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A break for the summer holidays

Members of the weekly Friday morning ‘Ciorcal Comhrá’ in Loughgeorge enjoyed a breakfast out at The Arches Hotel in Claregalway last week to celebrate the start of their summer holidays.

The group have been meeting up on Friday mornings for a decade now and they have been using the Galway GAA Training Centre every week for the past three years.

They decided to treat themselves to a breakfast out at The Arches Hotel before taking a break for the months of July and August.

There was a great attendance at the breakfast, which has become something of an annual event, and the service was top class at The Arches Hotel, which has been hosting our adult Irish classes and our Thursday evening ‘Ciorcal Comhrá’ for the past year.

The Irish language conversation circle attracts a healthy mixture of enthusiasts, between native speakers and learners, throughout the year. Some of them grew up in all-Irish households in Claregalway while others have moved to the area in recent years.

And some are retired teachers who also have a great level of Irish.

Anyone who is interested in our native language is invited to attend on Friday mornings when we return to Loughgeorge in September.

As a mark of appreciation to Galway GAA for giving us the premises free of charge for the past three years, Gaaeltacht an Eachréidh has part-funded the painting of beautiful Irish language signs and colours at the entrance to Loughgeorge.

It is great to see the Irish language becoming more visible at the state-of-the-art training centre, which is used by Galway’s intercounty GAA teams.

Thanks to the staff at The Arches for providing a fabulous breakfast on Friday.

The other two Conversation Circles in the area, at Regan’s of Clonboo on Monday nights and The Arches Hotel on Thursdays, have already broken up for the summer.

If you want to find out more about conversation circles in the area, please send an email to Ciarán at optanteachreidh@gmail.com