Write a commentGaeláras Mhic Ardghail, Newry, will be hosting workshops on Omeath Irish starting on the 20 November from 7pm to 8.30pm.
They will focus on spoken Omeath Irish and on the folklore of the district.
Participants don't need to be fluent Irish speakers but the sessions will not be suitable for beginners.
Omeath Irish has been extinct since the 1970s but the area was one of the final redoubts of the language in the East of Ireland and many recordings and much folklore surivive.
The workshops will be facilitated by Clonduff man Ciarán Dunbar who has written a book on the dialect, Cnuasach Focal as Oirialla.
Ceardlanna ar Ghaedhalg Ó Méith Mara
Beidh Gaeláras Mhic Ardghail i mbaile mór an Iúir ag cur fáilte roime le daoine a bhfeil spéis acu i nGaedhalg Ó Méith.
Beidh na seiseanaí ag toiseacht ar 20 Samhain ag 7:00 i.n. agus rachaidh siad ar aghaidh gu-s 8:30.
Is ar an chaint is ar an bhéaloideas Ó Méith Mara a bheas siad díriste.
Chan fheil feidhm Ghaedhalg líofa ar dhaoiní ach cha bheadh na seiseanaí fóirsteanach do dhaoiní nach ach rud beag Gaedhalg acu ar bith.
Tá an Ghaedhalg marbh in Ó Méith a bhí deireadh na seachtóidí ann ach ba é an ceantar seo ceann des na daingní a ba dheireanaí dá rabh aige an Ghaedhalg in oirthear na tíre. Maireann go leor taifeadánaí agus tá go leor den teangaidh scríofa síos.
Fear as Cluain Daimh a dhéanfas na ceardlanna seo a éascú, Ciarán Dunbar. Tá leabhar scríofa aige ar an chanamhaint, Cnuasach Focal as Oirialla.
