Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne

Cúlra Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne

Tá Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne, atá lonnaithe in Áras Bhréanainn, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Iarthar Dhuibhneach, ar an bhfód anois le breis is daichead bliain. Is fochomhlacht de chuid Chomharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne é, comharchumann a bunaíodh sa bhliain 1966. Cuireann Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne go mór le geilleagar na háite trí Chúrsaí Gaeilge a chur chun cinn. Comhlacht láidir, socair, rathúil é ó thaobh ioncaim agus ó thaobh bainistíochta de. Cuirtear Cúrsaí Gaeilge ar fáil do dhaltaí scoile idir 10-18 mbl., do mhic léinn oideachais fé oiliúint agus d’Iarchéimithe chun muintir na Gaeltachta agus Galltachta a mhealladh i dtreo na Gaelainne. Is fiú €2.5 milliún in aghaidh na bliana gnó Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne go díreach don cheantar agus nuair a thógtar an gnó agus seirbhísí breise a éilíonn sé san áireamh is fiú thart ar €7 mhilliún an gnó do Chorca Dhuibhne. Aithnítear go forleathan go bhfuil rath ar chúrsaí Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne agus tá sé i gceist againn tógáil ar an gcuid seo den ngnó amach anseo. Cuirtear ana-bhéim ar fad ar an dteanga labhartha i gCúrsaí Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne. An aidhm ná an líofacht chuí d’aois na leanaí a fhorbairt iontu. Sna cúrsaí traidisiúnta ag Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne maireann an dalta scoile i dtigh Gaeltachta ar feadh coicíse nó trí seachtaine. Reáchtáltar cúrsaí cónaithe i gColáiste Íde. Ba mhaith le Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne a bheith ar an gColáiste Gaeilge is nua-aimseartha sa tír maidir le soláthar Cúrsaí Gaeilge do Bhunscoileanna agus d’Iar-bhunscoileanna na hÉireann. Reáchtáltar cúrsaí deireadh seachtaine ó cheann ceann na bliana dosna daltaí ag an dá leibhéal seo agus tá méadú leanúnach ag teacht ar líon na rannpháirtithe.

Aidhmeanna Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne

• Cúrsaí Gaeilge ar ardchaighdeán a chur ar fáil do dhaltaí scoile idir 10-18 mbliana déag d’aois agus do mhic léinn tríú leibhéal. • Luach a gcuid airgid a chur ar fáil do thuismitheoirí, do dhaltaí scoile agus do mhic léinn, chomh fada is a bhaineann le hábhar teagaisc agus le díograis na foirne teagaisc. • Cur le hinmharthanacht na Gaelainne. • Borradh a spreagadh sa gheilleagar áitiúil.

Ról na Mná Tí

Tá an bhean tí lárnach i reáchtáil na gColáistí Samhraidh agus sa taithí Ghaeltachta ag an ndalta. Baile an dalta is ea an tigh Gaeltachta fad a fhanann sé i gCorca Dhuibhne. Gné ana-thábhachtach den dtigh sin is ea an sampla teangan agus cultúir a bhlaiseann an dalta ann. Spreagann an bhean tí iarrachtaí an dalta sa Ghaelainn tríd an dea-shampla is an moladh. Bíonn an bhean tí ar a dícheall leis ag cur gach aon bhéile ar fáil agus ag ní na n-éadaí don dalta ar feadh an chúrsa. Sábháilteacht agus compord an dalta dualgas na mná tí is an teaghlaigh Ghaeltachta fad is atá an dalta sa tigh agus scartha óna mhuintir féin ar feadh tréimhse.

Fáthanna le bheith id’ Bhean/ Fhear a’ Tí

Tá tú ag obair duit féin. Bíonn tú ag obair ón mbaile. Bíonn úinéireacht agat ar an gcúram. Cuirtear an tacaíocht chuí ar fáil chun an tigh a chur in oiriúint do na scoláirí. Bíonn deontas 20% ó Roinn na Gaeltachta agus €2,000 ó Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne Bíonn idir 9 agus 20 seachtain oibre i gceist sa bhliain. Bíonn cúrsaí gach Meitheamh agus Iúil de ghnáth. Ag cabhrú le dul chun cinn na Gaelainne agus na Gaeltachta. Deis bualadh le daoine ó cheann ceann na tíre. Bíonn daltaí óga imithe 4 lá sa tseachtain óna 9.00 – 17.00. Bíonn siad fé chúram an choláiste ag na hamanta seo. Bíonn cúrsaí againn anois i Mí Eanáir, sa Cháisc agus i Mí Aibreáin. Is deis oibre bhreise i rith na bliana iad seo. Ioncam saor ó cháin atá i gceist.

Is í an chúis atá leis an Suirbhé seo ná chun eolas a chur le chéile a chuirfidh ar ár gcumas tuiscint an phobail ar ghnó Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne agus suim na dTeaghlach Gaeltachta a thomhas. Táimid ag iarraidh a dhéanamh amach an bhfuil spéis ag teaghlaigh i bpobal Gaelainne Chorca Dhuibhne teacht isteach sa chóras agus daltaí a choimeád ina dtithe. Ba mhaith linn tuiscint a fháil ar na bacanna agus dúshláin a bhaineann le teacht isteach sa chóras. Bainfear úsáid as an eolas seo chun tairbhe an ghnó féin agus an geilleagar áitiúil. Is mór againn do chuid ama agus an dua a chaithfear leis seo.

Suirbhé Pobail 2021 : Bean nó Fear an Tí ag Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne 1. An bhfuil suim agat tabhairt fé chúram scoláirí na gColáistí Samhraidh id thigh féin?

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2. An mian leat dul ag caint le ball foirne Choláistí Chorca Dhuibhne fén gcúram seo?

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3. Cuir in iúl led’ thoil na bacanna is mó a bhaineann le bheith i mbun cúram scoláirí:

Níl an t-am agam chuige...................................................... Tá modhanna níos fusa ann chun airgead a dhéanamh.. Costas an árachais tí............................................................ An cur isteach ar an dteaghlach.......................................... Athchóiriú ar an dtigh............................................................ Easpa cumais Gaeilge a labhairt nó a scríobh.................. An méid airgid a dhíoltar...................................................... Na rialacha a bhaineann le scoláirí a choimeád............... Na riachtanaisí bídh ag scoláirí........................................... An lá fada oibre..................................................................... Cúrsaí smachta..................................................................... Tuismitheoirí nó oidí ag gearán........................................... An éiginnteacht a bhaineann le scoláirí a fháil.................. An víreas COVID 19............................................................. Eile: (Tabhair sonraí led’ thoil)............................................. Sonraí:

4. Cad iad na príomhrudaí gur mhaith leat labhairt fúthu? Cuir tic leis na hábhair is tábhachtaí duit.

An t-árachas tí.................................................................. An t-athchóiriú ar an dtigh............................................... An cumas Gaeilge atá ag teastáil................................... An méid airgid a dhíoltar.................................................. Na rialacha a bhaineann le scoláirí a choimeád.......... Conas deighleáil le riachtanaisí bídh............................. Cúrsaí smachta................................................................ Tionchar an víris COVID 19............................................ Eile: (Tabhair sonraí led’ thoil)........................................ Sonraí:

5. Má tánn tú sásta labhairt le ball foirne fé scoláirí a choimeád id’ thigh cuir do shonraí teagmhála anseo thíos led’ thoil:

Ainm:_____________________________________

Guthán:____________________________________

Ríomhphost:________________________________

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Go raibh míle maith agat as an gceistneoir seo a fhreagairt. Cabhróidh sé le Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne na háiseanna cuí a chur ar fáil dár scoláirí. Tá an suirbhé críochnaithe agat anois.

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Laura Meiland

Camilla Dinkel

We are so very sad to have lost our friend and colleague Laura Meiland who died peacefully in the Suimhneas Centre of Tralee hospital on Sunday 24th January. When we took over the Dingle bookshop she was already in post, and worked with us for several years. Laura and I arrived in Corca Dhuibhne at about the same time – the late 90’s, she having done an intial reconnoitre of Ireland by bike before deciding to settle in Ballyferriter. She worked in the extraordinay Teddy Bear museum on Slea Head before setting up her own restaurant Tigh an Tobair in the village. It became a very popular feeding and watering hole for locals and visitors alike, and was the scene of much great craic over the years. The first time I met her, as I remember used to call you irritante, which literally means it (though she would undoubtedly correct me) “annoying aunt”’ Over time she became part was at an Irish class in the Ballyferriter museum, of our family too, always included, with her dog with her daughter Alexandra. We subsequently Cú, in the visits from our respective daughters spent long hours on Béal Bán beach together, and granddaughters. swimming (only in the summer), sharing our life histories and complaining about our mothers. She was a person of intuitive understanding, although often bamboozled by my use of the English language, although she both Bhí ann-chuid Gaeilge ag Laura, though she was diffident about using it. Her version of ‘Sin é mar ata sé’ was ‘That’s just it’. That seems like a good Laura way of summing up her attitude to life. appreciated and spoke it very well. She was This poem is from her younger brother, Martien: an amazing reader, mainly in English, and her book recommendations were much valued by How many cups of coffee we drunk together, our regular customers in the bookshop. No one can say or guess Drama and singing were her two great loves. But that doesn’t matter She, Mike and I with occasional add- ons, formed an a cappella harmony group and often sang more important than that in Micheál Ó Dubhshlaine’s Club an Mháistir in Those moments are full of happiness the bowels of Tigh Uí Cathain, where songs in all languages were welcome. In Beehive Theatre she ran drama classes for the kids and did many I’ll always remember that so dearly things backstage of which I was probably not But I tell you now clearly aware, though I always called on her for help with the make up. My cups of coffee will have another taste 32 West Kerry Live www.westkerrylive.ie She was very popular with her two brothers It looks almost like a waste and their families and they would compete Because without you sitting next to me to entertain her and put her up when she returned to Holland for important birthdays My coffee will always taste so bitterly. and anniversaries. At her removal Donal O Connor read out loving messages recalling happy memories of their visits to Ireland, Absence can be as powerful as presence; I shall and hers to Holland. Her nephew Bas wrote continue to walk with her on Béal Ban for a ‘You have always been a special aunt to me. I while yet.

Laura was a loved and valued member of Beehive Theatre Company for sixteen years. She performed many backstage roles - running sound and lights, doing make-up and assisting at rehearsals, but it was when teaching drama to young children and directing children’s plays that she really shone. Her kindness, empathy and sense of fun endeared her to a generation of young theatre students in Dingle. - Malcolm George, Wendela Rosenberg Polak and Veronique Gerber I was only a baby when I first met Laura. Every memory I have with her is a good one. I will remember her for her kindness, the way she made me laugh and the way she took care of me. She was an amazing addition to the Beehive theatre and will be greatly missed by us all. - Charlotte O’Sullivan