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Shauna NĂ Dhochartaigh
Award: Fulbright FLTA
Institution: University of Galway
Year: 2023
Shauna NĂ Dhochartaigh is a 4th year BA Gaeilge and History student at the University of Galway. A native of Rann na Feirste, in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht, she is a native Irish speaker. Shauna proudly represented the Gaeltacht as the 2022 ‘Gaeltacht Mary’ in the Mary from Dungloe International Arts Festival. Shauna prides herself in being an ambassador for the Irish language and Irish culture both nationally and internationally. Shauna held the position of Debating Officer of the Cumann Gaelach (Irish Language Society) in the University of Galway and guided the society’s debating team to victory in Gael Linn’s Debating Competition at Oireachtas na Samhna 2022. Shauna spent many years involved with Irish Summer colleges, in ColĂ¡iste BhrĂde, Rann na Feirste and ColĂ¡iste Aoidh Mhic Bhricne, Teileann. The years she spent here further developed her desire to teach Irish and nurtured her love for her language and culture.
Is inĂon lĂ©inn Gaeilge & Stair Ă Shauna NĂ Dhochartaigh in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Rugadh agus tĂ³gadh i Rann na Feirste, i gcroĂ lĂ¡r Gaeltacht ThĂr Chonaill Ă. Rinne Shauna ionadaĂocht ar an Ghaeltacht i bhFĂ©ile EalaĂon IdirnĂ¡isiĂºnta MhĂ¡ire an ChlochĂ¡in LĂ©ith. Is cĂºis onĂ³ir agus brĂ³d di a bheith mar ambasadĂ³ir do theanga agus cultĂºr na nGael. BhĂ rĂ³l gnĂomhach aici ar choiste Cumann Gaelach Ollscoil na Gaillimhe mar Oifigeach DĂospĂ³ireachta agus d’éirigh lena foireann an chĂ©ad Ă¡it a bhaint amach i gComĂ³rtas DĂospĂ³ireachta Gael Linn ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2022. BhĂ tionchar ollmhĂ³r ar na colĂ¡istĂ samhraidh ar Shauna agus Ă ag fĂ¡s anĂos, chaith sĂ go leor ama i gColĂ¡iste BhrĂde, Rann na Feirste agus ColĂ¡iste Aoidh Mhic Bhricne i dTeileann. Bheartaigh Shauna dul i dtreo an teagaisc mar gheall gur mhaith lĂ©i a grĂ¡ don teanga agus don chultĂºr Gaelach a roinnt le daoine eile.