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Age Groups
Age Group 4 and under
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Using Irish with your Children
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Raising Children through Irish in the Gaeltacht
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All-Irish Primary Schools
Benefits of All-Irish Education
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PEIG.ie Newsletter
10 Reasons to Register to our Business Directory
Supports Available for Businesses
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The Gaeltacht
Community Groups
Irish Language Centres
Organisations
Irish Language Festivals
Festivals
Irish Week / Seachtain na Gaeilge
Awareness Events
5 Tips
Irish Language Books
Learn
Learning Irish
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All-Irish Secondary Schools
All-Irish Primary Schools
Irish in English Speaking Schools
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Irish Services for Schools
Rights
The Official Languages ​​Act 2003 and the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language
The European Charter for Minority Languages
The 20 Year Strategy in the North
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Get Involved with Conradh na Gaeilge
Campaigns
Research and Submissions
Using Irish State Services
Irish Language Commissioner
Jobs
Irish Language Careers Booklet
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Irish Third Level Courses
Working With Irish
Information Sheet on Job Possibilities

Raising Children through Irish in the Gaeltacht

Why raise your child through Irish?

Raising a child through Irish can provide them with valuable advantages in the following areas:

  • 1. Learning to read, write and count
  • 2. Learning new languages
  • 3. Developing communication skills
  • 4. Finding a job later in life
  • 5. Making new friends
  • 6. Strengthening their sense of identity

Tús Maith

Tús Maith provide support for those raising families through Irish and those who simply want to use more Irish at home. They organise playgroups, home visits as well as Scléip an tSathairn, which features a different family activity each month. Details are posted on their Facebook page and website

Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta 

“Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta” was set up in 2011. It is a voluntary organisation that gives support to Irish-speaking families in the Gaeltacht. “Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta” receives funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht and Ealaín na Gaeltachta. The group began in the Connemara Gaeltacht and has since spread to the Donegal Gaeltacht. They organise family events on a regular basis in both areas. You can contact them through their Facebook pages; click on the links below.     

Family Language Support Programme

The aim of the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht’s Family Language Support Programme is to strengthen the Irish language as the household and community language in the Gaeltacht, in accordance with the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish language 2010-2030. Under this programme, the department intends to undertake 12 specific measures to support Gaeltacht families who are raising or who wish to raise their children through Irish. A free family language pack is availble to these families. You can enquire about these language packages here.  

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