Daoine Fásta Óga Samhraidh Ciorcal Comhá Speisialta le Molly Nic Céile

Daoine Fásta Óga Samhraidh Ciorcal Comhá Speisialta le Molly Nic Céile, scríobh le Gaeilge I mo Chroí

Young Adult Summer Ciorcal Comhá Special with Molly Nic Céile, author of Irish in my Heart

Dé hAoine, an 24 Iúil ag 12.30 i.n.

Aois 13+

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Imeacht maoinithe ag Ciste Spreagtha

Friday 24th of July at 12.30pm

Age 13+

No booking required

Ciste Spreaghta funded event

Is as Leitir Ceanainn, i gContae Dhún na nGall í Molly. Níor tógadh leis an Ghaeilge í ach bhí dúil mhór aici inti ar scoil agus d’éirigh go maith léi san ábhar. Cúpla bliain i ndiaidh na scoile, mhothaigh sí uaithi an Ghaeilge. Ag an am céanna, bhí sí ag iarraidh cainéal YouTube a thoiseacht i ndiaidh staidéar a dhéanamh ar léiriú na meán agus an aisteoireacht. Rith sé léi físeáin a dhéanamh faoin Ghaeilge. Ba mhaith léi an t-eolas a bhí aici a roinnt le daoine eile agus físeáin a chruthú, rud a bhain sí sult mór as. Ar an 9 Samhain 2019, chuir sí a céad fhíseán ar YouTube, “How to start speaking Irish” agus inniu, tá sé feicthe ag níos mó ná 770 míle duine. Tá 258 físeán déanta aici go dtí seo, físeáin ina mbíonn sí ag múineadh na Gaeilge, ag roinnt laethanta ina saol trí mheán na Gaeilge, ag caint le daoine eile i nGaeilge agus srl.

Thosaigh Molly ag teagasc ranganna Gaeilge phríobháideacha ar líne i mí na Nollag 2020. Tá mic léinn aici as achan cearn den domhan a bhfuil leibhéil éagsúla acu. Tá beagnach 5 bliana taithí teagaisc aici anois.

Lean sí ar aghaidh ag staidéar agus ag cur feabhas ar a cuid Gaeilge féin agus a cuid scileanna teagaisc. D’fhreastail sí ar Dianchúrsa i gCruinneas na Gaeilge le Gaelchultúr/Coláiste na hÉireann ag tús 2022. D’fhreastail sí ar chúrsa teanga ag Oideas Gael i mí Dhéireadh Fómhair 2022. Bhain sí Teastas Ollscoile (Leibhéal 6) i Múineadh na Gaeilge amach ó Ollscoil Mhá Nuad sa bhliain 2023. Thosaigh sí ag múineadh na Gaeilge ag Irish Arts Center in Manhattan, Nua-Eabhrac i mí Aibreáin 2024. D’fhoilsigh sí a céad leabhar ‘Gaeilge i mo chroí: Your Guide to Loving and Living the Irish Language’ i mí Mheán Fómhair 2024. Bhain an leabhar seo Duais Leabhar na hÉireann sa chatagóir Leabhar Stíl Mhaireachtála na Bliana 2024.

Faoi láthair, tá leabhar eile á scríobh aici agus tá sí dírithe ar níos mó deiseanna cainte a chur ar fáil in Éirinn agus thar lear.

Molly is from Letterkenny, County Donegal. She was not raised with Irish but she had a passion for it at school and did well in the subject. A few years after school, she missed Irish. At the same time, she wanted to start a YouTube channel after studying media production and acting. It occurred to her to make videos about the Irish language. She wanted to share her knowledge with others and create videos, which she really enjoyed. On November 9, 2019, she posted her first video on YouTube, “How to start speaking Irish” and today, it has been viewed by over 770 thousand people. She has made 258 videos to date, videos in which she teaches Irish, shares her daily life through Irish, talks to others in Irish, etc.

Molly started teaching private online Irish classes in December 2020. She has students from all over the world at all levels. She now has almost 5 years of teaching experience.

She continued to study and improve her own Irish and her teaching skills. She attended an Intensive Course in Written Irish with Gaelchultúr/Coláiste na hÉireann in early 2022. She attended a language course at Oideas Gael in October 2022. She obtained a University Certificate (Level 6) in Irish Language Teaching from Maynooth University in 2023. She began teaching Irish at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan, New York in April 2024. She published her first book ‘Gaeilge i mo chroí: Your Guide to Loving and Living the Irish Language’ in September 2024. This book won the Irish Book Award in the Lifestyle Book of the Year category 2024.

She is currently writing another book and is focused on providing more opportunities to speak Irish in Ireland and abroad.