Muintearas
Encyclopedia
Muintearas [in full: Muintearas: An Togra Oideachas Gaeltachta] is an Irish-language
based community project, situated in Lettermore
, Co Galway, Ireland
. It is concerned with educational and development projects in all the Gaeltachtaí
of Ireland.
Its aims are to achieve equality in terms of education and employment for people in the Gaeltacht
, to provide schemes for the benefit of families, to improve the quality of life and employment prospects of disadvantaged groups, to support use of the Irish language, to raise concerns with state agencies of the needs of the Gaeltachtaí.
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
based community project, situated in Lettermore
Lettermore
Leitir Móir is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of an island, linked by road to the mainland, in which the village of Lettermore is situated. The name derives from the Irish Leitir Móir meaning great rough hillside . The main spoken language of the area is Irish...
, Co Galway, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. It is concerned with educational and development projects in all the Gaeltachtaí
Gaeltacht
is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
of Ireland.
Its aims are to achieve equality in terms of education and employment for people in the Gaeltacht
Gaeltacht
is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
, to provide schemes for the benefit of families, to improve the quality of life and employment prospects of disadvantaged groups, to support use of the Irish language, to raise concerns with state agencies of the needs of the Gaeltachtaí.