeilge saor in aisce ar an idirlíon i mí Feabhra ag <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/ . Sa chaoi seo, is féidir leis an gCumann múineadh ar fud an domhain, ag leanúint traidisiúna de 135 bliain. / The Philo-Celtic Society will begin free Irish language classes on the internet in February at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/ . In this way, the Society can teach throughout the world, following a 135 year old tradition. Thosaigh Mícheál Ó Lócháin an chéad "Philo-Celtic Class" agus bunús Chumann Carad na Gaeilge i mBrúiclinn ag Scoil Our Lady Of Victory i 1872. Idir 1872 agus 1899, d'fhás an Cumann ar fud Meiriceá. Bhunaigh Dubhghlas de hÍde Conradh na Gaeilge in Éirinn i 1893 ag baint áise as an gCumann agus a ranganna cáiliúla mar shamhail, agus mhúin Conradh na Gaeilge an ghlúin a chuaigh chun tosaigh i dtionscnamh stáit nua-aimseartha na hÉireann. / Mícheál Ó Lócháin started the first "Philo-Celtic Class" and the foundation of The Philo-Celtic Society in Brooklyn at Our Lady Of Victory School in 1872. Between 1872 and 1899, the Society grew throughout America. Douglas Hyde founded The Gaelic League in Ireland in 1893 using Philo-Celtic and its famous classes as a model, and The Gaelic League taught the generation which led in the establishment of the modern Irish state. Ach tháinig meath ar Chumann Carad na Gaeilge sa 20ú haois go dtí nach raibh ach an bun-eagraíocht ann fós. Anois, áfach, tá Cumann Carad na Gaeilge ag fairsingiú arís agus ag obair leis an gcuspóir seo: "tacaíocht, neartú, cothú, cleachtadh, craobhscaoileadh, fairsingiú, múineadh agus athbheochan na Gaeilge mar theanga bheo i measc Chlann na nGael agus charad na nGael, i Meiriceá agus ar fud an domhain." / But The Philo-Celtic Society declined in the 20th century until only the original organization still existed. Now, however, The Philo-Celtic Society is expanding again and working with this goal: "the support, strengthening, promotion, encouragement, practice, broadcast, expansion, teaching, and renaissance of the Irish language as a living language amongst the Children of the Gaeil and friends of the Gaeil in America and throughout the world." Tá scoláirí nua cláraithe cheana féin dosna ranganna seo ón mBrasail, ón Astráil, ón Fhrainc, ó Phoblacht na Seice, ó Shasana, ó Cheanada, agus ó na Stáit Aontaithe. / New students are already registered for these classes from Brazil, Australia, France, the Czech Republic, England, Canada, and the United States. Do bhreis eolais agus chun páirt a ghlacadh mar scoláire nó mar mhúinteoir i ranganna Gaeilge saoire ag tosú i mí bhFeabhra, téigh go <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/ . Beidh an-fháilte romhat. / For more information and to take part as a student or as a teacher in free Irish language classes starting in February, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/. You will be most welcome.