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It plays a crucial role in preserving Irish culture and heritage by bringing communities together through a wide variety of entertaining and fun events for every type of interest and every age group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the festival this year Offaly libraries will be hosting &nbsp;<span>Maidin Caif\u00e9 \u2013 a relaxed tea\/coffee morning with c\u00fapla focal. Tr\u00e1th na gCeist \u2013 a quiz for school groups or adult audiences. Irish-language Film Screening \u2013 short films and a feature in Irish. L\u00e1 na gCiorcal<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 11.03.2025 which &nbsp;spotlights the Irish groups around the country and also on the 19th of March an Irish book club session will take place in the Tullamore Library branch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":40255,"template":"","class_list":["post-40254","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seachtain na Gaeilge - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge from the 1st of March to the 19th of March at Offaly Libraries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/seachtain-na-gaeilge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seachtain na Gaeilge - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge from the 1st of March to the 19th of March at Offaly Libraries. 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