Fáilte : Welcome

The Manchester Irish language group (milg) is an organisation that aims to promote irish language (gaeilge) through the provision of classes and social events in the south Manchester area. We hope to provide an opportunity for speakers of irish, whether fluent or merely flaunting their "cúpla focal", to converse on a regular basis so that they can practice, maintain or enhance their skills.

• Manchester Irish Language Writing Competition

As part of the 2011 Arts Festival we have launched a competition to write a short story, poem or prose.
Find out more information and get writing!

• Evening classes for adults

Every Tuesday, during term time, between 8:00 and 9:00pm at St Kentigerns social club, wilbraham road, fallowfield, m14 7dw. See here for directions.

Classes take place in an informal setting and are tailored to suit both complete beginners and more advanced speakers. Several of the classes will be conducted completely through Irish.
An optional part two will run from 9:15 till 9:45, where students with guidance will read through and translate an Irish language novel.

New Year registration: If you are interested in taking up Irish for the New year then we are happy to accommodate you, however we will not be running a full syllabus with this group but instead will be running a basic conversation class. Come along this Tuesday 10th January @ 8pm to St. Kentigern’s Social Club, Hart Road, Fallowfield

• Conversation Group

There will be a conversation group held on the last thursday of each month. This is open to members and non-members alike. Sport, politics, gossip - whatever you want to talk about, if you can express it in irish then you're welcome to join in. These will be held in the Jolly Angler pub, Ducie Street, Manchester City Centre, which hopefully wil have a music session going on aswell. If your not sure where it is, the Jolly Angler is down the side of Piccadilly train station. A number of attendees will be meeting up at Piccadilly station first then walking down together, so if you want to do that get in touch by email or phone (call Pat McGuinness on 0161 225 0645).

• Club Cuideachta

This is a regular social event where speakers of irish can get together and use their language skills in a social setting. Speakers of all levels are encouraged to come along and enjoy the banter. Check our events bulletin, for details of this and other events. There will be live irish music.

• Group membership

This is open to all those in agreement with the group’s objective of promoting the irish language and an awareness of irish culture as stated above. Please email for more information.

Contact MILG:

If you have any enquiries about the activities of the group or indeed just general questions about the irish language, you can contact us via email : webmaster@milg.org.uk

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