CUNY Lehman & An Ghaeilge

(for all official information on programs in Irish, see the Undergraduate Bulletin)

The Irish Language Program, Department of Languages and Literatures, Lehman College, the City University of New York.

Forms & Flyers

Here are a variety of forms & flyers frequently requested by students.

Summer 2012 Flyer

Summer Language Poster

Registration Flowchart

ENCORE Application Form

Elementary Irish I Student Information Sheet

Study Abroad Application Package

Application for the Gaeltacht Summer Awards

Program News and Updates

E-mail the Tomás if you would like to be added to the e-mail newsletter list.

March 19, 2012 - Deadline for STOCS applications. See link under Summer Study Abroad on the right.

April 23, 2012 - Summer Registration begins.

April 16, 2012 - Deadline for Gaeltacht Summer Awards applications. (See above form and the Fulbright Commission link on bottom right.)

Fáilte! - Welcome!

Elaine Ní Bhraonáin with Tomás and Madeleine (left to right)

Department of Languages and Literatures - Irish Language Program

Ms. Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair, Fulbright FLTA - Elementary and Intermediate Levels

Dr. Tomás Ó h-Íde (Ihde), Associate Professor and Chair - Elementary and Advanced Levels

Programs

Are you interested in completing a minor in the Irish language or a complete major in the Irish language? If so please get in contact immediately with the Department Chair, Professor Tomás Ó h-Íde (Ihde). He would be more than happy to discuss your degree options with you. (718) 938-1345 or tomas@lehmangaeilge.org .

Elementary Irish

We welcome all to participate in our Irish language courses as undergraduate students, Encore students (60 years and older), or Friends of the Irish Language Program (adult education). We encourage students to take elementary level courses 100% in class, the hybrid format, 50% of class time face-to-face and 50% on-line, or completely on-line. Blackboard software is used in hybrid and asychronous courses. See Irish Language Classes at CUNY for a video on how we teach using Blackboard. Skype tutoring is available for all students. We are fortunate to have a visiting Fulbright FLTA for the past four years teaching many of our courses. In 2011-2012, Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair from Co. Mayo and Tomás Ó h-Íde are teaching in the program. Our next offering of Elementary Irish 1 & 2 will be in June and July of 2012. Classes will meet in the morning at Queens College in Flushing and in the evening at Lehman College in the Bronx. For more information, please see the flyer on your left.

Advanced Irish

All advanced students Irish language students, undergraduate and auditors, are welcome to take our wide selection of language and literature courses. Courses are offered at CUNY Lehman College and the CUNY Graduate Center. This semester we are offering Folklore in the Irish Language at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan on Monday evenings. Please note that all 300 and 400 level Irish language and literature courses at CUNY are conducted in the Irish language only.
- IRI 300: Introduction to Literary Studies (Fall 2013)
- IRI 303: Advanced Grammar and Composition (Fall 2013)
- IRI 305: Advanced Conversation (Fall 2014)
- IRI 320: Introduction to the Irish Short Story (Spring 2014)
- IRI 323: Irish-Language Poetry of the Twentieth Century (Spring 2014)
- IRI 340: Contemporary Irish Language Novel (Fall 2014)
- IRI 341: Irish-Language Theatre (Fall 2014)
- IRI 350: Folklore in the Irish Language (Spring 2012 & Spring 2015)
- IRI 357: Special Topics in Irish-Language Literature (Spring 2013 & Spring 2015)
- IRI 447: Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille (Fall 2012 & Spring 2015)

Summer Study Abroad

Lehman College participates in the four-week study abroad program with the National University of Ireland, Galway. Students study at the Acadamh campus in An Cheathrú Rua in Connemara where the Irish language remains the community language. There are two scholarship opportunities, STOCS and Gaeltacht Summer Awards. The deadline for STOCS is March 19th as indicated on the program information page, http://www.irishamericanstudies.com/study_abroad.php . The Gaeltacht Summer Awards are made possible through the generousity of the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange (Fulbright Commission) and especially the Irish Government Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Lehman College students should apply using the form on the left and forwarding it to the Irish Language Program in 257 Carmen Hall. All others should visit www.fulbright.ie for application details. The deadline for that grant is April 16th. All CUNY students must also complete the Study Abroad Application Package on the left.

An tOllamh Ó h-Íde (right) with last year's six Lehman College study abroad students, front, Deirdre and Sheila, back, Andrew, Ciara, Ed, and Garth.

Lehman College 2011 Fulbright Commission Travel Grant Awardees: Ed, Sheila, an tOllamh Ó h-Íde, Colleen Dube (Fulbright Commission Director), Seamus Mac Ghiolla Chomhaill (Irish Government Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht), Garth, and Ciara.

Cumann Gaelach CUNY, NYC

Irish language students regularly gather for Irish language society events. Those interested in the club can contact madeleine@lehmangaeilge.org or visit the Facebook site http://www.facebook.com/groups/229411720448446/ .

Madeleine (center) and students at Gaelic Park

Biennial Symposium

The Irish Language Program of the Department of Languages and Literatures recently held a two-day symposium entitled “The Short Story in Irish Language Literature,” which took place on the campus of CUNY Lehman College February 24-25, 2012. We brought together researchers, instructors, and students of Irish language literature interested in the genre of the short story. Prof. Brian Ó Conchubhair, Notre Dame University, editor of Gearrscéalta ár Linne and Twisted Truths, was our keynote speaker. The two day symposium had Irish as the primary language. Most papers were presented in Irish, the keynote was in Irish and an author book reading with Micheál Ó Conghaile was held in Irish. As the first literature conference in North America through the medium of Irish, attendance was excellent with over forty participants in attendance. The symposium also featured book sales, a book launch, continental breakfast, lunch, and a closing wine and cheese reception with live traditional Irish music with Bernadette Fee and Allen Gogarty. Twenty-one participants also opted to join us for a most enjoyable dinner together Friday evening at the Rambling House here in the Bronx. Click here to enter the Symposium pages. You will find the call for papers, the program, information on the keynote speaker, abstracts, lodging information, a list of short story publications, and a list of short story websites. There was a great article about the symposium in the on-line magazine Beo! We will gather again on February 21-22, 2014 to conduct another symposium, "Symposium: Literature and Irish Language Broadcast Media.

Semiannual Lecture

A dozen Irish speakers and intermediate/advanced students gathered on Monday, November 14th, to mark the first semiannual all-Irish lecture. While it is not uncommon to have special lectures given in Spanish or French on campus, this marked the first time that the Department of Languages and Literatures at Lehman College has hosted a special lecture completely in the Irish language. In addition to CUNY students and professors, several Daltaí na Gaeilge speakers of Irish also attended. Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair's lecture, entitled ‘Ceart nó Mícheart? Iriseoireacht Sheáin Uí Ruadháin, included detailed background information about the Irish language as it is spoken in Co. Mayo and the writings of journalist Seán Ó Ruadháin who regularly wrote a column in the journal Feasta entitled "Ceart nó Mícheart". The Semiannual Lecture was suspended in the spring semester to make way for our symposium. We are currently arranging for both a Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 Irish language lecture with scholars at Irish universities.

Research

Lehman College is grateful to the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht of the Irish Government for all their support of Irish language programing at CUNY. The Irish Government support includes funding for six years of curriculum development grants, Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants sent from Ireland to Lehman College over the past five years, and Irish Fulbright Commission travel grants for four Lehman students in 2011. Eimear Ní Cheallaigh from An Cheathrú Rua, Máire Ní Neachtain from An Spidéal, Úna Ní Fhátharta from the Aran Islands, and Prof. John Gillen from Hostos Community College are collaborating in current curriculum development projects. See the link below for the Colloquial Irish website below to learn more about our projects.