May 2025
Dragonboat training / 備賽爬龍舟
Thanks to all your unwavering support to our dragon boat racers! We helped by doing a post and a newsletter to ask people to sign their petition to keep the storage space at Dublin port. Since we have helped in Dublin Vikings’ protest, the Dragonboat race training can go on with a discounted price.
The CII racers have successfully done two more training sessions on 10th and 17th of May, and will now head on to the Barrow Dragon Boat Regatta 2025 which will be held on Sunday, 8th June 2025 on the River Barrow, Carlow Town Park, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow. If you can, go to watch and cheer for them!
多謝大家對我哋龍舟隊嘅堅定支持！我哋通過上次嘅新聞鼓勵大家簽名請願保留Dublin Port嘅船屋，成功令到龍舟隊得以繼續佢哋嘅訓練，仲可以拿到非常著數嘅優惠。
CII龍舟隊已經完成咗兩次辛苦嘅訓練，即將前往Barrow Dragon Boat Regatta參賽，弘揚傳統粵文化。比賽將於2025年6月8號舉行，請大家儘量去同佢哋加油助威啦！地點係River Barrow, Carlow Town Park, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow。
For details of the Regatta see: / 活動詳情請見：
https://www.facebook.com/IrishDragonBoatAssociation/photos/b...
加油！
Cantonese Culture Workshops in Schools
We had a blast hosting two Cantonese language and culture workshops in early May! They took place on the 1st at Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School and on the 8th at Belvedere College.
Our team introduced students to the rich flavors of Hong Kong’s food and festive traditions, taught them some handy Cantonese words and phrases, and got creative making miniature paper lanterns together.
The students were super enthusiastic and loved discovering surprising connections between Irish and Cantonese culture, it was truly an eye-opening experience for everyone involved!
Big thanks to both schools for welcoming us and to the students for their amazing energy. Can’t wait for more workshops like this!
If you’d like us to run a free culture workshop at a school, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Feel free to get in touch!
Our school project is sponsored by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
粵語及粵文化工作坊再次順利舉行啦！粵語愛爾蘭喺5月1同8號，分別喺Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School同埋Belvedere College舉行咗兩場廣東話暨粵文化工作坊。
當日義工除咗分享香港飲食同節慶文化，仲同學生一齊試講幾個基本嘅廣東話詞彙同句子，最後仲一齊整紙燈籠㖭 ！
大家都好積極參與活動，發現愛爾蘭🇮同香港🇭嘅文化有唔少相似嘅地方，有參加活動嘅學生都大讚「長知識」喎！
本會衷心感謝兩間學校嘅安排接待，以及學生嘅熱情參與，希望嚟緊再有多啲機會舉辦呢類型嘅工作坊！
如果你哋想我哋去你仔女、朋友、同事……嘅學校做免費文化工作坊，歡迎聯絡我哋。
活動由兒童、平等、殘疾、融合及青年事務部贊助。
National Integration Conference 全國移民融合會議
Make it stand out
Alice and Ryan represented Cantonese in Ireland to attend National Integration Conference by Immigrant Council of Ireland on 21st May in King’s Inn, Dublin. The theme of this year’s conference is “Stronger & United – Building the future of migrant integration together”.
Cantonese in Ireland continues to be actively engage in migrant integration projects and networking with wider migrant communities in order to ensure Cantonese speakers are represented in integration strategies of Ireland.
Alice同Ryan代表CII參加咗五月21號喺都柏林King's Inn由愛爾蘭移民理事會主辦嘅全國移民融合會議。今年嘅會議主題係"團結自強--一齊建立未來嘅移民融合"。
CII一向積極參與移民融合嘅項目，並與其他移民團體建立咗廣泛嘅聯繫，以求令到粵語使用者喺愛爾蘭嘅融合政策中有一席之地。
Bilingual Storytelling in Cork City Library / 高基圖書館雙語講故事活動
May 11 at Cork City Library, we celebrated love, creativity, and language through a bilingual story session in Cantonese and English. Just in time for Mother’s Day in Hong Kong, we shared the touching tale of a little boy determined to reach the moon for his mother — a beautiful reminder of a child's love and devotion. Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Ladder to the Moon”, the children created their own artwork using paint, tape, straws, and pipe cleaners.
五月十一號適逢香港母親節週未，我哋喺高基市圖書館嘅粵英雙語故事活動一齊分享「世界上最好的禮物」呢個關於親子情及人情嘅故事。之後，小朋友以Georgia O’Keeffe嘅名畫《Ladder to the Moon》作靈感，用顏料、膠紙、飲管同毛毛條，創作出自己嘅藝術作品。
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