Irish language weekend in An Cheathrú Rua
Senator Ó Céidigh invited Senators and Deputies to an Irish-language weekend in Connemara and encouraged attendance and speaking Gaeilge throughout. Brief banter from other Members did not change the topic.
I dtosach báire, beidh deireadh seachtaine againn ag foghlaim Gaeilge ar an gCeathrú Rua ar an Aoine, 26 Aibreán go dtí Dé Domhnaigh, 28 Aibreán. Is do Sheanadóirí agus Teachtaí Dála é sin. Seans gurb é seo an chéad uair riamh go raibh a leithéid de chúrsa ar bun. Tá sé eagraithe i gcomhréir le hOllscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh agus Acadamh na Gaeilge ansin. Tá súil agam go mbeidh formhór nó beagnach gachBall in ann teacht. An Irish language weekend programme for all Deputies and Senators will take place from Friday, 26 April, to Sunday, 28 April, in An Cheathrú Rua. It has been organised by the Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge in NUIG. My parliamentary assistant, Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, and Treasa Uí Lorcáin, course director, have done a huge amount of work on this. I want to see all Senators there. Will they be there?
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Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir. Tá súil agam go mbeidh na Seanadóirí ann. Deireadh seachtaine an-mhaith a bheas ann. Senators will stay with a bean an tí. Gaeilge an t-am ar fad. We will send them home if they speak English so caithfidh siad Gaeilge a labhairt an t-am ar fad mar tá siad ag dul ag an nGaeltacht.
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That is what kept us speaking English all these years - sending us home straightaway.
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The Senator's name is down so, hopefully, we will see her there le cúnamh Dé.
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Fuair chuile Sheanadóir coinne ríomhphoist mar gheall air so tá súil agam go mbeidh siad in ann a bheith ann. Beidh deireadh seachtaine an-mhaith ann le haghaidh foghlaim an Ghaeilge, píosa craic agus mar sin de i nGaeltacht Chonamara.