Gaelscoil Éadan Doire,Edenderry,Uíbh Fhailí,Offaly,primary school,college,Gaeilge,Irish,TG4,scoil
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- Updated: 18 Sep 2014
Foirgneamh nua do Ghaelscoil, Donnchadh Ó Conaill, Darragh Ó Fearail, Gráinne Ní hAilín, Muiris Ó Donnchú, Póla Ní Chinnsealaigh 2008: (Offaly Independent @offalyindo ) The people in Edenderry are a determined lot when they set their minds to something. Less than a year ago Leslie Gavin came up with the idea of setting up a gaelscoil in Edenderry. Now, just ten months on, Póla Ní Chinnsealaigh has been employed as principal in the new school and Gaelscoil Eadan Doire is set to open its doors to its first students on September 1.
'I"m not nervous, just excited,' Póla says, looking forward already to opening for business when I meet her at Edenderry Town Soccer Club on the Rathangan Road, where Gaelscoil Eadan Doire is to be situated.
'I"m really just raring to go now - I can"t wait to get started,' she says. And that"s not hard to believe. Her energy and enthusiasm for the project is obvious, as is the local will behind the project when I meet Treasurer of the Gaelscoil Eadan Doire Parents" Committee Orla O"Kelly.
'It started with a public meeting last August,' Orla explains. 'Leslie put an ad in the paper for a public meeting and I went along to that, and that"s when I got excited about it. Shortly after that we had another meeting and formed a committee.'
Orla"s daughter Aine is two years away from starting school yet, but that hasn"t stopped Orla from getting involved and helping to make a gaelscoil a realistic option for her when school time comes.
'I love the fact that she"ll be able to speak Irish fluently,' Orla says, explaining exactly why she looks forward to giving her daughter an education through Irish. Orla herself doesn"t speak Irish, though she loved it and was good at it in school, but she"s hoping that a conversational Irish class will start up in the town soon so she can restart her love affair with Irish and keep up with her daughter in the future.
'It"ll just re-ignite an interest in Irish and give people the opportunity to get involved,' she says about the new school. 'There was a need obviously, and the Department recognised the need.'
Principal Póla is also hoping people from the locality re-discover their love of Irish, but the teacher of six years says she has nothing but optimism for the future of the Irish language.
'I think it"s only going up and up,' she says about Irish. 'The primary school curriculum has been changed since 1999. The whole emphasis is on oral Irish in primary school now. It"s all through games and fun. You will see a big difference in the future. You"ll always get a few people with a negative attitude to Irish, but I think the majority of young people now want to be able to speak Irish.'
'Irish has to be a living language,' she continues. 'It"s very hard for students who don"t go to the Gaeltacht to see that it is actually a living language, but you can live your life through Irish anywhere.'
From Clonsilla in Dublin originally, Póla"s interest in Irish was sparked when she was sent on a three-week Irish course after sixth class in primary school. 'From sixth class on I completely fell in love with Irish,' she says, adding that now, her life is lived through Irish. Póla wasn"t brought up in an Irish-speaking household. While most of her family have been to the Gaeltacht for Irish courses, none of them fell in love with the language quite as much as Póla.
Having never studied Peig however, perhaps it"s a little clearer why Póla found it so easy to fall in love with Irish!
Now living in Kilcock, Póla is leaving a teaching job in a gaelscoil in Clondalkin with 230 children to come to a start-up project in Edenderry. She has nothing but enthusiasm for it though, and is convinced of its success.
'It is a new concept,' she says. 'I think people now realise it is an alternative to an education through English. And it is so important that people value their language. It"s just such a special, friendly way to go to school. My pupils won"t call me anything but Muinteoir Póla, you know, it"s first name basis. And there"s a huge community spirit behind gaelscoils. Especially here, with this new school. Nothing will be done without parents being consulted and being a bit part of it.' http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/people/articles/2008/06/27/26978-meet-poacutela-niacute-chinnsealaigh
An nasc seo: http://youtu.be/WiJGKTBBA6U http://youtu.be/WiJGKTBBA6U http://www.TG4.ie
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Foirgneamh nua do Ghaelscoil, Donnchadh Ó Conaill, Darragh Ó Fearail, Gráinne Ní hAilín, Muiris Ó Donnchú, Póla Ní Chinnsealaigh 2008: (Offaly Independent @offalyindo ) The people in Edenderry are a determined lot when they set their minds to something. Less than a year ago Leslie Gavin came up with the idea of setting up a gaelscoil in Edenderry. Now, just ten months on, Póla Ní Chinnsealaigh has been employed as principal in the new school and Gaelscoil Eadan Doire is set to open its doors to its first students on September 1.
'I"m not nervous, just excited,' Póla says, looking forward already to opening for business when I meet her at Edenderry Town Soccer Club on the Rathangan Road, where Gaelscoil Eadan Doire is to be situated.
'I"m really just raring to go now - I can"t wait to get started,' she says. And that"s not hard to believe. Her energy and enthusiasm for the project is obvious, as is the local will behind the project when I meet Treasurer of the Gaelscoil Eadan Doire Parents" Committee Orla O"Kelly.
'It started with a public meeting last August,' Orla explains. 'Leslie put an ad in the paper for a public meeting and I went along to that, and that"s when I got excited about it. Shortly after that we had another meeting and formed a committee.'
Orla"s daughter Aine is two years away from starting school yet, but that hasn"t stopped Orla from getting involved and helping to make a gaelscoil a realistic option for her when school time comes.
'I love the fact that she"ll be able to speak Irish fluently,' Orla says, explaining exactly why she looks forward to giving her daughter an education through Irish. Orla herself doesn"t speak Irish, though she loved it and was good at it in school, but she"s hoping that a conversational Irish class will start up in the town soon so she can restart her love affair with Irish and keep up with her daughter in the future.
'It"ll just re-ignite an interest in Irish and give people the opportunity to get involved,' she says about the new school. 'There was a need obviously, and the Department recognised the need.'
Principal Póla is also hoping people from the locality re-discover their love of Irish, but the teacher of six years says she has nothing but optimism for the future of the Irish language.
'I think it"s only going up and up,' she says about Irish. 'The primary school curriculum has been changed since 1999. The whole emphasis is on oral Irish in primary school now. It"s all through games and fun. You will see a big difference in the future. You"ll always get a few people with a negative attitude to Irish, but I think the majority of young people now want to be able to speak Irish.'
'Irish has to be a living language,' she continues. 'It"s very hard for students who don"t go to the Gaeltacht to see that it is actually a living language, but you can live your life through Irish anywhere.'
From Clonsilla in Dublin originally, Póla"s interest in Irish was sparked when she was sent on a three-week Irish course after sixth class in primary school. 'From sixth class on I completely fell in love with Irish,' she says, adding that now, her life is lived through Irish. Póla wasn"t brought up in an Irish-speaking household. While most of her family have been to the Gaeltacht for Irish courses, none of them fell in love with the language quite as much as Póla.
Having never studied Peig however, perhaps it"s a little clearer why Póla found it so easy to fall in love with Irish!
Now living in Kilcock, Póla is leaving a teaching job in a gaelscoil in Clondalkin with 230 children to come to a start-up project in Edenderry. She has nothing but enthusiasm for it though, and is convinced of its success.
'It is a new concept,' she says. 'I think people now realise it is an alternative to an education through English. And it is so important that people value their language. It"s just such a special, friendly way to go to school. My pupils won"t call me anything but Muinteoir Póla, you know, it"s first name basis. And there"s a huge community spirit behind gaelscoils. Especially here, with this new school. Nothing will be done without parents being consulted and being a bit part of it.' http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/people/articles/2008/06/27/26978-meet-poacutela-niacute-chinnsealaigh
An nasc seo: http://youtu.be/WiJGKTBBA6U http://youtu.be/WiJGKTBBA6U http://www.TG4.ie
!! Sásta nó míshásta ? Botúin ? ... scríobh chugamsa,Ciarán, Ríomhphost: TG coa 1 gmail com
Happy or unhappy with this video? Please write to me -- Ciarán - with any comments or requests. TG coa 1 gmail com
TG4 has a fabulous free, high quality, Video on Demand, VOD, service available globally; it is also on BSB Sky in Europe. TG4 Player allows viewers globally to watch almost all of TG4's programmes in Irish on demand for some weeks (others can be watched if your IP is located in Ireland). And no, this is not TG4, just a fan.
- published: 18 Sep 2014
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