2015 Irish Language Classes

The Irish Cultural Center and Elms College are pleased to offer a range of Irish classes for the 2014/2015 academic year. In addition, this partnership is again successful in bringing to campus our fifth consecutive Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Vikki Ní Bhréin, from Dublin. She brings a great deal of talent and enthusiasm, and is helping us showcase the language in our community.

There will be two sections of Introduction to Irish 1. We are pleased to offer a brand new beginner’s class, with no prior study needed, on Monday evenings. Gerald Costello, who has participated in Immersion Programs in Kerry and Connemara and has taught Irish at local schools, will teach this class. Kathleen Gilhooly, a recently retired English teacher at Central High School, and a language instructor at the ICC’s Lá na Gaeilge and the Celtic Adventures Camp, will teach the second semester introductory session on Saturday mornings.

Introduction to Irish 1+ will be offered for students who have had an introduction to the language but are not yet prepared to enroll in the intermediate class. Tom Moriarty, professor emeritus at the Elms College, founding member of the ICC, and participant in Immersion Programs in Kerry and Donegal, will teach this class on Tuesday evenings.

Vikki Ní Bhréin will teach a Novice class for credit on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. In addition, she will continue the second semester of the Intermediate Advanced Practice class, which may be taken on a credit or non-credit basis. This meets on Wednesday evenings.

Classes begin the week of January 19. For class times and more information, visit our website. The cost is $175 for novice and intermediate classes, and $150 for Introduction 1 and 1+. Irish Cultural Center members receive a $50 discount. To enroll, please call the Registrar at 413-265-2314, or download a registration form from our website.