Tá suim mór ag muintir Gaeltacht Chonnemara sa tseirbhís nua Teilifís atá geallta le cúpla bliain anuas.
Connemara people talk to 'Cúrsaí' about their hopes for the ethos of the new Irish language television station Teilifís na Gaeilge and what should be on it.
Labhair siad le 'Cúrsaí' faoi na rudaí is tábhachtaí dóibh ó thaobh meon a bheadh ag Teilifís na Gaeilge, agus cén sort siamsaíocht is fearr leo.
A good range of programmes is the most preferable, and young people definitely want to be included, with quiz programmes, music, film and sport on their wish lists.
The Australian soap opera ‘Home and Away’ is popular with teenagers, says Bairbre Ní Churraidhin, and a similar series could be made for Irish teenagers which would be
Bunaithe ar a saol féin, na fadhbannaí a bhíonns acu ó thaobh chuile rud, buachaillí agus cailíní, ceol agus ól agus drugaí.
John Beag Ó Flatharta from Leitir Mealláin believes the dramatic and literary talents already in the Gaeltacht will produce any television series or film for Teilifís na Gaeilge as good if not better of those on other channels,
Más leo sin scannáin a bheith acu, agus más leo soaps a bheith acu, déanadís iad.
It is about Gaeilgeoirí as well as Gaeltacht people, thinks fisherman John Dáirb Ó Flatharta, who also works in Áras Mhairtín Uí Chaidhain, the Irish language centre in An Cheanthrú Rua,
Feicim an tábhacht atá ag baint le Gaeilge agus an tairbhe atá don Ghaeltacht, sa Ghaeilge...Tá daoine a’tíocht ann ó chuile áit ar an domhain ag foghlaim Gaeilge.
Coláiste Colmcille student Micheál Ó Cadhain would like to see different types of sports programmes on television.
B’fhéidir béim a chur ar cláracha nach mbeadh ar RTÉ, abair san iománaíocht.
While teacher Brendán Ó Callarán says that a service as Gaeilge has an important role in preserving the language as a living language,
Go mbeadh sé líofa agus go mbeidh nathanna cainte ag na daoine óga le tabhairt ar aghaidh go dtí...na glúnta atá ag teacht inár ndiaidh.
This episode of ‘Cúrsaí’ was broadcast on 11 April 1995. The reporter is Seán Ó Tuairisg.
