Idir Dhá Theanga / Between Two Tongues YOUTH Workshop with Joanne McCarthy

Mairimid, smaoinímid agus cruthaímid idir dhá theanga. We live, think and create between languages Gaeilge agus Bearla! About the Workshop Mairimid, smaoinímid agus cruthaímid idir dhá theanga. Sa cheardlann dhátheangach seo, léifimid dánta comhaimseartha Gaeilge agus a n-aistriúcháin Bhéarla, agus fiosróimid cad a tharlaíonn nuair a bhogann dán idir teangacha. An é an dán céanna é an t-aistriúchán, nó leagan eile de? Trí chomhrá agus spreagthaí scríbhneoireachta spraíúla, beimid ag triail le focail, fuaimeanna agus smaointe sula gcruthóimid ár saothar féin. Beidh saoirse againn bogadh idir an Ghaeilge agus an Béarla, agus an dá theanga a úsáid sa phróiseas cruthaitheach. We live, think and create between languages. In this bilingual workshop, we’ll read contemporary Irish-language poems alongside their English translations and explore what happens when a poem moves between languages. Is a translation the same poem, or another version of it? Through discussion and playful writing prompts, you’ll experiment with words, sounds and ideas before creating work of your own. There is freedom to move between Irish and English, allowing both languages into the creative process. Strictly for young people aged 14-19. About Joanne McCarthy Joanne McCarthy / Joanne Nic Cárthaigh is a bilingual poet and editor living in Waterford. Scríobhann sí i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Her chapbook All Your Shiny Braces was Highly Commended for the 2025 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, and she was nominated for the An Post Irish Book Awards Poem of the Year Award. Her poem ‘Idir Dhá Theanga’ won the Four Faced Liar Poetry Competition 2025, while ‘To Map a Leaf’ was Highly Commended in the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition. A participant in Céadlínte: Poetry Ireland Introductions, her bilingual work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Honest Ulsterman, Southword, Rattle, Aneas, Comhar, An Dearcán, Howl New Irish Writing and Gutter. Bhuaigh sí Comórtas Filíochta an Fhéich Dhuibh in 2023. She holds an MA in Poetry with Distinction from the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast.