We enjoyed so much our trip to @IrelandEmbUSA ! Our thanks to Ambassador Mulhall @DanMulhall for spending time talking to us about a wide range of subjects. Go raibh míle maith agat. Bhí sé chomh suimiúil ‘is bhaineamar an-taitneamh as! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 @CUAMlanguages@aosgrouse
Art O Suilleabhain @UL is a current #Fulbright Irish FLTA to @CatholicUniv. Art has 23 years experience as a teacher at primary schools, in the Gaeltacht & at trainee teacher colleges. At @cuagaeilge he is teaching the Irish language to US & international students
Then in the lull of midnight, gentle arms
Lifted him slowly down the slopes of death,
Lest he should hear again the mad alarms
Of battle, dying moans, & painful breath.
And where the earth was soft for flowers, we made
A grave for him that he might better rest.
Francis Ledwidge
Oh, would it please the gods to split
Thy beauty, size, & years & wit,
No age could furnish out a pair
Of nymphs so graceful, wise & fair;
..
And then before it grew too late,
How should I beg of gentle fate..
To split my worship too in twain.
Jonathan Swift #IrishPoetry
To hear the Halloween story on RTE1 Sunday Miscellany of October 28th and 30th click in the link below. Story starts on 17:45 (17minutes and 45 seconds of the programme)
https://t.co/PiQ4MwrqlD
Thanks- Art Ó Súilleabháin @cuagaeilge@ONiChonchuir@Fulbright_Eire@FulbrightAssoc
It was a dim October day,
When clouds hung low on roof & spire,
He dashed his horse, to gallop pressed,
Along the old road leading west,
Where Liffey’s waters shimmering lay
Beneath the noonlight’s struggling fire.
Thomas Caulfield Irwin, (1823-1892), ‘Swift’ #IrishPoetry
And sometime make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore,
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other
So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter
Just a few sleeps until Hallowe'en! This animation explains why Ireland is the #HomeofHalloween and which Samhain traditions travelled abroad with the @GlobalIrish!
From turnips to spirits, we wish you all a Happy Hallowe'en - bain sult as Oíche Shamhna!
Come join the CUA Gaels on Tuesday at 6:30pm for our 🎃 Halloween event! 🎃 Learn about the Irish origin of this 👻-like holiday @CUAMlanguages@catholicabroad@CUACulture Fun games and treats for all! 🎃 🥜 🍎 🍭 💗
Uachtarán na hÉireann/Président of Ireland, re-elected. “The people have made a choice... It is the making of hope they wish to share rather than the experience of any exploitation of division or fear.” 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 https://t.co/kOuuBZrGHD