Re: The Gaeltacht: expensive to send a child to gaeltacht for 3wks in the summer, Gra
I did 4 summers in Colaiste Chamuis in Connemara. Brilliant. Sent my kids to several Gaeltachts with varying results. None were as strict as mine - one full sentence in English and you're on the train home. Stricter = greater improvement IME. My eldest lad went to Colaiste na bhFiann which we used to be afraid and in awe of and didn't make the same strides as we did as kids.
BTW you know the way the houses where you stay have names : one of the houses was named Ti Bobby Sands by virtue of the lack of food and the inedibility of what you did get. My brother lost 2 stone in 3 weeks. Oh God the spam sandwiches. (There was a lot of walking though).
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