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Oíche Ghaelach event the start of a busy time for Líonra Leitir Ceanainn

Tá neart imeachtaí suimiúla ar na bacáin ag Líonra Leitir Ceanainn agus mná ildánacha i lár an aonaigh acu.

There are plenty of exciting events coming up on Líonra Leitir Ceanainn’s calendar over the next few weeks.

There will be an evening of poetry and song, an Oíche Ghaelach, in Dillons Hotel this Sunday, October 18 at 5pm. This event is in collaboration with the Cathedral Quarter Committee as part of their Literary Festival.

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Performing on the night will be Máire Dinny Wren and Colette Ní Ghallchóir will share some of their poetry, Noeleen Ní Cholla who is a singer and also an actor on Ros na Rún and local musicians Cormac Breathnach and Muireann Nic Aodha.

On Monday evening, October 19, Ola Majekodunmi, writer, presenter and Gaeilgeoir will be in the Council Chamber at the Donegal County Council Public Services Centre with Club Leabhar an Iarthuaiscirt.

Noeleen Ní Cholla

Imeacht trí mheán na Gaeilge a bheas ann agus fáilte roimh dhaoine nach bhfuil mar bhaill den Chlub Leabhar.

On Tuesday Ola will facilitate creative writing workshops for the Transition Year in Coláiste Ailigh. They will be exploring the connection between language and identity.

This group travelled to Belfast this September with Líonra Leitir Ceanainn as part of a PEACEPLUS Change Makers Project on the same theme, where they visited Irish language projects in East and West Belfast.

Beidh Gearóidín Breathnach chun seisiúin scéalaíochta a dhéanamh ar an lá céanna i nGaelscoil Adhamhnáin. Gearóidín Breathnach will deliver story-telling workshops in Gaeslcoil Adhamhnáin on the same day. Tá na tograí seo uilig á maoiniú ag Oireachtas na Gaeilge. All these projects are funded by Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

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Letterkenny’s own Molly Nic Céile will be the guest at a special event in Himalayan Café on Tuesday, November 3 at 7.30pm where she will talk about her new book ‘Gaeilge inár Saol’. Molly’s first book ‘Gaeilge i mo Chroí’ won the An Post Irish Book Award Lifestyle Book of the Year in 2024.

Is féidir ticéid don imeacht dátheangach seo a cheannach ar suíomh gréasáin Lionralc.ie. Tickets for this bilingual event – at a nominal cost of €2 – can be bought via the Líonra Leitir Ceanainn website Lionralc.ie

DNT-DD Maire Dinny Wren

Máire Dinny Wren who will be among those performing at Oíche Ghaelach in Dillons Hotel, Letterkenny on Sunday.

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