Movie Review: 'Kings'

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Jan 17):
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08017/849756-42.stm

Bright sparks go through the roof in electrifying race to build new school

(Jan 17, 2008)
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bright-sparks-go-through-the-roof-in-electrifying-race-to-build-new-school-1267687.html#mainColumn
"Ireland's newest all-Irish secondary school brings a new meaning to the expression 'pole position.'"

Wes's Words

 aolchoinneal  noun f2

- stalagmite

aolchuisne noun m4

- stalactite

mar shampla...

Fásann aolchoinneal ar an urlár uaimhe, ach fásann aolchuisne os cionn.

A stalagmite grows on the floor of a cave, but a stalactite grows above.

Items of possible interest on YouTube

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Here's the Kings trailer, courtesy of YouTube. (And GRMA to my student Mark, who mentioned that it was there!)

And here's the Carlsberg commercial, which came up in the news a while back. I think all but really newish students might get a smile out of it....

Petition launched to resolve 'education through Irish' row

(Jan 14, 2008)
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/petition-launched-to-resolve-education-through-irish-row-1265542.html
"Language and community groups are launching a national petition for 'education through Irish' in the west Kerry Gaeltacht."

'Quick' newspaper decision call

(Jan 14, 2008)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/7186118.stm
"There is not enough evidence for a viable Welsh-language daily newspaper says a review of the Welsh-medium press."

Graduates sought to teach Irish in the US

(Jan 11, 2008)
http://www.mayoadvertiser.com/index.php?aid=4721
"The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, has announced that he has provided funding to the Fulbright Commission, the official educational exchange programme between the Irish Government and the United States, to appoint a number of Irish language assistant tutors from Ireland to third-level institutions in the United States."

'Kings,' 'Garage' vie for Irish Academy nods

(Jan 12, 2008)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/news/e3i4707d81dca25b8470a3bd6f576a06516?imw=Y
"Tom Collins' Irish-language movie 'Kings' has scooped a regal 14 nominations in the race for the fifth annual Irish Film and Television Awards."

Your Irish phrase, an 13ú la Mí Eanáir

go díreach -- "exactly," "directly"
as in:
...Go díreach! "Exactly!"
...Sin go direach é -- "That's it exactly"
...go díreach ina dhiaidh sin -- "immediately after that"
...anois go díreach -- "just now"

Group honours Pádraig's work

(Jan 10, 2008)
http://www.braypeople.ie/news/group-honours-pdraigs-work-1262965.html
"Local man Pádraig Ó Fearaíl was honoured for his exceptional service to the Irish language when he was presented with a bronze sculpture on behalf of An Béal Binn recently."

'Kings' nominated for 14 IFTAs

(Jan 10, 2008)
http://www.hotpress.com/news/4371764.html
"The widely acclaimed Irish-language feature film Kings has been nominated in a remarkable 14 categories in the IFTA Awards 2008."

Irish-language "Kings" may induce hangover

(Jan 10, 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKN1063833920080110
"The faces of five middle-aged Irish men are the landscape of 'Kings' -- a terrain of craggy, ferocious beauty, much like the Connemara they left 30 years earlier and still long for."

'Kings: From the Bogside to the Bright Lights'

(Jan 9, 2008)
http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/Kings-From-the-Bogside-to.3650913.jp
"Five young aspiring film makers, one of whom hails from Strabane, have produced 'Kings: From the Bogside to the Bright Lights' a half hour documentary about Derry film maker Tom Collins and his Oscar shortlisted film 'Kings', to be broadcast on UTV next Tuesday, January 15, at 11.05pm."