Tracy Clifford: ‘Raidió, ceol agus craic’

“You can sing as Gaeilge, use it on na meáin shóisialta agus chat with your friends using your cúpla focal!

Is mise Tracy Clifford, láithreoir raidió le RTÉ 2FM. D’fhoghlaim mé Gaeilge do Bhliain na Gaeilge anuraidh agus d’éirigh liom clár a chraoladh beo as Gaeilge ón nGaeltacht.

Táim ag súil go mór le bheith i m’ambasadóir do Sheachtain na Gaeilge le Energia; is deis iontach dom í leanúint le mo chuid Gaeilge agus níos mó den teanga a úsáid ó lá go lá.

Last year, I began relearning Irish to celebrate Bliain na Gaeilge. It was a daunting task but I was delighted to present my show live from the Gaeltacht in Kerry last winter. The biggest thing I learnt while reconnecting with our language was that we all have so much more Irish than we realise.

We all know words like raidió, ceol agus craic! Simple things like saying ‘go raibh maith agat’ to one another and using all the focail we already have are great ways to start speaking more Gaeilge in our everyday lives.

The Irish language is all around us and in RTÉ, it’s great to have people like Eoghan McDermott and Dan Healy who are so passionate about the language.

Tá rudaí cosúil leis na halbaim CEOL chomh tábhachtach do dhaoine óga, go gcloiseann siad daoine ar nós Gabrielle Aplin agus bannaí Éireannacha dá leithéid The Coronas, Picture This agus Kodaline ag canadh inár dteanga dhúchais.

Bhí Thinking Out Loud le Ed Sheeran ar cheann de na hamhráin is mó ar domhan sa bhliain 2016 agus thaifead sé é as Gaeilge sna sála ar cheolchoirm san Astráil. Sin an meas agus an grá atá ag daoine don teanga.

Bain triail as do chuid Gaeilge for Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia and try giving our language a go. You can sing as Gaeilge, use it on na meáin shóisialta agus chat with your friends using your cúpla focal!