Unfortunately there was really no alternative but to cancel our Irish language day. Iona closed on Friday and no one really knew what would happen, the snow was still coming down heavily on Friday afternoon and I started to get calls and emails from Long Island, New Jersey and Massachusetts. We had no idea how long clean up would take and if the roads would be safe on Saturday morning so that was that. I will be working with Iona College to see if we can come up with another date that suits, it can be difficult however, not only has Iona a busy program with the students but everyone involved also has fairly hectic calendars this semester. d used as the registration fee for the next date I felt it better to send a refund, just in case. We will start over with registrations as soon as a date is agreed upon.Nonetheless we hope to reschedule. In the meantime everyone who had registered and paid has been sent a refund. Even though most people asked that their check be held over an
Go raibh maith agaibh.
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is located at IONA College, New Rochelle, NY (Westchester County)and is dedicated to providing access to the Irish Language in a variety of ways. Four levels in language classes and an annual day event celebrating the Irish Language with approximately 60 participants from the Tri-state area and Massachusetts. This blog is in English as it is for communication with all our students, beginners, intermediate and advanced.
About An Scoil Chois Claí
An Scoil Chois Claí came about some years ago when a group of people who wanted to learn Irish and a couple of teachers who wanted to teach Irish came together, but we were homeless, hence the name. First meetings were in a diner but shortly thereafter the group was rescued from homelessness by Muiris Bric and The Kerry Association and given a roof in their lovely headquarters in Yonkers NY. A year later Brother Charles Quinn of Iona Collage, New Rochelle NY helped arrange shelter for the group on the Iona college campus which is where we have been located ever since, offering continuing education classes in four levels of Irish, in the La Penta building. We also have a celebration of the Irish Language every Spring in our Lá na Gaeilge, Irish Language Day, whichis usually held in April.
Brother Quinn sadly passed away in February, 2007, but we will always appreciate his assistance and his lifelong dedication to the Irish Language.
Brother Quinn sadly passed away in February, 2007, but we will always appreciate his assistance and his lifelong dedication to the Irish Language.
Classes and Events
Evening Classes are open to the public and are conducted at Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
Irish Language Day
An Irish Language Immersion Day, Lá na Gaeilge, is held annually drawing approximately 70 people together to a convivial environment where exposure to Irish is the primary
function, with generous helpings of key ingredients craic, siamsa and spraoi.
function, with generous helpings of key ingredients craic, siamsa and spraoi.
Múinteoirí - Current Teachers
Caoimhe Ní Bhaoill has over twenty years experience teaching Irish in the Irish School System and at Summer Colleges in Ireland. Her expertise includes modern and old Irish. She has been teaching Irish in New York for over 7 years.
Eibhlín Zurell has a long standing involvement with Daltaí na Gaeilge, in running the Irish Language immersion weekends and an annual immersion week. She has also been teaching Irish for over seventeen years in the tri-state area, and has been an invited teacher and speaker at Irish Language Events throughout the country.
Hilary Sweeney (de Bhál, bean Mhic Suibhne) has been teaching Irish in the NY area with Irish cultural organizations and with Daltaí na Gaeilge since 1999. She currently teaches Irish in the Irish Studies Program at New York University. She is frequently an invited teacher at Irish Language Events throughout the country. She writes the Irish Language Blog Hilary NY
Eibhlín Zurell has a long standing involvement with Daltaí na Gaeilge, in running the Irish Language immersion weekends and an annual immersion week. She has also been teaching Irish for over seventeen years in the tri-state area, and has been an invited teacher and speaker at Irish Language Events throughout the country.
Hilary Sweeney (de Bhál, bean Mhic Suibhne) has been teaching Irish in the NY area with Irish cultural organizations and with Daltaí na Gaeilge since 1999. She currently teaches Irish in the Irish Studies Program at New York University. She is frequently an invited teacher at Irish Language Events throughout the country. She writes the Irish Language Blog Hilary NY
Eibhlín Zurell
Caoimhe Ní Bhaoill
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