Prompt 5 ‘Teanga’ Send a Postcard from Galway

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Athenry postcard
National Library of Ireland – Valentine Photographic Collection, PC

 

Your challenge: Make a postcard celebrating our new status as a bilingual city

Dúshlán duit: Cruthaigh cárta poist ag ceiliúradh an stádas dátheangach a bronnadh ar Chathair na Gaillimhe an tseachtain seo

 

Resources/Acmhainní:

Design your postcard online with Postcard Creator here or with Canva here

Or make it manually, standard size is 4 x 6 inches, just photograph and upload

 

 

Take Part/Glac Páirt:

Ná déan dearmad #teangaspark a usáid ar Twitter, Facebook nó Instagram | Don’t forget to to  use the hashtag #teangaspark on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

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Prompt 4 ‘Teanga’ – Produce an Irish Comic

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comic 1
Your challenge: Produce an Irish comic

Resources/Acmhainní:

Pixton

StripGenerator 

Comic Life – Free trial for 30 days

Bitstrips – works with Facebook

Other online apps for making comics here

Translate words and phrases to Irish at Tearma, Foclóir,Teanglann

Free images on Pixabay

 

Take Part/Glac Páirt:

Ná déan dearmad #teangaspark a usáid ar Twitter, Facebook nó Instagram | Don’t forget to to  use the hashtag #teangaspark on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

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Prompt 3 ‘Teanga’- Lost in translation

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Galway by phalinn, on Flickr
“Galway” (CC BY 2.0) by  phalinn

 

TRANSLATING THE LIFE OUT OF IT
“Gleann na gCaorach
means something beautiful.
Glenageary means nothing at all.”
From ‘Half a Hug’ by Pat Ingoldsby, Willow Publications 1998. Gleann na gCaorach = glen/valley of the sheep

Your Challenge: Check out a place name in your locality and interpret your findings in a photo, six word poem, or in a drawing

 

Resources:

Check out http://www.logainm.ie/ga/ to find the origin of names in your locality

or search for a place names in Co. Galway here (Galway City Library), Co. Clare here (Clare County Library) or Co. Mayo here (Mayo County library)

Prompt 2: ‘Teanga’ Queen Médb

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By Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 - 1951) - T. W. Rolleston, Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race
‘Maev’ By Joseph Christian Leyendecker. In T. W. Rolleston, Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race
The Táin Bó Cúailnge, or ‘Cattle Raid of Cooley’, is a famous tale in Irish mythology. The Táin tells the story of Queen Médb of Connacht and her husband Ailill, who plot to steal the sacred stud bull Donn Cuailnge from Ulster.
Is finscéal cáiliúil Éireannach é Táin Bó Cúailnge. Baineann na scéalta le himeachtaí i gCúige Uladh. Déanann Méabh agus a fear Ailill ionradh ar Uladh agus  iad sa tóir ar an nDonn Cúailnge, tarbhghraí Uladh.

 

Your challenge:  As today is International Women’s day, share your interpretation of this legendary Irish woman Médb or colour in and share the image below

Do bharúil: Mar cheiliúradh ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan, cuir dath ar an bpictiúr den Bhanríon thíos nó roinn do chuid smaointe linn faoi Mhéabh.

 

Resources/Acmhainní:

More on Queen Médb

More on An Tain Bó Cuailnge

Image of Medb: Pdf or Png

 

Take Part/Glac Páirt:

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Prompt 1 ‘Teanga’ – Find a beautiful word

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Maeve McQuillan/PicMonkey
Find a beautiful Irish word (and illustrate it)
Cuardaigh focal álainn sa Ghaeilge, agus déan pictúir leis

Resources/Acmhainní:

Use http://www.picmonkey.com/ to help you create your illustration

Check out http://www.focloir.ie/ to brush up on your Irish word searches

Get inspired by Maeve McMQuillan’s examples

 

Take Part/Glac Páirt:

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