Episode 1
Young Irish language speakers begin their studies in childcare, beauty and media in a training college in west Belfast.
Leanann muid micl茅inn at谩 ag freastal ar an chol谩iste traen谩la Gael Ch煤rsa铆 at谩 lonnaithe in Iarthar Bh茅al Feirste. Cuireadh an col谩iste ar bun i 2011, agus is 茅 an sprioc at谩 aige n谩 rogha eile oideachais a thabhairt do Ghaeilgeoir铆 贸ga at谩 r茅idh ar an scoil ach ar mhaith leo c谩il铆ochta铆 eile agus gairm bheatha a bheith acu, lena n-谩ir铆tear c煤ram leana铆, 谩illeacht, garchabhair, bainist铆ocht gn贸 agus ceannasa铆ocht.
Sa chl谩r seo, t谩 d煤shl谩n m贸r roimh Cholma Mhic Aoidh agus foireann an chol谩iste agus iad ag aistri煤 chuig su铆omh 煤r. Go f贸ill f茅in, t谩 an sprioc ch茅anna acu, micl茅inn 煤ra a chl谩r煤 agus a chur faoi oili煤int. Cuid铆onn Ursula leis an scoil 谩illeachta a chur in ord agus t谩 s铆 i mbun an ch茅ad rang c贸caireachta riamh sa chol谩iste. T谩 Andrew ag iarraidh a bheith c谩ilithe mar ch煤nt贸ir ranga, agus tagann Frances, at谩 mar mh煤inteoir aige ar an ch煤rsa C煤ram Leana铆, tagann s铆 ar cuairt chuige sa seomra ranga chun 茅 a mheas. T谩 Ethan ag d煤il le post mar DJ a bheith aige agus faigheann s茅 deis seal a chaitheamh ag obair le foireann Raidi贸 F谩ilte.
A year in the life of students attending courses with Gael Ch煤rsa铆, a training college based in west Belfast. Its primary focus is to give young Irish language speakers an alternative path to education by offering them the opportunity to gain a qualification in a range of vocational skills like childcare, beauty, first aid, business finance and leadership.
In this first episode, college leader Colma Mhic Aoidh and her dedicated team of tutors confront one of their biggest challenges: relocating to a new facility. All the while, they鈥檙e maintaining the day-to-day function of the college, training and enrolling new students.
Tutor Ursula helps sort out the new beauty school and takes the first-ever cookery class in the college. Student Andrew is aiming to become a classroom assistant, and his course tutor Frances visits him in the classroom to assess how he鈥檚 progressing. Young music fanatic Ethan embarks upon a new adventure as he has ambitions of becoming a DJ and gets the opportunity to work alongside the team at Raidi贸 F谩ilte.
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Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Fionnuala McCormack |
Director | Fionnuala McCormack |
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