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Bealtaine 2009

D’fhógair  Coláiste Hibernia inniu  an seoladh den dara suíomh Gaeltachta  dá chuid i nGaeltacht Uíbh Ráthach in Iardheisceart Chiarraí . Beidh an Coláiste ag cur 350 mac léinn múinteoireachta  go Gaeltacht  Chiarraí  an samhradh seo mar chuid  den  Ard Dioplóma  sna hEalaíona in Oideachas Bunscoile. Téann mic léinn ón gColáiste ar chúrsa staidéir  Gaeltachta  go Gaeltacht Chorr na Mona gach samhradh  ach de bharr  leathnú  an chláir  bhí an dara suíomh Gaeltachta riachtanach.

Táthar ag súil go dtabharfaidh na céadta mac léinn ón gColáiste  cuairt ar Ghaeltacht  Uíbh Ráthaigh gach bliain ar bhonn leanúnach. Caithfidh  na mic léinn trí seachtaine ag freastal ar ranganna agus á dtumadh féin ins an  teanga Ghaeilge agus i gcultúr   an phobail  áitiúil.

Roghnaigh  Coláiste  Hibernia  Gaeltacht Uíbh Ráthach  mar gheall ar an gcaighdeán ard áiseanna  agus  acmhainní atá ar láimh ann  agus an fonn  a bhí ar an bpobal áitiúil  fáilte a chur roimh na mic léinn agus tacaíocht a thabhairt dóibh, agus  beidh  a gclanna  i dteannta    cuid mhór díobh.   Cuirfidh an 350 mac léinn go mór le heacnamaíocht an cheantair agus meastar gur fiú €400,000  an caiteachas airgid dá bharr.

Tá deich mbliana taithí  ag Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Ráthaigh, an coiste pobail áitiúil,  in oideachas do dhaoine fásta  agus aitheanta mar  ionad den scoth sa cheantar ag soláthar  cúrsaí teangacha do dhaoine fásta.  B’iad ba chúis gur roghnaigh  Coláiste Hibernia  teacht go hUíbh Ráthach.  Mar sin féin, seo é an chéad uair don ghrúpa  a bheith páirteach in oideachas tríú leibhéal cé gur fhreastail  go leor daoine  áitiúla ar Choláiste Hibernia mar mhic léinn.

Dúirt  Cathaoirleach Chomhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Ráthaigh, Eilín Uí Churráin: “Is mór é an buntáiste teacht na mac léinn agus a gclann ó thaobh  eacnamaíocht agus stádas an cheantair.  Tá muid thar a bheith tógtha freisin go mbeidh muid  gníomhach in oideachas  glún nua múinteoirí agus is le dáiríreacht agus cúram a ghlacann muid leis an dúshlán.”

Dúirt Jane  Kelly, comhordaitheoir Gaeilge Choláiste Hibernia  le linn seoladh speisialta:  “Is cúis mhór  ríméid dúinn  a bheith ag obair leis an bpobal áitiúil in Uíbh Ráthach.  Tá cáil Chomhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh  ag dul i méid  as mianach  a  gcúrsaí  cothromaithe  agus tá mé muiníneach  go mbainfidh  ár mic léinn leas ollmhór as a gcuid ama i gCiarraí.” 

Bunaíodh Ard Dioplóma  sna  hEalaíona in Oideachas Bunscoile Choláiste Hibernia i 2003 agus tá sé tar éis méadú ó shin sa mhéid is go soláthraíonn  sé níos mó múinteoirí bunscoile cáilithe ná aon chlár eile.  Is trí  chomhcheangal de léachtaí arlíne agus ranganna teagaisc agus seisiúin in ionaid áitiúla ar fud na tíre a chuirtear an cúrsa ar fáil.  Chomh maith le trí seachtaine a chaitheamh sa Ghaeltacht ní mór do mhic léinn  14 seachtaine chleachtadh múinteoireachta sa seomra ranga a dhéanamh  freisin.

May 2009

Hibernia College has announced the launch of its second Gaeltacht location in Uíbh Ráthach in South West Kerry. This summer the College will be sending 350 student teachers onsite to the Kerry Gaeltacht as part of its Higher Diploma in Arts in Primary Education. Students from the college currently attend the Gaeltacht in Cor na Móna, Co. Galway each summer, however the expansion of the programme means that a second Gaeltacht was required.

It is expected that several hundred students from the college will attend Gaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh each year on an ongoing basis. The students will spend three weeks attending classes and immersing themselves in the Irish language and culture in the local community.

Uíbh Ráthach was chosen by Hibernia College because of the ready availability of high quality facilities and resources and the willingness of the local community to welcome and support the students, many of whom will be accompanied by their families. The 350 students will provide a major boost to the area and will represent an estimated cash input of €400,000.

Local community development group Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Ráthaigh which was instrumental in bringing Hibernia College to Uíbh Ráthach has 10 years experience working in adult education and is a recognised centre of excellence in the area as a service provider for adult education in language courses. This however is the group’s first involvement with third level education, although several natives of the area have attended Hibernia College as students.

The Chairperson of Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Ráthaigh, Eilín Uí Churráin commented: “The arrival of Hibernia College’s students and their families is a great boost to the economy and profile of the area. It is also very exciting for us to be actively involved in the education of a new generation of teachers and it is a challenge we take very seriously.”

At a special launch Hibernia College Gaeilge Co-ordinator, Jane Kelly, said: “We are delighted to be working with the local community in Uíbh Ráthach. Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh has a growing reputation for the quality of its education courses and I’m confident that our students will benefit greatly from their time in Kerry.”

Hibernia College’s Higher Diploma in Arts in Primary Education was established in 2003 and has now grown to the point where it provides more fully qualified primary school teachers than any other programme. The course is delivered through a combination of online lectures and tutorials and onsite sessions in local centres around the country. As well as the three weeks spent in the Gaeltacht students must also spend 14 weeks of classroom teaching practice.