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Gaeltacht – The website for the North American Gaeltacht.
Mother organization, Cumann na Gaeltachta, was founded by Séamus Mac Concharraige in 1994. The Gaeltacht site, in Tamworth/Erinsville, Ontario, was opened officially on 16 June 2007.
Language Programs
HARP OF TARA LANGUAGE ZOOM CLASSES
Mondays intermediate beginners 5:30 chat in English 5:45 to 6:45 or 7
Tuesdays comhrá with intermediate beginners 5:30 – 7. We use a vocab picture card and attempt to make conversation using the vocab or a specific lesson on say how to talk about the weather.
Tuesday new beginners 6:45 pm arrive to chat with the group in English, and class is 7-8. (It’s the same link for Mondays and Tuesday)
Friday Book Club everyone 3:30 chat 4:45 to 5 reading a children’s book in Irish
Kathleen also shares her book online. People often wish to buy it and can be bought from Litríocht. They use the Bun Go Barr series. Because of shipping costs, people have chosen to purchase 2 books at a time, or more. The Monday night class is now on Book 3 blue book, the Tues class is starting book 1 orange book.
https://www.litriocht.com/?term=&s=bun+go+barr&post_type=product&taxonomy=product_cat
You are more than welcome to join when you can. When people decide they want to stick with it, we pay our membership fees with harp of tara. The beginner Irish group covers all my groups listed above.
https://www.harpoftara.com/plans-pricing
Info: Through Harp of Tara/Teacher: Kathleen Kirkham
Irish Language Classes at St. Mikes are back. And will begin on Wednesday October 11 for a term of eight weeks and are free of charge. Note that the week of October 16 the classes will take place on the Tuesday 17th instead. Classes will be offered on a hybrid basis, with a limit of 20 in person and 15 online. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. A waiting list will be created after this.
There will be three levels on offer, and all classes will take place on Wednesday evenings.
Beginner: 6-7pm Intermediate: 7-8pm Advanced: 8-9pm.
If you would like to book a place, please reply to this email usmc.principalsoffice@utoronto.ca
with the following information:
- Your Name:
- Email Address:
- Class level you would like to join:
- Whether you have taken part in these classes before:
Weekly language sessions – Thursdays at around 7pm
Have stayed online – All are welcome.
Informal conversation, beginner and intermediate!
Registration and inquires at gaeltoronto@gmail.com
