‘How to make children Irish speakers’
Waterford News 5 September 1919
The Ring Irish College authorities have done splendid
and eminently practical service to the Irish language revival movement by their
decision to establish at Ring Residential College, a school wholly destined to
making Irish speakers of Irish children whose parents do not speak Irish, or
who cannot secure Irish speaking nurses. The school supplies what really has been a
long-felt want. Children from 7 to 12
years old pick up Irish very quickly when they hear no other language spoken
around them. A couple of sessions at Ring Irish School would make a child a fluent
speaker and give him or her a good literary knowledge of the language.
The children will be taught to speak, read, and write
Irish, and in addition they will receive instructions in Christian doctrine,
arithmetic, geography, elementary science, nature study, etc. Apart from its national value, the good
knowledge of Irish they will acquire at college will be a valuable educational
asset in their later studies.
The college is splendidly situated by the seaside. The health, comfort, and general welfare of
the children will receive every attention from the matron and lady teachers. A doctor resides near the college and will
visit the children every day. Irish
parents who wish their children to have a thorough knowledge of the national
language, have now a splendid chance to give them that priceless treasure. The Prospectus and all information required
can be had from the Secretary, Irish College, Ring, Co Waterford.