Gaeltacht

theirishgirl

Hi, I am thinking about going to Colaiste Chamuis this summer. I am currently in higher level Irish (5th year). I have never been to a Gaeltacht before but want to go this summer to improve my Irish for the leaving cert.
I will probably go on my own because none of my friends want to go with me. I am quite a shy person at first.
is it easy to make friends at a Gaeltacht? and is colaiste chamuis a good Gaeltacht?

LCBanter

Coláiste Chamuis is brilliant! Spent four happy years there

PM for more info!

theirishgirl

LCBanter wrote: »

Coláiste Chamuis is brilliant! Spent four happy years there

PM for more info!

Hi! thanks for replying to my post!
It's my first time going to a Gaeltacht so I'm just really curious.
What's the difference between tulach, camus and ros a mhil?
Is it easy to make friends?
thanks!

theirishgirl

LCBanter wrote: »

Coláiste Chamuis is brilliant! Spent four happy years there

PM for more info!

By the way, I would PM but I'm only new to this website and not sure how to use it, sorry !

theirishgirl

theirishgirl wrote: »

Hi, I am thinking about going to Colaiste Chamuis this summer. I am currently in higher level Irish (5th year). I have never been to a Gaeltacht before but want to go this summer to improve my Irish for the leaving cert.
I will probably go on my own because none of my friends want to go with me. I am quite a shy person at first.
is it easy to make friends at a Gaeltacht? and is colaiste chamuis a good Gaeltacht?

My son and a couple of his mates went there in 2014 (between 5th and 6th years).

They rated it highly for the craic they had, and us parents rated it highly for the boost it gave to their Irish.

Win-win, I'd guess you'd call it.

LCBanter

What part of the country are you from? That would tell me more about which one you should go to! RaM would be perceived to be those from the cities such as Dublin and Galway..

theirishgirl

LCBanter wrote: »

What part of the country are you from? That would tell me more about which one you should go to! RaM would be perceived to be those from the cities such as Dublin and Galway..

I'm from Kildare! Near the newbridge area

theirishgirl

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My son and a couple of his mates went there in 2014 (between 5th and 6th years).

They rated it highly for the craic they had, and us parents rated it highly for the boost it gave to their Irish.

Win-win, I'd guess you'd call it.

The Gaeltacht seems to have very good reviews, thank you!

LCBanter

I'm from Carlow myself,went to Tulach Cúrsa C

theirishgirl

LCBanter wrote: »

I'm from Carlow myself,went to Tulach Cúrsa C

does it matter which course I go to out of the three options (Camus, tulach or RAM)?

LCBanter

theirishgirl wrote: »

does it matter which course I go to out of the three options (Camus, tulach or RAM)?

Not really,but RaM is the largest and I'd argue the worst for Irish! Tulach or Camus if you were to ask me

theirishgirl

LCBanter wrote: »

Not really,but RaM is the largest and I'd argue the worst for Irish! Tulach or Camus if you were to ask me

ah right, okay! thanks very much

lalabear53

Hey! I went to Colaiste Chamuis this year and honestly had the best 3 weeks of my life! Went to Tulach Cursa B and there was a huge amount there from Dublin and also a lot from Sligo and Offaly!
In Leaving Cert now and I adore Irish hoping to get a good grade in the LC! Friends went to Ros a Mhil and hated it but I had another friend who went to Camus and adored it! Think there seemed to a good few from Kildare!

theirishgirl

lalabear53 wrote: »

Hey! I went to Colaiste Chamuis this year and honestly had the best 3 weeks of my life! Went to Tulach Cursa B and there was a huge amount there from Dublin and also a lot from Sligo and Offaly!
In Leaving Cert now and I adore Irish hoping to get a good grade in the LC! Friends went to Ros a Mhil and hated it but I had another friend who went to Camus and adored it! Think there seemed to a good few from Kildare!

how come they didn't like ros a mhil? I am probably going to go to course a and ros a mhil is the only option!
thanks!

lalabear53

theirishgirl wrote: »

how come they didn't like ros a mhil? I am probably going to go to course a and ros a mhil is the only option!
thanks!

Not really sure to be honest I know one girl just was so lonely! I think the others found it very D4ish. I'm sure you'll be fine though! I went to Tulach alone and made so so so many new friends some people just suit the gaeltacht others don't!
Cursa C is probably the best for LC but their all fine!

theirishgirl

lalabear53 wrote: »

Not really sure to be honest I know one girl just was so lonely! I think the others found it very D4ish. I'm sure you'll be fine though! I went to Tulach alone and made so so so many new friends some people just suit the gaeltacht others don't!
Cursa C is probably the best for LC but their all fine!

oh really? well thank you! ☺️

Pure Princess!!

Any opinions on Colaiste Lurgan? Hoping to do Cúrsa D?

theirishgirl

Pure Princess!! wrote: »

Any opinions on Colaiste Lurgan? Hoping to do Cúrsa D?

never been there but i've heard that it is overrated and there are too many people but others seem to love it

spurious

Some people love strawberry ice cream, some love chocolate. Others heard that their brother's friend's sister ate banana ice cream once and was sick.

Your Gaeltacht experience will depend first and foremost on you, then on the random combination of people who happen to be there. Factors like the weather, the quality of food in your accommodation, the general mix of people and the classes put on by the college all affect a person's perception of the college.

Thus, there is no guaranteed great craic Gaeltacht, neither is there going to be any guaranteed improvement in anyone's Irish just because they happen to be in a particular place.

It would be quite difficult to stay in business in a small place like Ireland if a particular college was bad from everyone's point of view.

These threads are a bit like the 'Should I do French or Physics?', 'Can I go from an F to an A1 in three weeks?', 'If I got a D3 in the Mock can I get an A2 in June?', 'Which is easier, Maths or Art?' threads.

It depends on the individual.

UnitedFan31

I have been to Colaiste Chamuis twice and felt it was a huge help for me. Great course and I wouldn't have been able to do HL Irish for the Leaving Cert. without it.