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Pictured enjoying the wonder of science to mark the launch of Galway Science and Technology Festival's 2020 online programme running from 8 - 22 November. More at GalwayScience.ie were pupils from Galway Educate together National School

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Banana bread, selfies and social distancing:

the first major English-Irish dictionary in over 60 years published

Foras na Gaeilge‘s Concise English-Irish Dictionary published

In an online event at 1pm today Friday, on Foras na Gaeilge’s Facebook Page, President Michael D. Higgins will officially launch the Concise English-Irish Dictionary.  

Joining us will be personalities and household names such as, Dara Ó Briain, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mary McAleese and many more as they share their experiences with, and grá for our national language.

The new dictionary contains 1,800 pages, over 30,000 entries, 85,000 word senses and 1.8 million words in contemporary English and Irish. Produced by Foras na Gaeilge, the dictionary is the first major English-Irish Dictionary to be published in over sixty years (since Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s seminal English-Irish Dictionary in 1959).

The entries are derived from the hugely popular New English-Irish Dictionary website, www.focloir.ie, which attracts over two million visitors a year.

The aim of the dictionary project is to produce a comprehensive modern dictionary which would represents

current usage not only in Irish but also in English as it is spoken in Ireland;

the main dialects of contemporary Irish;

a broad range of language from the most technical to the most informal.

Chief Editor Pádraig Ó Mianáin said of the new dictionary:

“The New English-Irish Dictionary brings Irish-language lexicography into the third millennium with its emphasis on currency in both Irish and English and its coverage of all levels of language use, from formal to informal and from written to spoken. The New English-Irish Dictionary has been online since 2013 and now attracts over 2 million users worldwide annually, with over a quarter of them from overseas.

“When the online version was completed, production of a printed version began. In order to produce a one-volume dictionary, over a third of the content in the online dictionary (which contains 48k entries and 145k word senses) had to be left out and the remaining content had to undergo significant editing and reformatting. We are delighted that the dictionary is now available, and to have this opportunity to launch it with the President today.”

Interesting Entries and Translations

To celebrate this milestone, Foras na Gaeilge are highlighting some of the newer and more interesting entries and translations, including some that have recently come to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic:

home office – oifig bhaile

fake news – bréagnuacht

selfie – féinín

he’s a savage player – is imreoir den scoth é

banana bread – arán banana

social distancing – scaradh sóisialta

pandemic – paindéim

coronavirus – coróinvíreas

cyberbullying – cibearbhulaíocht

online banking – baincéireacht ar líne

Brexit – Breatimeacht

the latest political wrangle – an t-aighneas polaitiúil is déanaí

to make a hames of something  – praiseach a dhéanamh de rud

it’s at your own risk – ar do phriacal féin atá sé

it was nothing to write home about – bhí sé cuibheasach gan a bheith maíteach

I wouldn’t hold it against her – ní bheinn anuas uirthi mar gheall air

to make a laughing stock of somebody – ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine

to rest on your laurels – do mhaidí a ligean le sruth

The printed dictionary also contains a substantial Language and Grammar section with essays and tables covering topics such as style, translation and grammar information.

It is available in bookshops and online now with an RRP of €30/£25.

Contact: For additional information, interviews and imagery please contact:

Cormac Breathnach, Foras na Gaeilge,

Tel: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Loretta Ní Ghabháin Lorg Media, Baile Nua, Maigh Cuilinn, Co. na Gaillimhe

Phone - 087 799 7981 Email - [email protected]

Banana bread, selfies and social distancing:

the first major English-Irish dictionary in over 60 years published

Concise English-Irish Dictionary Fhoras na Gaeilge foilsithe

In ócáid ar líne inniu, Dé hAoine, ar leathanach Facebook Fhoras na Gaeilge, seolfaidh an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn an Concise English-Irish Dictionary go hoifigiúil.

In éineacht linn ag an ócáid beidh daoine mór le rá amhail Dara Ó Briain, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mary McAleese agus go leor eile. Roinnfidh siad linn a gcuid taithí leis an nGaeilge agus an dáimh atá acu leis an teanga náisiúnta.

San fhoclóir nua tá 1,800 leathanach, breis is 30,000 iontráil, 85,000 aonad céille agus 1.8 milliún focal i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge na linne seo. Foras na Gaeilge a d’fhoilsigh an foclóir, an chéad cheann Béarla-Gaeilge dá leithéid a foilsíodh le breis is seasca bliain anuas (ó foilsíodh English-Irish Dictionary Thomáis de Bhaldraithe in 1959).

Bunaíodh na hiontrálacha ar an ábhar atá ar shuíomh mór-ráchairte an Fhoclóra Nua Béarla-Gaeilge, www.focloir.ie, a mbíonn breis is dhá mhilliún duine in aghaidh na bliana á úsáid.

Sprioc an tionscadail ná foclóir cuimsitheach nua-aimseartha a tháirgeadh ina mbeadh:

cumhdach cuimsitheach ar Ghaeilge agus ar Bhéarla na linne seo mar a labhraítear in Éirinn iad;

cumhdach cothrom ar phríomhchanúintí na Gaeilge;

réimse leathan teanga ón gcuid is teicniúla go dtí an réim is neamhfhoirmeálta.

Arsa Príomheagarthóir an Fhoclóra, Pádraig Ó Mianáin:

“Tugtar tús áite don teanga bheo, sa Bhéarla agus sa Ghaeilge, san Fhoclóir Nua Béarla-Gaeilge, rud a thugann foclóireacht na Gaeilge isteach sa tríú mílaois. Clúdaítear gach uile leibhéal d’úsáid na teanga, ón réim fhoirmeálta go dtí an chuid is neamhfhoirmeálta, ón fhocal scríofa go dtí an focal labhartha. Tá an Foclóir Nua Béarla-Gaeilge ar líne ó 2013 agus tá breis is dhá mhilliún duine ag tarraingt ar an suíomh gach bliain as gach cearn den domhan.

“Nuair a cuireadh críoch leis an leagan ar líne, cuireadh tús le táirgeadh an leagain chlóite. Chun foclóir aon imleabhair a tháirgeadh, ba ghá níos mó ná aon trian den fhoclóir ar líne (ina bhfuil 48k iontráil agus 145k aonad céille) a fhágáil ar lár, agus ba ghá eagarthóireacht agus athfhormáidiú suntasach a dhéanamh ar an chuid eile. Is mór an sásamh dúinn an foclóir a bheith foilsithe agus an deis seo a bheith againn é a sheoladh in éineacht leis an Uachtarán inniu.”

Iontrálacha agus Aistriúcháin Spéisiúla

Seo thíos roinnt iontrálacha suimiúla atá san fhoclóir nua, cuid acu atá tagtha i dtreis le linn phaindéim an choróinvíris:

home office – oifig bhaile

fake news - bréagnuacht

selfie – féinín

he’s a savage player – is imreoir den scoth é

banana bread – arán banana

social distancing – scaradh sóisialta

pandemic – paindéim

coronavirus – coróinvíreas

cyberbullying – cibearbhulaíocht

online banking – baincéireacht ar líne

Brexit – Breatimeacht

the latest political wrangle – an t-aighneas polaitiúil is déanaí

to make a hames of something  – praiseach a dhéanamh de rud

it’s at your own risk – ar do phriacal féin atá sé

it was nothing to write home about – bhí sé cuibheasach gan a bheith maíteach

I wouldn’t hold it against her – ní bheinn anuas uirthi mar gheall air

to make a laughing stock of somebody – ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine

to rest on your laurels – do mhaidí a ligean le sruth

Tá forlíonadh mór teanga agus gramadaí san fhoclóir chomh maith, áit a bhfuil aistí agus táblaí a chlúdaíonn cúrsaí stíle, aistriúcháin agus gramadaí.

Tá sé ar díol i siopaí leabhar agus ar líne anois. An PMM atá air ná €30/£25.

Teagmháil: chun agallaimh a eagrú nó chun tuilleadh íomhánna a fháil, déan teagmháil le

Contact: For additional information, interviews and imagery please contact: Cormac Breathnach, Foras na Gaeilge, Fón: 086 194 5633 Ríomhphost: [email protected]

Loretta Ní Ghabháin Lorg Media, Baile Nua, Maigh Cuilinn, Co. na Gaillimhe

Fón - 087 799 7981 Ríómphost - [email protected]

#English-Irish dictionary #dictionary

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Might be a while before an tone comes to take off the green (#stpatricksday ) Filter’s . #dunguairecastle @kinvara #covid_19 (at Dunguaire Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QNjfbJ7G0/?igshid=19z82tqfws1bm

#stpatricksday #dunguairecastle #covid_19

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Looking forward to opening ceremony @galway2020 sat evening! https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Pdt_HpB5N/?igshid=1k2ls8dmdzm9n

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The brilliant @rofijames playing a blinder in portumna @galway2020 launch https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PdZHbpItD/?igshid=qddykoltl1uy

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Thanks @irishtimesnews images of the day alway worth a look 👀. Congrats to the organizers of @galwaysciencefestival for another exciting and interesting expo (at Nuig Main Campus (Beside The College Bar)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SStw8Joc1/?igshid=oytgjy2ywhv3

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locked ! So sad really https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JERCpJ0Wh/?igshid=2e1ciwj2cq0f

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Hibernation! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JD9a5p6Dy/?igshid=kzqk01k1eacf

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It’s an upside down world we live in ! #new York photo (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JDLdDJn_3/?igshid=g973va2md3ga

#new

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17/06/2019 Young adults' author Catherine (Cat) Doyle

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08/07/2019 Gathering in Galway for the 31st Galway Film Fleadh which opened last night (TUESDAY 9/7 )Dara Devaney ( An Klondike (2015), An Bronntanas (2014) and Corp & Anam (2011) who stars in Finky at this year's Galway Film Fleadh surrounded by stalwarts of the profession with six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, Tyne Daly known for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Judging Amy (1999) and Cagney & Lacey (1981) and our very own  Fionnula Flanagan IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2012. Flanagan is known for her roles in the films James Joyce's Women and The Others, for the latter of which she won a Saturn Award.

Daly is in Galway to promote small town comedy drama 'A Bread Factory', which she is starring in.

She is also attending a special screening of 'Cagney and Lacey' at the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday afternoon, where there will also be a discussion on the connection between feminist film theory and the iconic series.

This year there are 95 feature films, ten world premieres and 150 short films on the fleadh's line-up, and more than 40% of the cinematic material is by female filmmakers.

Photo:Andrew Downes, xposure.

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Love this image I took in Uganda while over there with @self_help_africa . (at Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJUPKtnsWO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3qbkt8061o2q

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Science Week 2018 - Teagasc Athenry

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Amy Huberman told a packed audience at the G hotel in Galway today that she, “Always wanted to do something creative, but I didn’t know where to start but the key was to just start, I wasn’t a very structured start but there is a freedom to that. I was able to try stuff out as people just didn’t know what I was doing so there was no pressure”.

Amy was joined by other leading names in the TV industry for the second annual Fís TV Summit. Guests include representatives from RTE, BBC, TG4 and Screen Ireland.

Also speaking at the Fís Summit Linda Cullen, Producer Coco Television told the audience about the importance of character in Room to Improve, “In the first few years it was the format and the narrative that largely drove the show but from about year 5 it became more about character, and that character was Dermot Bannon”.

The summit is a further acknowledgement of the vibrant TV industry here in the West of Ireland. Organised by Galway Film Centre, this one day summit plays host to international and national speakers exploring this year’s theme, Entertainment.  In just 2 years, FÍS TV Summit has become a key component in the UNESCO City of Film/Ceantar Scannán calendar.

Amy is an IFTA winning actress working internationally as an actor and writer.  She has had two best-selling novels published with Penguin and has recently wrapped shooting on the forthcoming TV comedy series Finding Joy, which she also created and wrote, produced by Treasure Entertainment for RTÉ in Ireland and Acorn TV in the UK, and is due for release in late 2018. Amy joins Rebecca O’Flanagan, Producer/Creator of Finding Joy for a panel discussion on the journey they took together to bring this project to fruition, 'An exploration of the journey to 'Finding Joy'.

#fístvsummit #galwayfilmcentre

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https://www.baboro.ie/

https://www.baboro.ie/festival/programme

Performers from Arch8 from the Netherlands arrive in Galway for the opening of the 22nd Baboró International Arts Festival for Children which features a feast of 51 events across 7 days designed especially for children and families. Artists from Ireland, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Scotland and England will engage and entertain children and families in venues throughout Galway from October 15 - 21. Arch8 will perform ‘Tetris’, their feel-good and fun dance show as part of the festival. Baboró enables children and families to experience first hand the transformative power of the creative arts. The programme is bursting with theatre, dance, music, exhibitions, film and literature as well as talks and workshops for children and adults. There are also opportunities for children and adults to get creative while spending quality time together. For full details see www.baboro.ie

#baboro #galway #festival

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The Clarenbridge Oyster Festival 2018 

#clarinbridge oyster festival