How did our five familiar faces get on returning to the Gaeltacht? Did they know more than they thought they knew or are they stuck to the cúpla focal?
Réaltaí na Gaeltachta sent five familiar faces to Irish college at Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht to take on the challenge of re-learning the Irish language. Sports Broadcaster Des Cahill, writer Amanda Brunker, comedian Fred Cooke, Mayo footballer-turned-AFL-player Oisín Mullin and Tiktok star Lauren Whelan each spend one week living with a Bean an Tí – as real students with classes, céilís and obair bhaile!
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Many people resonated with how Fred and Amanda felt, barely getting by at the start of their time in Rann na Feirste but were pleasantly surprised at how quickly the language came back to them.
On the day of reckoning in Rann na Feirste as the group prepare for the scrúdú béil in front of Múinteoirí Niall and Pádraig. Ar an lá deireanach i gColáiste Bhríde Rann na Feirste, bhan grúpa ag ullmhú le haghaidh scrúdú béil roimh mholtóirí Múinteoir Niall agus Pádraig.
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
You can watch the full series back here
