{"id":12529,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12529"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:14:36","slug":"gael-taca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/gael-taca\/","title":{"rendered":"Gael-Taca."},"content":{"rendered":"

G a e l \u2013 T a c a .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/p>

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(This week I re<\/em><\/span>view a letter received some years ago)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Litir a fuair m\u00e9, tamall \u00f3 shin, a chuir ag tochrais ar an gceirtl\u00edn seo m\u00e9. P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in, Oifigeach Poibl\u00ed, Ghael-Taca Chorca\u00ed, a scr\u00edobh an litir sin chugam, agus \u00f3 tharla go raibh s\u00e9 ag cur s\u00edos ar \u00e1bhar at\u00e1 gar go maith dom chro\u00edse freisin, cheap m\u00e9 n\u00e1rbh aon dochar \u00e9, alt a th\u00f3gail thart ar an litir ch\u00e9anna sin. Ba \u00e9 an chaoi a bhfuair s\u00e9 mo sheoladh, n\u00f3 gur l\u00e9igh s\u00e9 \u201cI mB\u00e9al an Phobail\u201d, sa Kilkenny People, ar na mallaibh, d\u00edreach mar a dh\u00e9anann na m\u00edlte eile, chuile sheachtain! Anois, m\u00edn\u00edonn s\u00e9 d\u00fainn, gur de thaisme a tharla gur th\u00e1inig s\u00e9 ar ch\u00f3ip den Nuacht\u00e1n c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 deir P\u00e1draig liom, ar an drochuair, nach mb\u00edonn an Kilkenny People ar d\u00edol i gCorcaigh, de ghn\u00e1th. Nach m\u00f3r an trua \u00e9 sin, n\u00f3 c\u00e1 bhfaighfe\u00e1 p\u00e1ip\u00e9ar chomh spleodrach, suimi\u00fail, sp\u00e9isi\u00fail, leis, faoi lu\u00ed na gr\u00e9ine. Ach sin sc\u00e9al eile, do l\u00e1 eic\u00ednt eile, n\u00f3 d\u2019o\u00edche eile fi\u00fa!<\/p>

Ma\u00edonn P\u00e1draig, ina litir, go bhfuil an-dul chun cinn d\u00e9anta acu i gCorcaigh, chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9 le cur chun cinn na Gaeilge, agus deir s\u00e9, go bhfuil a bhu\u00edochas sin ag dul, tr\u00edd is tr\u00edd, do ch\u00f3ras marga\u00edochta Ghael-Taca, n\u00f3 t\u00e9ann an eagra\u00edocht sin amach ag craobhscaoileadh sc\u00e9al na teanga, i measc lucht gn\u00f3, agus t\u00f3g\u00e1laithe na Cathrach, agus ar fud an Chontae freisin, ag iarraidh a chur ina lu\u00ed ar dhaoine, go bhfuil aitheantas tuillte ag an nGaeilge i bhFaiche an Mhargaidh, mar ad\u00e9arf\u00e1.<\/p>

Deir s\u00e9 freisin, go bhfuil breis is caoga t\u00f3g\u00e1laithe anois, ag \u00fas\u00e1id ainmneacha i nGaeilge, ar east\u00e1it nua tith\u00edochta, ainmneacha ar n\u00f3s \u2018Ard na Mara\u2019, \u2018Cois Cuain\u2019, \u2018Bruach na hAbhann\u2019, \u2018D\u00fan na S\u00e9ad\u2019, \u2018Ceol na Mara, agus tuilleadh. Ansin deir s\u00e9 liom, gur m\u00f3r an trua \u00e9 nach bhfuil gr\u00fapa d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id ag feidhmi\u00fa in\u00e1r measc-na, anseo sa Chathair \u00c1lainn. Chomh maith le sin, chuir s\u00e9 chugam freisin, roinnt gearrth\u00f3ga as p\u00e1ip\u00e9ir \u00e1irithe, ina moltar a bhfuil d\u00e9anta ag an gC\u00f3ras Marga\u00edochta, Gael-Taca, i gcur chun cinn na Gaeilge, i measc t\u00f3g\u00e1laithe na d\u00faiche.<\/p>

Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, gur mhinic a bhuail an smaoineamh c\u00e9anna m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in, le tamall de bhlianta anuas, agus b\u00ed cinnte, gur mhinic a leag m\u00e9 an smaoineamh c\u00e9anna sin os comhair an phobail, sa chol\u00fan seo, ach ba bheag aird a tugadh orm! Agus rud eile, tharla roinnt blianta \u00f3 shoin, gur labhair an tIarMh\u00e9ara, agus an Comhairleoir, Tom\u00e1s Uasal \u00d3 Dubhshl\u00e1ine, gr\u00e1sta \u00f3 Dhia air, labhair s\u00e9 liom, agus d\u2019fhiafraigh s\u00e9 d\u00edom, an mbeinn s\u00e1sta mo thuairim a thabhairt faoi oiri\u00fanacht ainmneacha sr\u00e1ideanna, agus east\u00e1it tith\u00edochta, sa chathair seo, agus thart uirthi? D\u00faras go mbeinn s\u00e1sta a leith\u00e9id a dh\u00e9anamh, ach ar an drochuair, fuair Tom\u00e1s bocht b\u00e1s, s\u00e1r ar deineadh aon socr\u00fa cinnte faoi na c\u00farsa\u00ed sin, agus n\u00edor chuala m\u00e9 tada faoi, \u00f3 shoin i leith, ach, caithfear a admh\u00e1il, go raibh Tom\u00e1s den tuairim, nach m\u00f3 n\u00e1 oiri\u00fanach a bh\u00ed cuid de na hainmneacha a bh\u00ed d\u00e1 mbaisteadh ar East\u00e1it, n\u00f3 ar Shr\u00e1ideanna, sna b\u00f3la\u00ed seo, le tamall de bhlianta anuas.<\/p>

Ach le filleadh ar litir \u00fad Ph\u00e1draig U\u00ed Chuanach\u00e1in………F\u00e9ach ar an bp\u00edosa seo, agus tuigfidh t\u00fa ansin, c\u00e9ard t\u00e1 ar bun ag Gael-Taca………<\/p>

\u201cThe Irish language marketing organisation, Gael-Taca, has welcomed the decision by the West Cork builder, Mr. Tim Looney, to use the Irish name in his new housing estate in Baltimore.<\/p>

Speaking on behalf of the organisation which is trying to stamp out the use of inappropriate names such as \u201cTiffany Downs\u201d etc, Mr P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in said \u201cD\u00fan na S\u00e9ad\u201d was a perfect choice.<\/p>

The name of the new seventeen house estate at the edge of the village is actually Irish for Baltimore.<\/p>

He said Gael-Taca was interested in promoting \u201cthe economic and cultural benefits of using the Irish language for new buildings and developments throughout the country.\u201d <\/p>

Bhuel, tugann sin leide d\u00fainn faoin gcine\u00e1l oibre at\u00e1 \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh ag an eagra\u00edocht marga\u00edochta seo, agus f\u00e9ach mar a chuireann P\u00e1draig fh\u00e9in \u00e9…<\/p>

\u201cFor a number of years\u201d, he said, \u201cthere has been public concern about the use of inappropriate names, such as Buckingham Mews, Windsor Estate, and Chelmsford Villas.<\/p>

Sea, mh\u2019anam, nach bre\u00e1, gradamach, iad na seolta\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin ar east\u00e1it tith\u00edochta i mbaile iarg\u00falta ar bith! B\u00ed ag caint ar \u00e9ir\u00ed in airde, agus mustar gan ghustal, gan taca! Ach n\u00e1 habair liom nach dtarla\u00edonn a leith\u00e9id, n\u00f3 t\u00e1\u2019s ag chuile dhuine againn go dtarla\u00edonn, agus n\u00edos measa f\u00f3s, tharla\u00edonn a leith\u00e9id nuair a bh\u00edonn ainm \u00e1lainn, oiri\u00fanach Gaeilge ansin cheana, agus gan le d\u00e9anamh, ach \u00e9 a chur in airde ar chuaille, le han\u00e1il na<\/span> beatha a sh\u00e9ideadh isteach ann<\/span> athuair, n\u00f3 mhair an t-ainm c\u00e9anna \u00fad in \u00e9int\u00edos leis an d\u00faiche sin, le <\/span>sinsearacht.<\/span><\/h1>

Baineadh gearrth\u00f3g eile as eagr\u00e1n 24 Meitheamh 2001 den Sunday Tribune, leathanach 13. Seo mar a chuirtear sa ghearrth\u00f3g sin \u00e9……..<\/p>

                                <\/span>Short Cuts.<\/em><\/span><\/h1>

Not another Windsor Lawns in Galway.<\/strong><\/p>

Buckingham Mews, Rovington, Windsor Downs, Tuscany Downs, Weatherton, Chesterfield, Radclyffe Hall \u2013 small wonder people are irritated and astounded by the peculiar foreign names given by developers to new estates around the country.<\/p>

Tomhas c\u00e9 scr\u00edobh an p\u00edosa sin thuas? <\/p>

C\u00e9 eile ach \u00e1r bP\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in fh\u00e9in. Sea, agus chuaigh s\u00e9 n\u00edos fuide leis mar sc\u00e9al, nuair a mha\u00edgh s\u00e9 gur ainmn\u00edodh east\u00e1t \u00e1irithe i gCorcaigh na Long as Crochad\u00f3ir<\/strong>, a chleacht a cheird i r\u00e9 Victoria, thall, agus a bhfus, freisin, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir! \u201cMarwood\u201d an t-ainm at\u00e1 i gceist aige, agus ansin deir s\u00e9 go bhfuil seans ann, go gcuirfidh sin t\u00fas le sraith nua ainmneacha, i gcuimhne na gCrochad\u00f3ir\u00ed Sasanacha, ainmneacha ar n\u00f3s…Ellis Mews, Billington Estates, Calcraft Close, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh, Pierrepoint View…<\/strong>Tuige a nd\u00e9antar a leith\u00e9id de bhaisteadh ar \u00e1r n-east\u00e1it, a fhiafra\u00edonn s\u00e9 ansin…F\u00e1gfaidh m\u00e9 f\u00fatsa freagra a thabhairt ar an gceist sin, ach ritheann focail ar n\u00f3s, m\u00f3r is fi\u00fa, \u00e9ir\u00ed in airde, agus ag cur madra\u00ed i bhfuinneoga, agus m\u00f3rtas th\u00f3in gan taca, le duine, ach dhealr\u00f3dh s\u00e9, nach raibh cumhacht ar bith ag na h\u00dadar\u00e1is \u00c1iti\u00fala sna c\u00farsa\u00ed seo, agus go bhf\u00e1gtar an sc\u00e9al uilig faoi na t\u00f3g\u00e1laithe fh\u00e9in, a n-east\u00e1it a bhaisteadh, faoi mar is toil leosan. An maith an socr\u00fa \u00e9 sin, i dt\u00edr a throideann iarratais\u00ed plean\u00e1la chuile ch\u00e9im go binse na C\u00fairte Uachtara\u00ed fh\u00e9in, ach a thugann cead don t\u00f3g\u00e1la\u00ed ainm ar bith a bhaisteadh ar east\u00e1t nua tith\u00edochta ?<\/p>

Seo gearrth\u00f3g suimi\u00fail eile. N\u00edl a fhios agam c\u00e1 bhfuarthas \u00e9, ach t\u00e1 baint aige le Cill Chainnigh, agus sin an ch\u00fais gur mhaith liom \u00ed \u00fas\u00e1id anseo. John Lee a scr\u00edobh…<\/p>

It is the end of the road for Tiffany Downs and f\u00e1ilte romhat to Linn Chi\u00fain. From next year, the environment department is to allow Councils to veto Anglicised pretentious names for Irish housing estates.<\/p>

Three years ago the department asked builders to stop giving developments names that bore no relation to the history or geography of the area. But the request was ignored and the appetite of the nouveaux riches for fancy sobriquets remained undiminished.<\/p>

Sea, mh\u2019anam, n\u00edor chuir an t-\u00fadar fiacail ann, sa mh\u00e9id sin. Ach deir John Lee linn, go mbeidh cead feasta ag an \u00dadar\u00e1s \u00c1iti\u00fail iachall a chur ar an dt\u00f3g\u00e1la\u00ed ainmneacha m\u00ed-oiri\u00fanacha a athr\u00fa, agus ainmneacha oiri\u00fanacha a chur isteach ina n-\u00e1it. Sea, agus m\u00e1s maith fh\u00e9in, nach ro-mhithid? <\/p>

The environment department hopes this will end the \u201cTuscany Downs syndrome\u201d that has spread throughout Ireland.<\/p>

Some local authorities had already begun to take the law into their own hands. Kilkenny County Council, after the recent construction of Tiffany Downs, passed a bylaw to \u201cwipe out meaningless and vulgar place names\u201d, as one councillor put it.<\/p>

Michael Lanigan, a councillor who championed the cause in Kilkenny, said; \u201cWe are losing out by not putting a stamp on names with local meaning….The history of Kilkenny gives us enough opportunities to reflect our heritage in naming new estates\u201d<\/p>

Mar ad\u00fairt m\u00e9, n\u00edl a fhios agam c\u00e1 bhfuarthas an ghearrth\u00f3g c\u00e9anna sin.<\/p>

N\u00ed bhainfidh m\u00e9 \u00fas\u00e1id ach as gearrth\u00f3g amh\u00e1in eile, agus t\u00f3gadh an ceann seo as an Southern Star, d\u00e1r d\u00e1ta 14\/9\/\u201902. Seo mar a thosa\u00edonn an ceann seo….<\/p>

Many changes have taken place in Ballygarvan in the past year but the people are not forgetting its heritage and culture as demonstrated at a pleasant outdoor ceremony recently organised by the local history society, where a tree was planted to mark National Heirtage Week and Gael-Taca made a presentation, acknowledging the use of Irish in the impressive new Gleann \u00c1lainn housing development.<\/p>

Fair Play dh\u00f3ibh, t\u00e1 Gael-Taca i mbun oibre ansin freisin, agus an-\u00e9acht \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh acu sa limist\u00e9ar sin, n\u00f3 n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in go bhfuil Gleann \u00c1lainn baiste ar chuid den sc\u00e9im tith\u00edocha sin, ach t\u00e1 freisin, i mb\u00e9al an dorais ag an nGleann \u00c1lainn sin, an cupla \u00e1lainn eile \u00fad, Gleann Dara, agus Gleann Rua. <\/p>

Ag an searmanas t\u00edolactha sin, labhair P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in, as Gaeilge, faoi th\u00e1bhacht na Gaeilge, teanga a bh\u00ed \u00e1 labhairt sa t\u00edr seo \u201croimh \u00e9ag do Chr\u00edost\u201d mar a chuir an file fad\u00f3 \u00e9, go h\u00e1irithe, nuair a chuirtear san \u00e1ireamh, go raibh ainmneacha Gaeilge ar \u00e1r mbailte le sinsearacht. Ach, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur leor seo, do thuras na huaire seo, ach amh\u00e1in a r\u00e1, gur ch\u00f3ir d\u00fainne freisin, anseo i R\u00edocht \u00e1rsa Osra\u00ed, smaoineamh ar \u00e1r n-oidhreacht uasal logainmneacha, nuair a th\u00e9ann muid ag baisteadh east\u00e1t agus sr\u00e1ideanna in\u00e1r nd\u00faiche fh\u00e9in.<\/p>

Mo bhu\u00edochas do Ph\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in, as m\u00e9 a chur ag tochrais ar an gceirtl\u00edn sin, in alt na seachtaine seo. N\u00ed fh\u00e9adfadh \u00e9inne leisce a chur ina leith, chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9 le cur chun cinn na teanga, i measc t\u00f3g\u00e1laithe, agus lucht gn\u00f3, sa Chathair chorraitheach \u00fad, cois Laoi na Long. Gura seacht fearr a bheidh siad, bliain \u00f3 inniu!<\/p>

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G a e l \u2013 T a c a . Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . (This week I review a letter received some years ago) . Litir a fuair m\u00e9, tamall \u00f3 shin, a chuir ag tochrais ar an gceirtl\u00edn seo m\u00e9. P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in, Oifigeach Poibl\u00ed, Ghael-Taca Chorca\u00ed, a scr\u00edobh an litir sin chugam, agus \u00f3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12530,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12529\/revisions\/12530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}