One Day Irish, Ulster Scots and Scots Gaelic Festival to Take Place in Strule Arts Centre

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s annual Irish, Ulster Scots and Scots Gaelic festival will take place in Strule Arts Centre on Saturday 2 March 2019.

This all-day event begins at 10:00 am with language courses in Irish and Scots Gaelic. The language courses will offer Irish classes for participants at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels while a native speaker will lead the Scots Gaelic course, which caters for all levels of learners. The language courses will run from 10.00 am until 4:00 pm.

At 4:00 pm David Dunlop, from North Antrim, will give a talk on his personal journey as an Ulster Scots speaker and how this journey has influenced his creativity and inspiration as a writer and musician and contributed to the understanding of his identity.

David’s Ulster Scots/Irish traditional music group Brí will perform in concert later in the evening beginning at 8:00 pm. ‘Brí’s repertoire is a fusion of musical styles featuring traditional Irish and Scottish tunes as they were destined to be played…with energy and vitality, a literal translation of their Gaelic name.

The group comprises David Dunlop, Dee Tasker, one of Ulster’s foremost flute players and performer and music teacher, Heather Montgomery, on fiddle. They will also be joined on stage by piper Alan Wade.

Tickets for the language courses cost £5 while concert tickets are priced at £8 (£5 concession). Tickets for both events can be purchased on line at www.struleartscentre.co.uk or by telephoning the Strule Arts Centre box office at 028 82247831.

For further information on this event or any of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s Irish language events, please contact the Council by e-mail at culture@fermanaghomagh.com or by telephone at 028 82247831.

Féile Lae Gaeilge, Gaidhlig agus Ultais in Ionad Ealaíne na Sruthaile

Beidh féile bhliantúil na Gaeilge, Gaidhlig agus Ultaise de chuid Chomhairle Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí ar siúl in Ionad Ealaíne na Sruthaile Dé Sathairn 2 Márta 2019.

Tosaíonn an fhéile lae seo le ranganna teanga sa Ghaeilge agus sa Ghaidhlig. Beidh ranganna ar fáil sa Ghaeilge do fhoghlaimeoirí ag bun, meán agus ard leibéal agus beidh rang Gaidhlig ar fáil do fhoghlaimeoirí ag gach leibhéal. Beidh na ranganna ar siúl ó 10:00 am go dtí 4:00 pm le sos lón ó 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm.

Ar a 4:00 pm beidh David Dunlop, fear arb as tuaisceart Contae Aontroim dó, ag labhairt ar a shaol mar chainteoir Ultaise. Ina chuid cainte beidh David ag déanamh machnamh ar andóigh a raibh tionchar ag a thaithí saoil ar a chuid ceoil agus a chuid scríbhneoireachta agus ar a fhéiniúlacht phearsanta.

Beidh buíon ceoil David a bhfuil Brí mar ainm orthu ag seinm i gceolchoirm an oíche sin ar a hocht a chlog in Ionad Ealaíne na Sruthaile. Meascán de cheol na hÉireann agus ceol na hAlban atá mar stór ceoil ag an ghrúpa seo a bhuaileann le brí agus sin an chúis a bhfuil an focal sin orthu mar ainm.

In éineacht le David Dunlop sa ghrúpa seo tá Dee Tasker, duine de na fliúiteadóirí is fearr i gCúige Uladh agus Heather Montgomery ar an fhidil. Beidh an piobaire Alan Wade le cloisteáil ar stáitse leis an ghrúpa fosta.

Ticéid ar fáil do na ranganna teanga ar £5 agus don cheolchoirm ar £8/£5 (lacáiste) ó Oifig na dTicéad ach glaoch ar 028 82247831 nó ar líne ag www.struleartscentre.co.uk.

Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoin fhéile seo nó imeachtaí Gaeilge ar bith de chuid na Comhairle téigh i dteagmháil linn ar r-phost ag culture@fermanaghomagh.com nó glaoigh orainn ag an uimhir 028 82247831.