{"id":17119,"date":"2026-03-12T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=17119"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:39:55","slug":"cultur-sa-leabharlann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=17119","title":{"rendered":"Cult\u00far sa Leabharlann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To celebrate <strong>Seachtain na Gaeilge<\/strong>, our library was full of music, movement, and Gaeilge as the children took part in a range of activities to immerse themselves in Irish culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were delighted to welcome <strong>Mr Goherty<\/strong>, who spoke to the children about traditional Irish music and demonstrated a number of instruments, including the <em>tin whistle<\/em>. The children really enjoyed listening to the different sounds and learning about the role of music in Irish culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also plenty of movement and fun as the children were <strong>ag damhsa<\/strong> (dancing). They practised traditional Irish dances such as <strong>\u201cShoe the Donkey\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>brush dancing<\/strong>, giving everyone a chance to experience the energy and rhythm of Irish dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was wonderful to see the children engaging with Gaeilge and celebrating our culture together in such a lively way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>big thank you<\/strong> to <strong>Ms Condron, Ms Fahey, and Ms Leonard<\/strong> for organising these fantastic activities and helping to make Seachtain na Gaeilge such an enjoyable experience for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge, our library was full of music, movement, and Gaeilge as the children took part in a range of activities to immerse themselves in Irish culture. We were delighted to welcome Mr Goherty, who spoke to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=17119\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17121,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17119\/revisions\/17121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}