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Cork City Council supports Lá na Gaeilge in the City on Monday 16th March
Cork City Council is urging Corkonians of all ages to make Monday March 16th, (St Patrick’s Eve) Lá na Gaeilge – Irish language day in the city.
Chris Dorgan, Cork City Council Irish language officer explains:
“ We believe there is a great reservoir of Irish language greetings and phrases in the public consciousness that, more than anything, simply need an opportunity to be practiced. It has also been our experience that “new Corkonians” who have not previously been exposed to Irish as part of their education are keen to learn and use such phrases.
To this end the Council, with the support of the business community is urging businesses and customers alike to use simple greetings and blessings (and more if they are able) to raise the visibility and use of Irish in the city on the day and going forward.
As part of this a giant Ciorcal Comhrá (conversation circle) titled Ciorcal na gCiorcail will be held in the Millennium Hall, City Hall on Monday 16th from 11.00 a.m. with special musical guest John Spillane. It is free and open to all.
A handy bilingual leaflet with translation and phonetics of commonly used phrases is available to download from cork city council website or in hard copy through its library network.
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