Last week, we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge in school. The aim of Seachtain na Gaeilge is to celebrate and promote the Irish language in school. The week was filled with fun activities including Tráth na gCeist; which was a school quiz through Irish. The winners of the quizzes came from Ms. O’Doherty, Mr. Foran, Mr. Lalor, Ms. O’Leary and Mr. Heneghan’s classes.
On Wednesday and Thursday, every class in the school got an opportunity to visit Caife Chilian which took place in our sports hall. Students were able to make food orders through Irish. The hot chocolates were a big hit.
The highlight of the week was the Seo Talainne (Talent show) that took place on Friday in the sports hall. Each class performed a song in Irish. We were also very grateful to the talented Irish dancers of Alanna and Ella who performed in front of the whole school. We heard some wonderful traditional music that was performed by Ms. O’Brien, Mr. Heneghan, Mr. Dignam and our student teacher Mr. McHale. We had a surprise performance from our very talented 3rd class S.N.A. Niamh Hudson. Our talent show ended with a stirring performance of Amhrán na bhFiann.
I would like to thank all the students and staff for the cooperation in making this years Seachtain na Gaeilge a success.
Billy Davern
