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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
Weekly language sessions – Thursdays at around 7pm – TBA
Emerald Isle Seniors Centre: 2454 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4C 1K9
$5 donation suggested – Registration and inquires at gaeltoronto@gmail.com
