November 2025
School workshop
Last Thursday, November 13th, a few volunteers from Cantonese in Ireland visited Killinardan Community School in Dublin to run a Cantonese culture workshop for 19 Transition Year students. At the school entrance, we saw multilingual welcome signs, and “歡迎” was even written in traditional characters. Such a warm touch!A bit of fun etymology: in the character 「歡」, 「雚」 serves as both sound and image, symbolising a falcon, while 「欠」 represents an open mouth, exclaiming in excitement. In bronze inscriptions, the original meaning describes a falcon spotting prey and calling out joyfully. Traditional characters preserve these visual clues, giving the word a vivid sense of imagery. We’d like to thank Ms Lorraine for organising the visit, and of course, thank our Cantonese in Ireland volunteers for dedicating their time and effort to design and lead the workshop. Much appreciated!Event sponsored by Department of Children, Disability and Equality
上星期四，十一月十三號，粵語愛爾蘭幾個義工去咗都柏林 Killinardan Community School，為 19 位 Transition Year 同學搞咗個粵語文化工作坊。一入校門就見到多語歡迎牌，「歡迎」仲用繁體，好窩心！講多少少冷知識：「歡」字嘅「雚」係聲旁亦係形旁，象徵獵鷹；「欠」代表張口、興嘆。金文原義係獵鷹見到獵物而興奮呼叫。繁體字保留咗呢啲線索，畫面感十足。喺度，我哋好多謝 Lorraine 老師安排今次嘅活動，當然都要多謝我哋粵語愛爾蘭嘅義工付出時間心機義務設計及帶領工作坊。感激！是次活動由愛爾蘭政府贊助
Immigrant Council of Ireland : Migrant Leadership Academy 2025
Congratulations to our chairperson, Max Yu, who graduated from Immigrant Council of Ireland’s Migrant Leadership Academy 2025 and attended the ceremony on 22 November.The programme began in October and brought together migrant and refugee leaders from across Ireland. Max’s dedication shows his commitment to supporting communities beyond our own Cantonese circle. As an organisation serving Cantonese migrants and their next generation in Ireland, this training helps us connect, collaborate, and give back with other communities.
恭喜主席 Max Yu 於 11 月 22 日完成 2025 移民領袖學院課程並出席畢業典禮。課程由十月開始，集合全愛爾蘭嘅移民同難民領袖。Max 積極參與，展現佢連結粵社群及其他移民社群嘅決心。作為服務愛爾蘭粵移民及其下一代嘅組織，呢個課程連繫咗粵語愛爾蘭及其他社群，希望將來有更多合作機會，共同回饋社會。
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