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AIPLF President / AF de Cork President & CFFF Co-Director / #French Teacher / French Language Education Consultant & Author #Francophonie
L'équipe de l'AIPLF est reconnaissante envers S.E. Mme Jenny Piaget, ambassadrice de Suisse en Irlande, pour son accueil chaleureux dans sa résidence à Dublin hier soir, à l’occasion des cérémonies francophones 2025 de l’AIPLF.
Merci à tous les ambassadeurs et députés présents. Bravo aux gagnants !
Many thanks to Barry Ward TD, Cathaoirleach of the Committee on EU Affairs, for giving the AIPLF team a tour of #Leinster #House in #French.
We were also delighted to hear the President of the Irish Senate Mark Daly, mention the presence of the AIPLF during one of the sessions!
Our 3rd pedagogical kit created by and for #post-primary #teachers of #French in Ireland at the request of the French Embassy and focusing on French as an important language for Business, is available on our website:
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/For-POST-PRI...
A reminder that Alliance Française de Cork will be closed this week for the Mid-Term Break (until 2nd Nov.).
In the meantime, have you tried our #Halloween quiz in #French?
Over 600 people have tried it already!!!
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/Quiz-in-Fren...
AF #Cork French Cine Club November screening:
'Délicieux' (French film by Eric Besnard, 2020).
In French, with English subtitles.
AF de Cork #members & adult #students will receive a registration link by email.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
We have just launched a GoFundMe fundraiser for one of the French Language Assistants in Cork who has recently lost all her belongings in a house fire:
www.gofundme.com/f/fundraisin...
Thank you to Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Fergal Dennehy & Deputy Mayor of County Cork Cllr. Dominic Finn for officially opening the new #art #exhibition 'Cork: Layers of Time and Traces', by artists Deirdre O'Neill & Abby Curran, in our gallery yesterday.
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Many thanks to Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Fergal Dennehy for welcoming to the Cork City Council Chamber this evening the participants of the 2025 Alliance Française de Cork #French 'DELF for DEIS' initiative, to personally present them with their official French #DELF A2 Diplomas.
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#Art Exhibition Launch in our gallery:
'Cork: Layers of Time and Traces'
by MTU CCAD Graduates Deirdre O’Neill and Abby Curran,
on Thursday 16th October at 7.30 pm.
More info: www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/Exhibition-O...
AF #Cork #French #Cine #Club October Screening:
Le quatrième mur (David Oelhoffen, 2024).
In French, with English subtitles.
Free Cork French Cine Club screenings exclusively for AF de Cork #members & adult students.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
I was delighted to meet on this occasion Pierre-Emmanuel Jacob, new director of Alliance Française Dublin and coordinator of the Irish AF network, and Maria Prévost, our new Vice-Consul of France in Ireland.
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Many thanks to the Embassy of France & French Language Attachée Laura Le Cléach for the invitation to meet the French Language Assistants assigned to post-primary schools in #Ireland for 2025-2026, & to take part in their training yesterday in Dublin.
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Become an Alliance Française de Cork member and receive preferential invitations to our next French language film screenings and other cultural events!
More info:
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/Become-an-AF...
Our first post-primary school visit to Alliance Française de #Cork of 2025-2026 took place yesterday.
We were delighted to welcome Mr. Ó Dubhaigh and his students from Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Co. #Kerry, for a whole day of #French language immersion.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the #EDL & to highlight the importance of #multilingualism, the #French & #German #teachers' associations #AIPLF & #GDI have teamed up to create a French-German Junior Cycle booklet, with the kind support of the Swiss Embassy:
aiplf-ireland.com/journee-euro...
Tonight, to celebrate Culture Night, we were delighted to screen French film "Divertimento" which tells the true story of French Conductor Zahia Ziouani.
To become an AF de Cork #Member and receive invitations for our next Ciné-club screenings:
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/French-Cultu...
🇫🇷 Not enrolled yet?
👉 www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/-Our-French-...
Our Culture Night screening is now fully booked!
If you are interested in our next French film screenings (with English subtitles) & you are not a student with us, you can become a Member of Alliance Française de Cork to receive preferential invitations:
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/French-Cultu...
Many thanks to the
France Ireland Chamber & Brittany Ferries for the invitation to the annual lunch on board the beautiful Pont-Aven ship in Cork today, in the presence of French Ambassador H.E. Céline Place, Brittany Ferries President Jean-Marc Roué, & FICC President Chris Smyth.
Congratulations to the 3 winners of our Open Day Cultural Quiz: Wenting, Lily, & Daniel.
They have won French & Belgian items as well as a voucher for AF de Cork French courses!
Back-to-school meeting yesterday at Alliance Française de #Cork!
Today (Saturday 6th September), Laurence, Laurie, Aline, and Océane will be welcoming you at our #Open #Day, from 11 am to 3 pm.
And don't forget our cultural quiz at 12 pm!
Alliance Française de #Cork,
your #French language and cultural centre 🇫🇷
in Cork City since 1947
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/-Our-French-...
CULTURE NIGHT 2025
Free French Film Screening 🎬'Divertimento" (Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, 2022)
🗓️ Friday 19th September, 6.45 pm
📍 Alliance Française de Cork new projection room, 2nd Floor, 36 Mary Street, Cork.
Pre-booking is required!
👉 Booking: www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/Culture-Nigh...
Autumn 2025 OPEN DAY at Alliance Française de #Cork:
Meet our teachers, have your level assessed and enter a cultural #quiz to win a prize!
AF de Cork #French #music playlists on Spotify 🎼🎵🎶
- Collaborative playlist of our favourite French-language #songs of all times
- Playlist of French nursery rhymes for children
- Our latest playlist of 25 classical pieces by various French #composers.
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/-French-lang...
3-night #French Refresher/Taster Course for Adults in #Cork
👉 www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/2025-Three-n...
#French #Teachers in #Ireland
Préparation de la rentrée : quelles ressources imprimer ?
Pour devenir membre (adhésion réservée aux enseignants du secondaire en République d'Irlande) :
aiplf-ireland.com/devenezmembre/
En attendant notre réouverture le 20 août, pourquoi ne pas réécouter les 12 entretiens de nos #podcasts en #français ?
alliancefrancaisecork.com/-Podcasts-
Alliance Française de Cork offices are closed until 20th August but registration for our 2025-2026 #French courses continues via our website:
www.alliancefrancaisecork.com
Fantastic celebration of the #Swiss National Day last night at the Swiss Embassy in #Dublin.
Many thanks to H.E. Jenny Piaget, Ambassador of Switzerland, for the invitation & for supporting our annual #Francophonie competition. Delighted to catch up with Hon. Consul Anne Kristine Kjelsen also.
