Thar Sáile
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Thar Sáile is a series of television programmes which explores the status of the Irish language in some of Europe’s major cities. The cities visited are Vienna, Berlin, Athens, Amsterdam, Oslo, Paris, Madrid and Brussels, showing the viewers what each city has to offer.
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2nd Episode:
1st Episode:
- In the first programme, DonegalDonegalDonegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
native Ann Marie Ní Dhubhchóin, explores the musical city of ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. She meets Therese Illes who tells her about Vienna’s history, and how and why she as an Austrian decided to learn Irish. She visits the city’s famous coffee house, frequented by Freud and Hitler, and the Spanish Riding SchoolSpanish Riding SchoolThe Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses, which perform in the Winter Riding School in the Hofburg...
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2nd Episode:
- Brighid Breathnach visits the Greek capital city of AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
and meets some of the city's Irish speaking community as well as some of the Greek people who have decided to learn Irish and why.
External links
- IFTN article
- TG4 website
- List of programmes broadcast by TG4
- Locate TV: Thar Saile