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St. David’s Day Celebration 01/03/2019 Dathliad Gwyl Dewi

Join us for our St. David’s Day celebration party on Friday 1st March at the Dropping Well, Milltown, Dublin 6, from 8pm till late, where we will be celebrating our national day with food, drink, music, poetry, prose and lots of opportunity for socialising at this well-known Dublin location, just a few minutes’ walk from Milltown Luas stop.  We have our own private room upstairs with its own bar facilities and food platters providing a range of light refreshments for all tastes.  Go to http://www.welshsociety.ie/activities for a map of the location.

This is a great opportunity to meet other members and celebrate St. David’s Day together so it would be great to see as many there as possible to make the Welsh presence felt in Dublin on this special day.   Tickets cost €10 per head, which can be paid on the evening.   If you’d like to come, please email info@welshsociety.ie or text 087-8298942, specifying your name and the number of people attending.

Ymunwch â ni yn ein parti i ddathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi ar nos Wener, 1 Mawrth yn y Dropping Well, Milltown, Dulyn 6, o 8pm tan hwyr, lle byddwn yn dathlu ein diwrnod cenedlaethol gyda bwyd, diod, cerddoriaeth, barddoniaeth, rhyddiaith a llawer o gyfle i gymdeithasu yn y lleoliad adnabyddus hwn yn Nulyn, sydd yn addas i’r Luas yn Milltown.  Mae gennym ystafell breifat ein hunain i fyny’r grisiau gyda’i gyfleusterau bar ei hun a byddwn yn darparu amrywiaeth o luniaeth ysgafn ar gyfer pob blas.  Ewch i http://www.welshsociety.ie/cymraeg/gweithgareddau am fap o’r lleoliad.

Dyma gyfle gwych i gwrdd ag aelodau eraill ac i ddathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi gyda’n gilydd, felly byddai’n wych gweld cymaint â phosib yna er mwyn cynrychioli Cymru yn Nulyn ar y diwrnod arbennig hwn. Mae tocynnau yn costio €10 y pen, a gellir eu talu gyda’r nos. Os hoffech ddod, e-bostiwch info@welshsociety.ie neu anfon neges at 087-8298942, gan nodi eich enw a nifer y bobl sy’n dod.

 

France v Wales 1/2/2019 Ffrainc v Cymru

We will be meeting at Doheny & Nesbitts, Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 2 on Friday evening 1 February for Wales’ first match in the 2019 Six Nations championship against France.  Kick-off is at 8pm.  Come along to watch the match with fellow Welshmen/women.  Look out for the red jerseys or ask a member of staff where the reserved area is.

Byddwn yn cwrdd yn Doheny & Nesbitts, Upper Baggot Street, Dulyn 2 nos Wener 1 Chwefror ar gyfer gêm gyntaf Cymru ym mhencampwriaeth y Chwe Gwlad yn 2019 yn erbyn Ffrainc.  Mae’r gêm yn dechrau am 8pm.  Dewch i wylio’r gêm gyda’ch cyd-Gymry.  Chwiliwch am y crysau coch neu gofynnwch i aelod o staff am y lle sydd wedi ei gadw ar ein cyfer.

RTÉ Claire Byrne Live

The Claire Byrne Live programme on RTÉ will be discussing Brexit next Monday 21st January and are looking for Welsh people to take part  as members of the live studio audience.  They are hoping to have a very interactive show and would love to hear the Welsh perspective, as well as the Welsh accent.   If you are interested in attending, contact Jack Good at clairebyrnelive@rte.ie or on 01 2083494.

Audience members need to arrive at RTÉ for 9.30pm.

Bydd rhaglen Claire Byrne Live ar RTÉ yn trafod Brexit ddydd Llun 21 Ionawr nesaf a mae nhw’n chwilio am Gymry i gymryd rhan fel aelodau o’r gynulleidfa stiwdio fyw. Maent yn gobeithio cael sioe ryngweithiol iawn a byddent wrth eu bodd i glywed safbwynt Cymru, yn ogystal â’r acen Cymreig. Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn mynychu’r rhaglen, cysylltwch â Jack Good ar clairebyrnelive@rte.ie neu ar 01 2083494.

Bydd angen i aelodau’r gynulleidfa gyrraedd RTÉ erbyn 9.30pm.

Welsh lessons in Dublin

Draig Werdd is pleased to be able to announce that following the success of last year’s classes a further Welsh language class for people that are beginners, will be held in Dublin this spring. The class will be taught by Richard Morgan and will take place in Gael Linn, 35 Dame Street, Dublin 2 on Tuesday evenings from 5.30pm to 7pm.   The course will assume that students have read the first three lessons of the Cwrs Mynediad book by the Welsh Joint Education Committee and have also made some progress on the Duolingo Welsh English course that is available on-line and also on a smartphone app. The course book to be used will be the Cwrs Mynediad (South Wales version), which is available for purchase on the internet via Amazon, Book Depository, GWales and other websites. The course will also include well-known poetry, hymns and short passages of text as appropriate.

The class begins on Tuesday the 15th of January and will run for 10 weeks. The cost of the course will be €80 for full-time students, €100 for Draig Werdd members and €120 for all others. Classes will be limited to a maximum of 8 participants.

If you are interested in attending the class please send an email with your details to welshclass@welshsociety.ie and Richard will get back in contact with you to give you the necessary details.

AGM 2018 CCB

Our Annual General Meeting was held on 22nd November in Doyle’s Bar in Dublin.  Unfortunately there was not a large attendance, and given that the main topic for discussion was the continued existence of a formal society, with elected committee and annual general meetings etc., it might be easy to draw the obvious conclusions.  However, those present had a lively discussion on this and other topics and the opportunity to socialise afterwards.   Click here to view the minutes from the meeting.

A report was given on the current status of the society’s efforts to erect a plaque on the old Welsh chapel in Talbot Street, Dublin – the latest information is available at http://www.welshsociety.ie/welsh-chapel-plaque-update-newyddion-plac-y-capel-cymraeg.  Plans for celebrating St. David’s day in 2019 were also discussed and will be progressed by the new committee.   Following some extended discussions, it was decided to continue with a formal society while the chapel plaque campaign was still outstanding.   The committee will investigate an alternative less formal structure of the society for presentation and discussion at next year’s AGM.

The following committee was elected to serve for 2018-2019:

Richard Morgan (chairperson)
Anne Buttimore (secretary)
Geraint Waters (treasurer)
Gareth Llwyd Jones
Andrew Thomas

 

Cynhaliwyd ein Cyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol ar 22 Tachwedd yn Doyle’s Bar yn Nulyn.  Yn anffodus, ‘roedd y nifer oedd yn bresennol yn siomedig, ac o ystyried mai’r prif bwnc i’w drafod oedd bodolaeth cymdeithas ffurfiol, gyda phwyllgor etholedig a chyfarfodydd cyffredinol blynyddol ac ati, efallai y byddai’n hawdd dod â’r casgliadau amlwg.  Fodd bynnag, roedd gan y rhai a oedd yn bresennol drafodaeth fywiog ar hyn a phynciau eraill a’r cyfle i gymdeithasu wedyn.  Cliciwch yma i ddarllen cofnodion y cyfarfod (yn Saesneg).

Rhoddwyd adroddiad ar statws diweddaraf ymdrechion y gymdeithas i godi plac ar yr hen gapel Cymraeg yn Stryd Talbot, Dulyn – mae’r manylion diweddaraf i’w gweld ar http://www.welshsociety.ie/welsh-chapel-plaque-update- newyddion-plac-y-capel-cymraeg. Trafodwyd hefyd cynlluniau ar gyfer dathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi yn 2019 a bydd y pwyllgor newydd yn gweithio arnynt. Yn dilyn trafodaethau estynedig, penderfynwyd parhau â chymdeithas ffurfiol tra bod ymgyrch plac y capel yn dal i fynd ymlaen. Bydd y pwyllgor yn ymchwilio i strwythur arall llai ffurfiol i’r gymdeithas i’w gyflwyno a thrafod yng Nghyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol blwyddyn nesaf.

Etholwyd y pwyllgor canlynol i wasanaethu ar gyfer 2018-2019:

Richard Morgan (cadeirydd)
Anne Buttimore (ysgrifennydd)
Geraint Waters (trysorydd)
Gareth Llwyd Jones
Andrew Thomas