Supposedly some sort of Celtic Studies blog

Seo iad mo phleananna le haighaidh foghlaim teangacha an bhliain seo agus an bhliain seo chugainn.


2025

An bhliain seo, thosaigh mé Sean-Ghaeilge i mí Eanáir, agus déanfaidh mé í an téarma seo (críochnóidh an téarma i mí Bealtaine). Is rang tosaitheoirí é, ach níl mé cinnte an féidir liom an meánrang a dhéanamh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair. Tá mé ag staidéar go páirtaimseartha anois, mar sin tá mé ag déanamh leath mo thríú bliana i 2024/2025, agus ansin tá mé ag déanamh an leath eile i 2025/2026. Níl a fhios agam an féidir liom an meánrang i 2025/2026 a dhéanamh, nó nach foláir dom a fanacht go dtí 2026/2027 (an chéad leath mo cheathrú bliana).

Tá mé ag déanamh Breatnaise agus Gaeilge fós. Tá mé ag déanamh ranganna Breatnaise san ollscoil, agus níl mé ag déanamh ranganna Gaeilge san ollscoil an téarma seo ach téim go ranganna mhic léinn eile. Bíonn mo mhúinteoirí ag múineadh i mBreatnais, mar sin is féidir liom mo Bhreatnais a chleachtadh i ngach rang. Ba mhaith liom rang aistriúchán Breatnaise a dhéanamh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair, agus beidh mé ag dul go na ranganna Gaeilge eile fós.

Tá mé ag déanamh Sínise an téarma seo, freisin. Críochnóidh na ranganna i mí Aibreáin. Ansin, i mí Bealtaine, ba mhaith liom ranganna Coirnise a thosú. Tá na ranganna ar líne. Ní maith liom ranganna ar líne a dhéanamh, ach is fearr liom a bheith ag foghlaim le rang agus múinteoir ná foghlaim i m'aonar. Tosóidh na ranganna i mí Bealtaine agus críochnóidh siad i mí Iúil.

I mí Lúnasa nó mí Mheán Fómhair, ba mhaith liom Albainis a thosú. Rinne mé beagán Albainise cheana féin, ach tá mé ag iarraidh foghlaim i gceart.


2026

Tá níos lú pleanna i 2026 agam, ach ba mhaith liom a bheith ag foghlaim Gearmáinise agus Jèrriais (Fraincis Geirsí).

it does amaze me somewhat just how unfamiliar english people seem to be with the minority languages of britain and ireland. english people love to talk about how our languages looks unpronounceable and impenetrable or whatever, and in some cases aren't even aware of some minority languages' existence (usually seems to be the romance languags of the channel islands, angloromani, and scots they're the most unaware of. or at least scots is just assumed to be some sort of funny, uneducated dialect of english). which feels just bizarre and insulting, how are you so unaware of us and our languages and cultures, when we're your neighbours and when we even live amongst you in england? you've spent hundreds of years trying to eradicate us, and now you can't even acknowledge our existence, and make jokes about your ignorance, and don't even care to learn our languages when we all have to speak yours? when i meet people from outside these islands and i talk about celtic studies and the other non-celtic languages here, they always seem really interested and ask me questions and think it's so cool how english isn't the only language/culture around here, despite the fact that that's what they've assumed. but english people just do not seem to care as much, despite the fact that they've been our neighbours for hundreds of years. it's hard to feel a sense of comradery as a "united kingdom" or even as a wider "british isles" when english people behave like that about us.