{"id":29537,"date":"2015-12-01T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T14:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=29537"},"modified":"2015-12-01T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T14:07:37","slug":"irish-classes-available-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/12\/01\/irish-classes-available-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish classes available in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Masters student from Ireland has begun teaching the Irish language in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

John Prendergast, who comes from an Irish-speaking region in the south-west of Ireland, began the classes in October as a side project to his MA degree in Celtic Studies. His work has been aided by the Irish Government.<\/p>\n

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“It’s part of the Government of Ireland Scholarship<\/a>,” John says. “I came to Cardiff University’s School of Welsh for the MA, and teach Introduction to Irish One and Two.”<\/p>\n

The classes, which are free and open to the public, take place in Room 1.73 in the John Percival Building<\/a> on Colum Drive. Classes begin at 11am on\u00a0Fridays. Each lesson is\u00a0two hours long.<\/p>\n

Listen to John outlining ways\u00a0more people would come to the class.<\/p>\n