Níos Soléire ar Chléire

Lughnasa 19 - 21, 2025

Oiléan Chléire, Dún na Séad, Iarthar Chorcaí

Seo linn go Oiléain Chléire do deireadh seachtaine lán thumadh sa teanga is sa chultúr.

This September, we are headed to the West Cork Island of Oiléan Cléire for a weekend immersion in Irish language and culture.

The Poet, Hurler and Crafter will share their skills as Gaeilge. We will welcome the autumn in a place of great beauty and charm.

Roinnfidh an File, an Iománaí agus an Céardaí a gcuid scilleanna as Gaeilge. Shúilfhimid go aireach tríd chonócht an fhómhair in áit fíor áillainn is aoibheann.

Siobhán de Paor, Diarmuid Lyng and Cearbhuil Ní Fhionnghusa will be your guides on this island adventure.

There will be play, poetry and ritual as we explore the unseen faces of our teanga through experience. This is an opportunity to experience our tongue in a unique and relevant way.

Beidh sugradh, filíocht, deasghnáth agus íoga agus muid ag breathnú thart ar na gnéithe rúndaímharach dár theanga dúchas i láthair na huaire. Seo deis chun dul i dtaithí ar do chultúr i slí úrna is cuí.

For the Gaeltacht

Our location is the southernmost Gaeltacht island of Oiléan Cléire, home of the draoi saint Ciarán, of megaliths and stone walls, of story tellers and whale song.

Sé an oiléan is faide ó dheas; suíomh an díseart, baile dhúchais naomh Ciarán, galláin, ballaí clocha, scéalaí is amhrán an míol mór.

This is an opportunity for self care and healing with daily íoga and meditation. There will be nourishing healthy food, in keeping with the season, garnished with wildfood.

Seo deis aire a thabhairt duit fhéin agus chneasú le íoga agus machnamh go laethúil. Beidh bia beathúil de réir an séasúr, maisithe le bia fiáin.

For the Gaelgóirs

Working in collaboration with MEITHEAL; Phlean Teanga Chléire, we will be hosted by and participate in island life (likely in the tig taibhrne) making our own culture night of it.

I chomhoibriú le MEITHEAL, Plean Teanga Chléire, beidh an díseart seo déanta níos saibhre le ionchur na daoine áitiúla.

For the Gaeilge

This retreat is ideal for intermediate learners; a chance to tap into the dormant knowledge of 12 years of Irish classes. Diarmuid and I will be bilingual. It will also suit fluent speakers. This is an opportunity to use your Gaeilge briste and attend to that relationship and feed that inner yearning for your language and to release whatever blocks its expression.

Oireadh an díseart seo do foghlaimeoirí idir mheánach.Seo deis ceangail le an t-eolas faoi shuan ó 12 bliain de ranganna Gaeilge ar scoil. Oireadh sé fresin do cainteoirí líofa a bhfuil suim acu san ábhar. Seo deis chun do Gaeilge briste a úsáid agus freastal ar an caidreamh sin, chun beathú an dúil lastigh do do theanga agus chun scaoileadh leis an constaic go dtí a léiriú.

Accommodation

Is included, in a charming old-school building, used for residential Irish courses, Éirí na gréine; complete with cistin mór, hot shower and stove. They are small dormitory-style rooms, well lit and airy, with fir is mná separate.

An Cónocht

the equinox is a time to balance those two aspects of ourselves. Shaking off the summer skin to enter into hibernation. We will set this collective intention of conciously entering the regenerative part of the year.

We walk everywhere but there will be a taxi to and from the pier when we have luggage.