Cathal O'Neill, teaching Irish in Newfoundland

Today,  I’ll be chatting with Cathal O’Neill. Cathal is the Irish Language Instructor at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is in the middle of his second stint as the ICUF scholar in St. John’s. ICUF, being the Ireland Canada University Foundation. 

This is the English-language portion of our episode. The Irish-language version is located on the same feed. 

In this episode, Cathal speaks about what it was like to move to Newfoundland last year and how he has settled in. He speaks about his Irish classes, the social life in St. John’s and the traveling opportunities presented during a year with ICUF. At the end of our chat, Cathal provides some tips on how best to approach the application for ICUF, for anyone thinking of teaching Irish in Canada for a year or two.