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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.

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