Scoil Scairte: Semester 2, 2022
The Trailblazery presents
Scoil Scairte 2, a ‘Hedge School as Gaeilge’
in collaboration with Manchán Magan
Thursdays, Feb 3 - Mar 31 2022
7pm Ireland | 2pm ET | 11am PT
Our second 9-week immersive journey into the heart and soul of the Irish language
Bookings will open soon for our next semester.
Register your interest below to
be the first to know.
Dear friends,
We are THRILLED to finally announce Scoil Scairte 2022. Tickets go on-sale soon. If you wish to receive advance notice straight to your inbox please register your interest via the button below.
Created by The Trailblazery in collaboration with Manchán Magan and supported by Foras na Gaeilge, Scoil Scairte is the Irish School you always dreamed of guided by a host of inspiring bilingual multidisciplinary artists, activists, creatives, educators, culture makers and indiginous language keepers.
Guides for our upcoming series include Kathy Scott (Host, Creative Director of The Trailblazery), Manchán Magan (Writer, Presenter, Bee Keeper, Documentary-Maker), Mairéad Ní Chonghaile (Presenter, Actor, Múinteoir), Liam Ó Maonlaí (Musician, Singer), Ceara Conway (Performer, Visual Artist and Singer), Diarmuid Lyng (Hurler, Campaigner, Wild Irish Retreats), Bayo Akomolafe (Poet, Philosopher, Professor, Writer and Activist), Clare Sands (Singer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer), Seán Ó Tarpaigh (Psychotherapist, Actor), Rising Appalachia (Musicians, Songwriters), Fearghus Ó Conchúir (Choreographer, Dance Artist and Artistic Director), Iarla Ó Lionáird (Singer, Producer), Carmel Winters (Playwright, Filmmaker) and Timmy Creed (actor, writer, theatre-maker).
Scoil Scairte is a dynamic Irish language learning experience that weaves culture, creativity, heritage, folklore and indiginous wisdom with individual, social and ecological wellbeing.
This 9-week voyage of discovery invites people to gather together online to explore, experience and learn the Irish language in a global learning community.
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More than an Irish class, Scoil Scairte is an immersion in the psyche and soul of a powerful language, culture and place. It will provide a supportive environment to inspire people to connect with themselves, each other and the living world through the potency of this ancient living language. The purpose of Scoil Scairte is to provide a modern, multi-faceted platform to engage in a soulful and structured way with the Irish language as a rich cultural treasure. It taps into a growing cultural desire for new ways of learning and unlearning, connecting and sharing at this extraordinary time on our planet. Join Scoil Scairte and explore how language can shape how we see the world and our place in it.
Scoil Scairte offers a roadmap to help reorient and root people back into relationship with the language and the wild world around them. A key element of the programme will be a focus on holistic learning, so that participants will come away with a direct experience of the language both in the head and the heart. Each week a new guide will take us on a journey into the soul of the Irish Language, through a broad range of shared experiences from storytelling and music to folklore, hip hop, hurling, knitting, sean nós singing and other creative practices.
The creative syllabus features weekly 90 minute bilingual learning sessions with inspiring teachable moments, live music by internationally renowned artists and a language learning component led by our resident múinteoir. There will be break-out sessions, homework, care packages, resources and special weekly bonus treats, including Manchán’s exclusive Focail agus Fís teaching series. Each live session is recorded so if you miss one, you can access afterwards. The video content and bonus resources will be available for 21 days for catch up after the course finishes.
As well as the weekly 90 min session, you will also gain access to our private community membership space where we can gather together outside of the classroom to connect with each other and nurture our relationship with the Irish language. This platform is carefully curated by the Scoil Scairte team and will feature many bonus learning activities and practises. There will also be an opportunity to work and collaborate in smaller groups through our community space that will help learners of all levels to connect to the Irish language in a unique and creative way.
Registration
Scoil Scairte 2022 price: 9 sessions over 9 weeks €225. Spaces are very limited.
Register now and we’ll email you a reminder before booking opens.
Be with us ~ Bí in éineacht linn.
With love,
Kathy and all at The Trailblazery xo