An obair is fiúntaí- ainmeacha i nGaeilge do fhorbairtí cónaithe nua

Donn Rua, Caisleán Cnucha, Baile Átha Cliath 15



Ard Eadrad, Mullach Eadrad, Baile Átha Cliath 15


Táim ag obair ar an mblag arís.

'Seo alt ón Forlíonadh Réadmhaoine den Sunday Times i 2005 faoi obair Ghael-Taca san earnáil seo. Tá an t-alt conspóideach mar cuireann sé an milléan ar Ghael-Taca i leith na conspóide i nDaingean Uí Chúis i leith ainm an bhaile agus úsáidtear an focal "fanaticsm". Cíbe rud is fiú é a léamh.

Thosaigh Gael-Taca ag seoladh pacáistí eolais chuig forbróirí timpeall an oileáin i dtimpeall 2003 ag rá go bhfuil seirbhís saor in aisce acu chun teacht ar ainmeacha i nGaeilge do fhorbairtí cónaithe nua. Chuir Pádraig Ó Cuanacháin scáirt ar go leor acu freisin, go háirithe i gCúige Mumhan. Ní raibh aon duine i mBaile Átha Cliath leis an taithí margaíochta chun a bheith i dteagmháil le forbróirí ar an bhfón cé gur labhair mé faoin ábhar seo sna nuachtáin áitiúla i mBaile Átha Cliath Thiar. Chuaigh mé tríd daft.ie idir 2004 agus 2008 ag seoladh na sonraí teagmhála do na forbróirí/gníomhairí eastáit do fhorbairt cónaithe nua le hainmneacha i nGaeilge chuig Pádraig agus ansin bhí Pádraig i dteagmháil leo (do na cinn eile a phioc iad gan a bheith ag úsáid seirbhís Ghael-Taca) ag cur fáilte ar an gcinneadh agus ag rá go bhfuil seirbhís acu don todhchaí má theastaíonn uathu é. Sheol mé timpeall 250 ainmneacha chuige. Is é seo an oidhreacht is tábhachtaí ó Phádraig Ó Chuanacháin.

Altanna sa nuachtán áitiúla i mBaile Átha Cliath Thiar faoi obair Ghael-Taca

Táim ag obair ar an mblag arís. Bhí ceithre altanna sna nuachtáin áitiúla i mBaile Átha Cliath Thiar faoi Ghael-Taca- ná cinn seo chomh maith le ceann eile i Community Voice agus ceann i City Wide News (Thiar) agus The Blanch Gazette. Luaitear Gael-Taca i gcúpla altanna eile sa Blanch Gazette. Mar nóta is é Community Voice an nuachtán áitiúla is fearr i mBaile Átha Cliath 15.

Community Voice Bealtaine 2005 lth 20

Bilingual business

The work of the local branch of Irish organisation, Gael-Taca, which was reported on in the March edition of Community Voice is making good progress according to members of the group. The campaign, which aims to persuade owners of local businesses to put up bilingual signs on their premises, is proceeding very well with signs now erected in almost twenty local buildings.

According to a director of Gael-Taca and long-time Laurel Lodge resident, Darren Mac an Phríora, generally speaking businesses such as clothes shops and fast-food restaurants have strict policies from their headquarters that no signs of any description can go up, "so you won't see many of ours around the Blanchardstown Centre! The response by the owners of local shops has been great though. It shows that there is an awareness among a large section of the business community that the Irish language is a good marketing tool," he said.

Gráinne Uí Chaomhánaigh, Príomh Oide (Principal) of the local Gaelscoil, Scoil Oilibhéir, has also welcomed the work of Gael-Taca.

"Scoil Oilibhéir, which is situated in Coolmine has over 200 pupils. According to Gráinne Uí Chaomhánaigh, "it is very important that Gaeilge forms part of their lives outside of school as well. They need to speak it, hear it and see it all around them. It is very encouraging to see signs in our local shops with 'fáilte', 'slán abhaile etc. on display."

Some supermarkets now have their food aisles labelled bi-lingually. "Every little helps, and in this way Gaeilge is becoming part of our visual environment, prompting us all to take the next step, which is to speak it with pride and confidence when we are out and about," said Gráinne.

However Gael-Taca's other big campaign of contacting property developers to ask them to choose Irish language names for developments has been suspended for a couple of weeks pending the completion of a montage of current Irish named developments in Dublin which can be sent to developers.

"The biggest problem we face is that many, if not most, of the property developers are foreign owned multinational corporations who haven't shown much interest in the [Irish] language. Legislation may have to be brought in to compel them to," suggests Darren.

"For it's size Dublin may never have as many Irish named developments as they do in other counties like in Cork, Galway or Clare. However we should have more of a mix," he said.

Anyone interested in Gael-Taca, including business people, property developers or indeed anyone interested in giving their home an Irish language name can contact Gael-Taca (tel. 8318997) or log onto www.gaeltacabac.com."



Northside People (Thiar) Meán Fómhair 2007 lth 5

Councils called on to use Irish 'properly'

A NORTHSIDE Irish speaker is calling on Dublin's local authorities to wise up in relation ito the use of Irish names for new developments.

Darren Mac an Phríora, Castleknock, claims Irish names are infrequently and sometimes even inappropiately used by the council.

The 26-year old is the former director of Gael-Taca, a Dublin organisation which promotes the use of the Irish language.

"I have a great 'grá' for the Irish language and I feel it is something the country and local councils should respect and celebrate", he told Northside People.

"I think that a department like Baile Atha Cliath Le Gaeilge should be set up as part of the four civic councils where there is more organisation as to when and how Irish names should be used."

He added: "There are new apartment blocks which are being given names that aren't appropiate and which don't make sense."

According to Darren, Dublin's local authorities should follow a model which is used in Galway.

"Gaillimh Le Gaeilge is an organisation run as part of Galway City Council," he explained.

"They help choose Irish names for new residential developments while giving practical advice to the business and voluntary sectors on how best to promote the language.

"It would be better if all Dublin's councils worked together to promote better use of the Irish language."

Fingal County Council has three naming committees, one for each of the electoral areas.

The committees are made up of local elected representatives and members of local historical societies.

A spokesperson for Fingal explained how development names are chosen.

"For any new housing development of more that three or four houses, it is a condition of the planning permission that a proposed naming and numbering scheme be submitted by the developer and approved," she explained.

"This goes before the appropiate committee and, if agreed, the name is passed.

"Suggested names should have an established local or local historical relevance."

It is a legislative requirement that the names should be displayed in both Irish and English, the spokesperson added.

"When an agreed name is in English, we will provide the developer with the contact details for the official translator in Dáil Eireann to get the official translation," she said.

"The above process applies to new housing developments. However, where a new road is constructed and where no previous named roadway existed, Fingal County Council contact the local naming committees and utilise their expert local knowledge.

"The naming of Dr Troy Bridge in Dublin 15 is an example of this."

An IFSC

Táim ag obair ar an mblag seo maidir le obair Ghael-Taca nuair a bhí siad ar an bhfód i mBaile Átha Cliath. Mar an scríobh mé cheana bhí mé i mo stiúrthóir i mBaile Átha Cliath cé nach raibh ann ach teideal. Rinne Ben Mac Lochlainn a bhí mar an rúnaí an obair seo i gcomhair leis an Dublin Docklands Development Authority agus FWDesign. Tá na comharthaí seo- le comhstádas- le feiceáil timpeall an IFSC.

Neale's messenger circle

I have now joined Neale's messenger circle on his site. I hope readers of this site will join it also. I will encourage him to start another blog. I won't be posting up comments from the circle on this blog of course whether by Neale or not but I will post up this article.

Violinist in the Metro


From The Effective Club A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats averaged $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: "If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?"

Tomorrow's God, I've finished it

Here are some points that Neale highlighted at the end of the book. I thought that this was the last dialogue book I haven't read but I think that there is one more- Communion With God.

It's important to realise that according to the book there is no new God today or tomorrow but merely a vastly expanded understanding of the reality of God from the view that most religions have of a vengeful and judgemental God.

I have now joined Humanity's Team and signed up for the daily messages and e-newsletter of www.newspirituality.org. The latter organisation was set up to support the local outreach of Humanity's Team.

I can see myself leaving Fine Gael going down this ever expanding spiritual road. But I like Kieran Dennison in Mulhuddart and will continue to work for him for the next couple of months. Because Fine Gael need a councillor in Mulhuddart and I believe he would make a great one. The reality of the situation although a lot of people, OK the majority, don't realise in Ireland is that Fine Gael are a party of the progressive centre. The party does not differentiate between left wing and right wing policies.

I've always seen myself as left wing. My roots are working class. I lived in Ballybock for a few years in the 80's, although it was officially Drumoncondra, and despite moving from there when I was about 9 I went to secondary school only up the road from there in Glasnevin and the school was mostly working class although yes Glasnevin would be generally a middle class area. I actually like the class politics of Labour. However they aren't a Nationalist party. Hence I am not going to join them. And the view that seemingly most of their average members have that Fine Gael are right wing displays a complete misjudgement of the progressiveness and honesty of people like Enda Kenny, Leo Varadkar, Dr. James Reilly, Richard Bruton, Fergus O' Dowd, Michael Ring, Olwyn Enright, Simon Coveney, Brian Hayes, Charlie Flanagan, Alan Shatter, Phil Hogan, Billy Timmins, Denis Naughten, and the Fine Gael front bench generally. As I said Fine Gael are a party of the progressive centre although admittedly if it wasn't for our brilliant front bench Fine Gael would be nowhere near as progressive in effectiveness as we have been over the last couple of years.

1) Tomorrow's God does not require anyone to believe in God.

2) Tomorrow's God is without gender, size, shape, colour, or any characteristics of an individual living being.

3) Tomorrow's God talks to everyone, all the time.

4) Tomorrow's God is separate from nothing, but is Everywhere Present, the All in All, the End, the Sum Total of Everything that ever was, is now, and ever shall be.

5) Tomorrow's God is not a singular Super Being, but the extraordinary process called Life.

6) Tomorrow's God is ever changing.

7) Tomorrow's God is needless.

8) Tomorrow's God does not ask to be served, but is the Servant of all of Life.

9) Tomorrow's God will be unconditionally loving, nonjudgemental, noncondemning, and nonpunishing.

Excerpts from Tomorrow's God- Neale Donald Walsch

I feel called on if that would be the term to post up what I have just read from the book Tomorrow's God from Neale Donald Walsch. Again as I have said already everyone should read his books. These excerpts are from pages 262 to 275. I am still reading the book.


Neale:

"...I still have not gotten to what I believe will be the biggest and most profound change that will be brought about in our worldwide political and governmental systems.

And what is that?

The creation of departments at every level of government focused on the creation of peace and the dissemination of information about what works to produce the highest benefit for humankind in every area of human endeavour.
Let's look at the second idea first. To date, the concept of Shared Solutions has not received much attention from humanity's power structures. Brilliant solutions to some of our most vexing problems are being created all the time, with many of them actually put into place and functioning effectively on the ground right now- but nobody knows about them. The result is that we are continually having to "reinvent the wheel" from location to localion, all around the world.
Almost every human problem has been solved somewhere. Yet sharing the solutions that have been created by our most imaginative minds is something humanity is not doing at anywhere near the level of which it is capable. The simple application of already existing technology would make it possible for the human race to map out functional strategies with which to approach virtually any challenge...
The list of our ills is endless, and the list of solutions we have found is equally long. The problem is not that we have failed to find any solutions, the problem is that we have failed to share them- and in a startling number of cases we don't even know about them.
In the Body Human, one hand does not know what the other is doing. Or worse yet, we do know about a solution, but believe, for the flimsiest of reasons that we cannot put it into place...
Well, it seems to me that only when we see someone else's problems as our problems, and someone else's challenges as our challenges-

-which ethic is precisely what The New Spirituality will produce-

- will we see the benefit of establishing, in every country on earth, a National Office of Shared Solutions, and a global office as well. It is remarkable that we haven't done so up to now.
These offices would be computer-linked, of course, and would offer real-time sharing of what is working in every and any location on the earth as humanity addresses, collectively at last, its most pressing problems and its most daunting challenges. It would track experiments, carefully watch bold initiatives, and spread immediately the news of any undertaking, whether it succeeded or failed, that sought to produce solutions through innovation.
Such data-sharing would shorten by magnitudes of ten the "learning curve" of our societies and communities, of our disciplines and institutions, of our advocacy groups and helping organisations and government agencies, as we seek to create a better life for all. And I mean for all- not just for the well-heeled and the fortunately situated.
These ideas are not mine, but come from such cultural creatives as Duane Elgin, Hazel Henderson, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbart, Eleanor LeCain, Jack Reed, and many others.
Just as war departments and defense departments all across the globe now track trouble spots and danger zones and conflict locations around the world, so, too would the Office of Shared Solutions track projects and programs and identify "solution zones" where some person or organisation has come up with a truly important innovation that could be exported elsewhere and used with great effectiveness.
And just as the military has its wall-sized maps and computerized images telling us exactly where there is real or potential turmoil, so, too would a Department of Peace have facilities of equal sophistication pointing to places where there is real or potential tranquility- with information on why and how it has been achieved.
The idea of a "Peace Room" was first introduced by Barbara Marx Hubbard at the Democratic National Convention in the United States in 1984. She suggested that we need a new social function that should "scan for, map, connect and communicate what is working in the United States and in the world."
Now Barbara's Foundation for Conscious Evolution has created its own "version" of this tracking system, called the Synergy Center, through a highly sophisticated Internet site at Evolve.org. "As far as I know," Barbara tells me, "the Evolve site is the first effort to offer a comprehensive matrix to identify and connect solutions and innovations in every field seen as a whole-system shift to the next stage of society. It is still embryonic, of course."