Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraic oraibh!

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

DIA dhaoibh a Chairde!

Is iad na cuimhní cinn atá agam ar Láil’ Pádraic in Inis Oírr ná dhuil amach sa mbuaile agus rud beag seamróige a bhailiú le cuir ar mo dheaicéad / My memories of St. Patrick’s Day on Inis Oírr are going out to the field to pick some shamrock to pin to my jacket. Agus ansin dhuil ag an Aifreann / Then to go to Mass. Tar éis an Aifrinn ansin dhuil ag an siopa agus cúpla ‘’sweet’’ a cheannacht mar go raibh cead ag na hÉireannaigh sos a thógáil ón gCarghas Láil’ Pádraic/ After Mass I’d go to the shop to buy some ‘’milseáin’’ as Irish people were allowed a break from Lent on St. Patrick’s Day. Agus abhaile ansin le breathnú ar na Yanks bochta ar an teilí agus iad préachta ag máirseáil sa ‘’bParade’’ i mBleá Cliath / Then home to watch the poor freezing Yanks on the telly as they marched in the Dublin Parade.

Sean-nós singing lessons for secondary school students starting on Thursday the 23rd of March! / Ranganna amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós do dhéagóirí ag tosaigh

BÍGÍ linn ANOCHT, an 16ú Martá ag 9pm, i dTigh Moroney Inis do Phreab-Ghaeltacht na Féile Pádraic! Beidh ceol le Eithne Ní Dhonaile, John Weir, agus Geraldine McNamara. Agus aoi an-speisialta as Conamara, Amhránaí na Bliana TG4 2022, SARAH GHRIALLAIS!

Join us TONIGHT for the St. Patrick’s Pop-up Gaeltacht in Moroney’s, Ennis at 9pm. Music from Eithne Ní Dhonaile, John Weir, and

Imeachtaí/Events:

A Ukrainian view goes on display in Kilkee

Ukrainian artist Yeni has put together an exhibition based on her view of Ireland. Yeni states “it is a huge pleasure to enjoy participating in art exhibitions here in Ireland” and she invites everyone to come and see her exhibition in Cultúrlann Sweeney Gallery in Kilkee. Yeni’s works are in the offices of Ukrainian politicians, collections of Taiwanese entrepreneurs and local NCKU professors, private homes of art lovers, restaurants and some Irish families. This free exhibition runs until 7th April, 2023, and everyone is welcome.

Thought for the week: Loving mother

Spreading the word of positivity

speak out and up for mothers everywhere. We are inspired by no less than Our Blessed Mother Mary.

déardaoin an 23ú márta!

Cuirigí scéala chugainn má bhíonn suim agaibh freastal ar ranganna sean-nóis i gCois na hAbhna le Domhnall Ó Braonáin as Conamara! / Contact us if you are interested in these sean-nós singing classes in Cois na hAbhna with Oireachtas Comórtas na bhFear winner 2022, singer Domhnall Ó Braonáin from Conamara!

Geraldine McNamara. Very special guest all the way from Conamara, TG4 Singer of the Year 2022, SARAH GHRIALLAIS!

Please contact us at / Déan teagmháil linn: Fón: 065-6864474, e-mail/r-phost: anclarasgaeilge@ gmail.com

Lean ar na meáin-shóisialta muid ag @ClárAsGaeilge, Twitter, Facebook agus Instagram. Go dtí an tseachtain seo chugainn, bígí ag caint i nGaeilge le chéile!

• Scéalaíocht do pháistí / Story time i nGaeilge le Ceri, Déardaoin, 16ú Márta, Leabharlann De Valera, Inis, 11.00 – 11.30am, Saor in aisce / Free of charge

• Cúl-chaint le Domhnall Ó Loingsigh chuile Dé Sathairn, ag 9am ar Clare FM

• Ciorcal Comhrá san XPO, i gCill Iníne Baoith, chuile Dé Céadaoin ag 7.30pm

• Rith le Ruairí, chuile Dé Máirt ag 7.30pm, ag Local Motion, Inis

• Caint agus Comhrá, chuile Dé Luain ag 11am sa gCopper Jug, Dé

Céadaoin ag 11am in Insomnia (Tesco), oíche Déardaoin sa Temple Gate (8pm), agus Dé Sathairn i nGlór, Inis, 11am-12pm

• Scéalta agus Rannta le Chéile, chuile Dé Céadaoin i Leabharlann

THE occasion of Mother’s Day which is taking place this Sunday coming is extraordinary for all of us. It’s a time to give our love to the most precious creation of God - our Mom! Mother’s Day is a time to tell them we love them and appreciate them even if it’s just by phone or text or email. No matter how, please do it. Each year we pause to think about our mothers and those who have shaped our lives.

REFLECTING

In reflecting on Mothers Day, we acknowledge and celebrate mothers and mothering. I make that distinction because I know that many people – aunts, step parents, close family friends, dads – also at times and in some cases fulfill the chief mothering role in families. We think about how children and mothers who have been forcibly separated through government policy, war, or natural disaster are feeling. We think about how women and children affected by domestic violence are feeling. But hopefully we do more than think. We pray, we

In the Magnificat, Our Mother Mary Queen of Peace imagines a world that reflects the face of God’s love and compassion, where all are fed and every hurt is removed, and where a strong light is thrown on the face of human degradation and suffering. This is a different image of Mary Our Mother from the often romanticised view of her as forever patient and suffering. It is a cry for justice for all Mothers everywhere in our world. God himself needed a Mother: how much more so do we!

Jesus himself gave her to us, from the cross: “Behold your mother!” (Jn 19:27). He said this to the beloved disciple and to every disciple. Our Lady is not an optional accessory: she has to be welcomed into our life. She is the Queen of Peace, who triumphs over evil and leads us along paths of goodness, who restores unity to her children, who teaches us tenderness, mercy, love and compassion. Mary, take us by the hand. Clinging to you, we will pass safely through the straits of history. Lead us by the hand to rediscover the bonds that unite us. Gather us beneath your mantle, in the tender- ness of true love, where the human family is reborn. Let us together pray these words to Our Lady: “We fly to thy protection, O Holy Mother of God.”

Thought For The Week

As a final thought, even if we have great worries all around us at present make your Mother feel the most special woman in the world by showing your care, love and affection, especially during these our most worrying times.

Most of all let your Mother know how much you love her not just for Mothers Day but for all time. Spend as much time as you can loving and caring for the people who truly love you. Enjoy each moment with them before it’s too late. There is nothing more important than family, especially during this time of . uncertainty and anxiety!!!

Make your mother and the mother of your children feel the most special woman in the world by showing your care, love and affection.

Most of all let your mother know how much you love her, for life is short and time is running out.

Most of us have been blessed by a mother or someone like a mother in our lives. Mother’s Day is a time to pause, remember, give thanks to God, and share our gratitude with those who have shaped us. And, let them know you love them and thank God for them. A very Happy Mother’s Day to all our Mother’s both living here on earth and those who, like Jesus, have been lifted up from the earth, forever to be with us in our hearts. For all of them - mothers by blood, mothers by heart—a blessing on this Mother’s Day ...Blessing our Mothers, Who are our first sanctuary. Who fashion a space of blessing with their own being: with the belly, the bone and the blood or, if not with these, then with the durable heart that offers itself to break and grow wide, to gather itself around another as refuge, as home. Who lean into the wonder and terror of loving what they can hold but cannot contain. Who remain in some part of themselves always awake, a corner of consciousness keeping perpetual vigil.

Who knows that the story is what endures, is what binds us, is what runs deeper even than blood and so they spin them in celebration of what abides and benediction on what remains: a simple gladness that latches onto us and graces us on our way. We ask you to bless them with your own special love. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.