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By Concubhar Ó Liatháin · The Journal · 20 September 2025

Ceaptar go raibh suas go 25,000 ag freastal ar mhórshiúl i lár Bhaile Átha Cliath inniu ar son cearta teanga don Ghaeilge is don Ghaeltacht.

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AGUS AN RIALTAS ag cur snas ar fhorálachana Cáinaisnéise atá le foilsiú go luath, fuair siad teachtaireacht láidir ó na mílte Gaeil, cainteoirí Gaeilge agus gníomhaithe Gaeilge ó gach cuid den tír chun bheith pairteach i gceann de na hagóidí Gaeilge is mó riamh sa phríomhchathair inniu.

Ní ó bhí 2014 ann go raibh mór shiúl chomh mór le seo ag na Gaeil i lár Bhaile Átha Cliath, agóid a thosaigh ag Cearnóg Pharnell agus a chríochnaigh ar Shráid Molesworth os comhair geataí na Dála.

Cé go raibh éilimh láidre le déanamh ag na hagóideoirí agus ag na cainteoirí ón ardán, ba cheiliúradh é an ócáid freisin ar chomh bríomhar is atá gluaiseacht na teanga sa tír faoi láthair le ceol beo ó ghrúpaí is oirfidigh ar nós Huartán, Ispíní na hÉireann, Breandán Ó Beaglaoich agus Niamh Ní Dhubhgháin.

Lá mór do na Gaeil anseo i mBaile Átha Cliath! Tá mé féin agus @igaeilge ag an agóid #CEARTA le @thejournal_ie . Tá sluaite móra ag teacht go tiubh sna sála ar a chéile agus an mórshiúl ar tí tosnú Lean anseo le haghaidh an scéil ar fad⬇️ pic.twitter.com/BkOkE9lERp

B’í Niamh agus amhránaithe eile a thug ceann de na príomh theachtaireachtaí ar an lá lena hamhrán, leagan Ghaeilge de Killeagh le Kingfishr, a éilíonn cearta tithíochta d’aos óg na Gaeltachta a mhothaíonn nach bhfuil aon todhchaí acu ina gceantair dhúchais féin mar gheall ar ghanntanas tithe agus constaicí maorláthacha roimh chead pleanála a lorg.

Ag comhcheol le Niamh bhí Adhna Ní Bhraonáin ón ngrúpa feachtais Bánú agus bhí a teachtaireacht siúd in óráid a thug sise don slua neamhbhalbh freisin agus í ag trácht ar an mbagairt atá ann don saibhreas teanga, cultúir is ceoil de bharr an easpa soláthar atá ann di féin agus a glúin ó thaobh tithíochta de:

Bhí béim láidir ar an óige le linn na hagóide agus grúpaí páirteach ann ó gach cearn den tír, tuismitheoirí lena bpáistí, daltaí bunscoile, meánscoile agus is scoláirí tríú leibhéal, óg chlubanna agus daoine óga le drumaí, uirlisí eile ceoil agus bladhmanna a scaoil siad chun deatach dearg agus bán a chuir san aer os comhair Ard Oifig an Phoist.

Ar an ardán freisin bhí cainteoirí óga freisin agus iad san ag leagadh béime ar an oideachas. Dar le hEibhlín Ní Bhroin, dalta sa chúigiú bliain i nGaelcholáiste de hÍde i dTamhlacht, bhí a croí istigh sa Ghaeilge ó thosnaigh sí ar aistear na gaelscolaíochta i 2013 ach bhí go leor deacrachtaí freisin.

Mhínigh Ronán Ó hIcí, mac léinn le dlí i gColáiste na hOllscoile Átha Cliath ná raibh a dhóthain cúrsaí tríú leibhéal trí Ghaeilge le cinntiú go mbeadh an Rialtas ábalta an sprioc de 20% d’earcaithe úra sa Stát Chóras faoi 2030 a bhaint amach. Dúirt sé freisin go raibh an córas tar éis teip ar an mbreis is 50,000 dalta a fhaigheann díolúine ón nGaeilge sa chóras oideachais mar nach bhfágann sé aon rogha acu ach éirí as an teanga. Mhol sé go mbainfí úsáid as an bhFráma Tagartha Eorpach chun cuidiú le nós mó daltaí leanúint leis an nGaeilge.

Ag labhairt do ón ardán, dúirt Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, Uachtarán Chonradh na Gaeilge, eagraithe na hagóide, ná raibh rialtais sa dhá dhlínse ar oileán tar éis a háit ceart a thabhairt don Ghaeilge riamh.

D’éiligh sé ar an Rialtas an port sin a athrú agus dúirt sé go mbeadh na Gaeil ag tabhairt na sráideanna orthu féin arís is arís eile go dtí go mbeadh cothrom na Féinne acu.

Related Reads Conradh na Gaeilge: Cothrom na Féinne don teanga is a pobal labhartha is ea sprioc na hagóide inniu Táimíd beo i ré órga na Gaeilge, deir Hector Irish: It’s not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge

D’ardaigh sé ceist an mhaoinithe don Ghaeilge is don Ghaeltacht agus thug sé le fios go raibh laghdú de 45% i luach an mhaoinithe atá á fháil ag Foras na Gaeilge, an institiúid teanga tras teorainn, i mbliana i gcomparáid le 2004. Dúirt sé ná raibh ach 0.1% de chaiteachas an Stáit ag dul don Ghaeilge is don Ghaeltacht.

Bhí cainteoir ann ón mBreatain Bheag freisin, Heulyn Rees, Príomhfheidhmeannach Menter Caerdydd, ag léiriú dlúthpháirtíocht gluaiseacht teanga na tíre sin leis an ngluaiseacht in Éirinn.

Léiriú ar an suim idirnáisiúnta atá á léiriú i scéal na teanga in Éirinn go raibh criú ann ón Nua Shéalainn ag tuairisciú ar an mórshiúl. Measann lucht eagraithe go raibh breis is 25,000 ar an mórshiúl. Is cinnte gurb é an mórshiúl ba mhó ag Gaeil sa phríomh chathair.

Tá tacaíocht á fháil ag Beartas Gaeltachta The Journal ón Scéim Tuairiscithe ar Dhaonláthas Áitiúil

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