P\u00e9ac\u00f3g F\u00e9ile Eala\u00edne is a bi-lingual Arts Festival for young people by young people, with the aim to promote the Irish language in the community and facilitate the creative growth of young artists in Waterford.<\/p>\n
This year P\u00e9ac\u00f3g hopes to achieve this through two festivals: in August the P\u00e9ac\u00f3g F\u00e9ile Ar-L\u00edne, an online-based festival with an emphasis on the digital art, and our regular P\u00e9ac\u00f3g F\u00e9ile Eala\u00edne focusing on traditional art in November.<\/p>\n
Both festivals will include a selection of our ‘Mic Oscailte’ or Open Mics, panels, workshops, guest speakers, and competitions showcasing the best of youth art. P\u00e9ac\u00f3g espouses the seanfhocal ‘Mol an \u00d3ige agus tiocfaidh s\u00ed’, as we believe that through our events, workshops and competitions we are helping develop and facilitate the next generation of young artists, to not only make art, but to make art through Irish. Cementing the Irish language as a working language not just now, but for generations to come.<\/p>\n