{"id":84689,"date":"2018-06-27T14:37:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=84689"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:33:24","slug":"astronauts-queens-and-bandits-promote-irish-in-novel-tg4-ad-campaign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2018-2\/astronauts-queens-and-bandits-promote-irish-in-novel-tg4-ad-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts, Queens and Bandits promote Irish in novel TG4 ad campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018T\u00e1 Gaeilge Agam\u2019<\/strong> campaign, has been devised in collaboration with award winning advertising agency Publicis, as part of TG4\u2019s involvement with \u2018Bliain na Gaeilge\u2019. This is a government backed initiative to support the Irish language during 2018.<\/p>\n

\u2018T\u00e1 Gaeilge Agam\u2019<\/strong> is an attention grabbing, fun, multi-media campaign on print, television, radio, online and outdoor media. It is directed at all levels of \u2018Gaeilgeoir\u2019, to inspire us all to use our Irish whether we have a \u2018c\u00fapla focal\u2019, like Spaceman Hadfield, who famously tweeted \u2018as Gaeilge\u2019 while orbiting the earth, or we are \u2018l\u00edofa\u2019 like multi-talented Donegal native, Caitl\u00edn Nic Aoidh.<\/p>\n

In a social media post supporting the initiative, Irish women\u2019s star rugby star Sene Naoupu <\/strong>says: \u2018I come from New Zealand and speak fluent Samoan. When we lived in Japan, we also learnt and spoke fluent Nihongo (Japanese). When we lived in England we spoke English. So naturally when we moved to Ireland, which has become our home, we immersed ourselves into the Irish culture and that includes understanding the proud history and identity that is Gaeilge! All too often, particularly as a sporting nation, we take pride in our Irishness yet don\u2019t extend that pride in our language<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

TG4 is calling on people to follow Sene\u2019s and the other celebrities\u2019 lead, to like & share the media, use the \u2018twibbon\u2019, as well as taking up the challenge themselves to speak whatever Irish you have loudly & proudly, wherever you are.<\/p>\n

Creative Director of TG4, Se\u00e1n Cathal \u00d3 Coile\u00e1in says, \u2018The Irish language needs to be relevant, inclusive and diverse if we are to embrace a new wave of people who are interested, but a little apprehensive about speaking our language. This campaign is TG4\u2019s fun way of calling all of these people to positive action<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Join the Campaign! B\u00ed linn san fheachtas!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can find more information on the TG4 website here \/ Is f\u00e9idir breis eolais ar sh\u00edomh gr\u00e9as\u00e1n TG4 anseo:<\/p>\n