Éanna Ó Caollaí

Dublin

Journalist at Irish Times

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Steip: ‘Comhrá ceart idir an ceoltóir agus an daimhseoir’

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Saorstíl – freestyle; daimhseoir/damhsóir - dancer; oícheanta airneáin – social evenings; cleachtas – practice; ársa – ancient; ardú meanman – lift the spirits; moltóir – referee. “Tá sé thar a bheith spleodrach, thar a bheith taitneamhach agus thar a bheith gríosúil mar shiamsa.” Sin an cur síos a rinne Máirín Nic Dhonnchadha, ceannasaí Oireachtas na Gaeilge, ar an damhsa ar an sean-nós, gnás uathúil de dhamhsa dúchasach na hÉireann.
‘Tá mana láidir againn i mBéal Feirste: ná habair é, déan é’

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Tréimhse chneastachta - honeymoon period; Gníomhaíochas pobail – community activism; samhnasach – nauseating/disgusting; gréasán gníomhaíochta – activism network. Sa charr a bhí Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, Uachtarán nuathofa Chonradh na Gaeilge, agus é ag fágáil An Spidéal nuair a chuir Tuarascáil glaoch.
‘Níl dóthain airgid againn chun an bille árachais a íoc’

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Dóthain - enough; múnla briste - broken model; solúbthacht - flexibility; dlinse - jurisdiction; trasteorann - crossborder; creat - framework; breis airgid - additional money; ciorruithe - cuts; maoiniú - funding; buaine- permanence. ‘Níl dóthain airgid againn chun an bille árachais a íoc’. Is cur síos gonta é sin ar an ngéarchéim atá ag bagairt ar na ceanneagraíochtaí Ghaeilge de bharr “múnla briste” maoinithe trasteorann a chuireann srian ar fhás agus ar fhorbairt na Gaeilge.
Warning over viability of Irish as an ‘organic language of the community’

4 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

Gaeltacht communities will no longer have Irish as “the natural organic language of the community” unless immediate Government action is taken to address the housing crisis, Irish language activists have warned. Representatives of Gaeltacht housing advocates Tinteán and Raic, an umbrella campaign for equitable investment in the Irish language sector, held a protest at the gates of Leinster House on Wednesday and demanded “emergency intervention” by Government to protect the Irish language sector.
‘A mhaithe agus a mhóruaisle Gael, atá i gcéin agus i gcóngar...’

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Maithe agus móruaisle na tíre – all and sundry; atá i gcéin agus i gcongar- who are far and near; baile fearainn – townlands; fearann cainte – parcel of speech; cartlannaithe - archivists; taifeadtaí - recordings; a thras-scríobh - to transcribe; óráid - speech. ‘A mhaithe agus a mhóruaisle Gael, atá i gcéin agus i gcóngar.
‘Caithfidh muidne a bheith gníomhach, glórach agus radacach’

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Ionadh – surprise; taithí – experience; díbríodh an Ghaeilge – Irish was expelled; slánaitheoir – saviour; imeallú – marginalisation; imeaglú – intimidation; próiseas earcaíochta – hiring process; ríthábhachtach – all-important. Bhí ríméad, agus b’fhéidir ionadh nach beag, ar go leor i bpobal na Gaeilge an tseachtain seo caite nuair a fógraíodh go raibh tús á chur ar deireadh le próiseas ceapacháin don Choimisinéir Gaeilge ó thuaidh.
‘Braitheann tú go bhfuil an Ghaoluinn ag leathnú amach’

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Aonteangachas – monolingualism; stól – stool; teocht – temperature; Gaoluinn (Gaeilge) – Irish; méadú suntasach – marked increase; comharthaíocht - signage; suaitheantas – badge; ugach – confidence/encouragement. Anuas go dtí le gairid, ba chosúil gurbh ar chonair chúng an aonteangachais amháin a bhí an tír ag taisteal.
Irish language workers stage half-day strike in protest at funding cuts

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

More than 40 Irish-language and Gaeltacht groups across Ireland staged a half-day strike on Wednesday in protest over funding cuts recently announced to the sector. The four-hour strike followed an announcement last month by the State’s primary funding agency for the Irish language, Foras na Gaeilge, that a budgetary shortfall of more than €820,000 would result in cuts to a range of services and initiatives delivered by community and advocacy groups to the public.
British government repeals penal-era law banning Irish language in courts

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

A penal law-era piece of British legislation banning the use of Irish in courts has been repealed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn. The Administration of Justice (Language) Act 1737 stated that all proceedings in courts of justice, patents, charters, pardons and commissions “shall be in English”. A commitment to repeal the Act was made under language rights legislation which passed through the House of Lords and House of Commons in October 2022.
‘Bíonn tionchar ag an teanga ar dhearcadh daoine’

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Éanna Ó Caollaí

FOCLÓIR: Sprioc - goal; éagmais - absence; oifigí sealadacha - temporary offices; oirthear - east; imeascadh - integration; dearcadh - outlook; duairc - gloomy; faoi bhois an chait - under control. ‘Merve Beksari is ainm dom. Is as Iostanbúl sa Tuirc dom.” Mar sin a chuir an foghlaimeoir Gaeilge í féin in aithne an tseachtain seo caite le linn cuairte a thug Tuarascáil ar Chéad Míle Fáilte, scéim a chuireann ranganna Gaeilge ar fáil do phobail nua na hÉireann.