Irish Language and Literature
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AN BHFUIL GAEILGE AGAT?
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A 10-week
intermediate-level course in Irish conversation offered at a central
location in Falls Church, VA.,
with Dr. Cóilín Owens as instructor.
The fee-based course is for persons who may have learned the language at
home or in school/other classes and would like to refresh or improve upon
their ability to speak it. It is not a basic course nor an introduction.
Food and drink may be purchased at the location. Lots of fun. Please
contact Griffin Crump at 703-360-2569 or
jgcrump@cox.net for details
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Daltai na
Gaeilge
(Students of the Irish Language) |
Group sponsors
Irish language immersion events in northeast USA, and have a helpful site for learners. www.daltai.com Special treats for St. Patrick's Day on this web site. |
| Irish Immersion Weekend |
July 11, 13, at Shepherdstown University, Shepherdstown, WV.
Irish language classes for beginners to advanced speakers. Workshops on
Irish cultural topics. Conversation, craic and ceili. Full
accommodations, meals and instrucition: $125. Registration deadline
June 1. Contact cowens7@gmu.edu Phone 703 780-5218. |
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Irish Book
Club Ireland's Four Provinces in Falls Church City, VA 22046 |
July 3. Thursday, James Joyce. A Portrait
of the Artist As a Young Man. For more
information and to confirm meeting dates, please contact Mary Burke at
MVBurke2@ yahoo.com. A congenial group that has met for a few years now and
always welcome new opinions on and fresh insights into the fascinating and
complicated subject of Ireland and its people.
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| Irish Book Club Gambrills, Maryland First Sunday of the month 6 PM Irish Channel Pub, 1053 Rte 3 North, Gambrills, MD 21054 |
Contact Pamela Clark, pamela.e.clark@nasa.gov
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Microsoft
Search
in
Irish Language ar fáil anois trí Ghaeilge |
Irish speakers will now be able to work more easily in their chosen language following the unveiling today of an Irish edition of the Microsoft search portal. MSN Search allows users search the Internet in Irish and follows the Microsoft move to make Windows XP and Office 2003 available in Irish this summer. Microsoft also announced the introduction of Community Glossary, a key foundational reference for the work, today. The Community Glossary initiative allowed the Irish-speaking community the opportunity to make comments or contributions on the use of technical terminology. A key feature of the language pack is an Irish spell checker. Microsoft and Foras na Gaeilge undertook the full localisation, development and translation of over 600,000 terms across both products. Microsoft employees initially volunteered their time and expertise to do the localisation work that would enable versions of the product to be available in Irish. However, Microsoft subsequently used employee time from a number of different operations, in Ireland and Seattle, on developing the "Language Interface Packs". By Éanna Ó Caollaí Irish Times |