Coláiste Chamuis is an organiser of Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 summer courses in the Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht

is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...

 villages of Camus

Camus

-People:* Albert Camus, French author, philosopher and journalist* Charles Étienne Louis Camus, French mathematician* Jean-Pierre Camus, French bishop and writer* Louis-Auguste Camus de Richemont, French military chief and baron d'Empire...

, Ros a' Mhíl and An Tulach http://www.colaistechamuis.ie/ . Students attend courses in any of June, July or August (courses A,B and C) and stay with local, Irish speaking families. Coláiste Chamuis was founded by Gearóid Denvir in 1973 in Camus. A second college was opened in An Tulach in 1985 and a third in Ros a Mhíl in 1992 http://www.colaistechamuis.ie/history.html. The College motto is “Is fiú agus is féidir” (“It is worthwhile and possible”) and there is a policy of total immersion in the language http://www.colaistechamuis.ie/ethos.html, students found to be speaking languages other than Irish may be sent home. Coláiste Chamuis caters for over 1,500 students every year.