Th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar ais go Bangor D\u00e9 M\u00e1irt an seachtaine seo caite i ndiaidh saoire ar fheabhas ar fad in \u00c9irinn, Albain agus Sasana.<\/p>\n
In \u00c9irinn bh\u00ed s\u00e9 an deas daoine a bhuail m\u00e9 leis ag an scoil samhraidh anuraidh a fheice\u00e1il ar\u00eds, agus ag bualadh le a l\u00e1n daoine eile. Bh\u00ed m\u00e9 sa rang a s\u00e9 i mbliana, agus bh\u00ed i bhfad n\u00edos m\u00f3 deiseanna ann mo chuid Gaeilge a cleachtadh na a bh\u00ed sa rang a seacht anuraidh. Bhain m\u00e9 triail as Gaeilge a labhairt an t-am ar fad taobh amuigh den rang freisin. Sa tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na rinne m\u00e9 an amhr\u00e1na\u00edocht sean-n\u00f3is le Gear\u00f3id\u00edn Bhreathnach agus bhain m\u00e9 an-sult as.<\/p>\n
Bh\u00ed ceolchoirmeacha ann san o\u00edche le ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed, amhr\u00e1na\u00ed agus sc\u00e9ala\u00ed den scoth, agus seisi\u00fain sa tithe t\u00e1bhairne i ndiaidh sin. Sheinn mise an fhead\u00f3g \u00edseal beagnach gach o\u00edche sa seisi\u00fain chomh maith -n\u00ed raibh gach port agam, ach bh\u00ed roinnt acu agam. Caithfidh m\u00e9 n\u00edos m\u00f3 a fhoghlaim de ghlanmheabhair -is f\u00e9idir liom a l\u00e1n port a sheinm \u00f3n ceol scr\u00edofa, ach n\u00ed f\u00e9idir liom a oiread a sheinm gan ceol. Bh\u00ed roinnt againn ag seinn i ngach \u00e1it – sa tithe t\u00e1bhairne, sa bhialann, sa l\u00f3ist\u00edn agus nuair a bh\u00ed muid amuigh ag si\u00fail.
\nAdventures<\/p>\n
I got back to Bangor on Tuesday of last week after a fantastic holiday in Ireland, Scotland and England.<\/p>\n
In Ireland it was lovely to see so many of the people I met at the summer school last year again, and to me many others. I was in the level 6 language class this year, and there many more opportunities to practice my Irish than there were in level 7 last year. I also tried to speak as much Irish as possible outside class. In the afternoons I was in the sean-nos singing class with Gear\u00f3id\u00edn Bhreathnach and really enjoyed it. Some of us in the class couldn\u2019t help breaking into song wherever we happened to be – in pubs, restaurants, lodgings and while out walking.<\/p>\n
There were concerts in the evenings with top musicians, singers and storytellers, and sessions in the pubs afterwards. I even played my low whistle in quite a few of the sessions – I didn\u2019t know all the tunes, but could play along with some of them at least. I need to learn more tunes by heart – at the moment I can play plenty of them with written music, but not nearly so many without the music. I say this to myself everytime I go to Ireland, and am gradually building up my repertoire of tunes.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve decided to write in one main language each time on this blog, rather than trying to write in Welsh, Irish and sometimes Chinese every time. This is mainly because it takes me quite a long time to write everything in two or three languages. And because I think it\u2019s better to write directly in each language, rather than translating from Welsh into the others, as I usually do. So today it\u2019s Irish (and English), yesterday was Welsh, and tomorrow I might have a go at Scottish Gaelic. When I get round to it, I\u2019ll write English versions of the posts – sort of loose translations with extra bits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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