This channel; ‘An Teanga Beo’ (‘The Alive Language’), is broadcast entirely in Ireland’s native tongue- Irish. Irish is one of the oldest languagues in the world and according to Bunreacht na hEireann, the Irish Constitution, it is the official lanuguage of the Republic of Ireland. Craolaionn ‘An Teanga Beo’ go hiomlan in ár dteanga dùchais an Ghaeilge. Tà an Ghaeilge ceann de na teanga is sinne sa domhain, agus mar a deirtar i Bunreacht na hEireann, is e an teanga oiffiguil do Phoblacht na hEireann.

EIRI AMACH NA CAISCE 1916 DISC I T1 (click to listen Windows Media)

90 years after the Easter Rising of 1916, this programme looks back at the events that were to change Irish history forever. It also pays a special tribute to the women of 1916 whose participation in the Rising is often forgotten.

90 bliain tar eis Eiri Amach na Caisce 1916 feiceann an clar seo ar na eachtrai a d’athriagh stair na hEireann. Fresin, tugann se moladh speisialta dos na mna o 1916 toisc go deantar dearmad go minic ar an phairt a ghlac said san Eiri Amach.s

TIONCHAR TEANGA DISC I T2 (click to listen Windows Media)

Tionchar Teanga; language influences, is a documentary charting the Irish language over the Centuries. It looks at the effects the Famine in 1847 had on Irish, and also the influences the Normans, the Vikings and the English had on the language. The programme also looks at the Irish language in modern Ireland.

Feiceann an clár fhaisnise seo; Tionchar Teanga, ar an teanga Gaelach thar na mbliaina. Feiceann se ar heifeachtai an Gorta Mor ar an teanga, agus ar tionchar na Normánigh, na Lochlanigh agus na Sasanigh ar an Ghaeilge. Fresin, feiceann an chlar seo ar an Ghaeilge mar teanga in Eireann inniu.

AN GUTH EILE TRACK 1 DISC II (click to listen Windows Media)

In this music show; The Other Voice, you will here music from artists like Mundy, The Chieftans and The Corrs. You may not recognise them at first however, because all the music is sung in their native tongue; Irish!!

Sa chlar ceoil seo; An Guth Eile, cloisfeadh tu amhrani o ceoiltoiri mar Mundy, The Chieftans agus The Corrs. Beidir ni athnoidh tu iad i dtosach afach, toisc go bhfuil siad go leir ag canadh ina dteanga duchais; an Ghaeilge!!

INFORMATION ABOUT CAOIMHE NIC ALLABROIN

Caoimhe Nic Allabroin was born in Dublin, Ireland. She is a fluent Irish speaker and has a passion for the cultures and traditions of Ireland. She has worked for a number of years in radio, working for Raidio Na Life, B96fm and www.emeraldradio.com