On 25th November, we were delighted to welcome Mr Jean-Marc Roué, Honorary Consul of Ireland to Brittany and President of Brittany Ferries, and Mr Bruno Denoyelle, Public Affairs, Brittany Ferries.
On 7th November 2023, we welcomed Mr Xavier D’Argoeuves, Cultural Counsellor with the Embassy of France in Ireland, to Cork.
We were delighted to take Mr D’Argoeuves to visit Scoil Mhuire whose TY students will be taking the DELF A2 French examination this academic year.
Many thanks to Scoil Mhuire Cork Principal Regina Butler and French teachers Anne, Rosemary and Louise for their warm welcome.
On 19th & 20th October 2023, we were delighted to host a DELF A1/A2 Examiner training course for 16 French teachers and language assistants. The course was delivered by Béatrice Chrétien, Manager of the DELF diplomas in Ireland. Attendees were from Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick.
In 2 hours, over 100 people attended our Culture Night 2023 events (#exhibition + #French classes) at Alliance Française de Cork!
Culture Night at Alliance Française de Cork
🗓️Friday 22nd September 2023
📌7 pm: Art Exhibition Launch by Irish artist Joanne Hackett🎨
Joanne Hackett is a painter from Galway based in Cork city. Using symbols, colours and patterns as tools to express an inner world, her work is alive with emotion. Her goal is simply to embrace art’s ability to transfer feeling from one person to another and to celebrate alive-ness, and the unique pleasures of our human experience.
📌#French language taster classes 🇫🇷
8 pm: complete beginners
8.30 pm: elementary and intermediate level
In 2 hours, over 100 people attended our Culture Night 2023 events (#exhibition + #French classes) at Alliance Française de Cork!
Thank you to all who made that night a success!
Well done to Joanne Hackett, MTU Crawford College of Art and Design graduate, for her first solo exhibition.
On Monday 11th September, the diploma awarding Ceremony of the "DELF for DEIS Schools” Initiative took place at Alliance Française de Cork, in the presence of French Senator Olivier Cadic, Irish Senator & Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann Jerry Buttimer, TD Cathal Berry, Valérie David-McGonnell, Josselin Le Gall, Pascal Lucas and Philippe Grosbois (Board Members of Alliance Française de Cork), Laurence Helaili-Chapuis, elected Advisor to French citizens in Ireland (Conseillère des Français de l’Étranger), and Béatrice Chrétien, National Manager of the DELF examinations in Ireland.
We were very honoured that French Senator Olivier Cadic, who represents French citizens living abroad, chose to travel to Cork, for his 500th international visit.
The "DELF for DEIS Schools” Initiative is a new educational French-language programme which was created and launched in December 2022 by Alliance Française de Cork President Valérie David-McGonnell in order to give one student from each post-primary DEIS school in Cork City an opportunity to prepare for and sit the international French DELF Junior A2 diploma for free. This educational initiative, which is supported by the Cork City Council, is a first in Ireland.
Five Cork City DEIS schools took part in the first edition of this scholarship programme: Coláiste Éamann Rís, Nano Nagle College, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, St Vincent Secondary School and Ursuline Secondary School. Well done to all the participating students who scored excellent results. They were awarded their official DELF diploma parchments at the Monday night ceremony which was also attended by their parents, teachers and school Principals.
During the ceremony, Alliance Française de Cork President Valérie David-McGonnell was awarded the Medal of the French Senate for her work promoting the French language in Ireland.
Article in French here: https://lepetitjournal.com/dublin/remise-de-diplomes-delf-des-eleves-decoles-defavorisees-de-cork-368556
21st July 2023: The 140th anniversary of the Alliance Française worldwide network was celebrated in #Paris, with more than 600 colleagues from over 100 countries. 🎂
Alliance Française de #Cork, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2022, was represented at this event by its President, Valérie David-McGonnell. Our colleagues from the Alliances Françaises in Dublin, Waterford/Wexford and Kilkenny were also present.
On 21st July, on the occasion of a garden party at the Elysée presidential Palace, the President of Alliance Française de Cork shook hands with French President Emmanuel Macron and met French Minister of State Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Fondation des Alliances Françaises President Yves Bigot, and Institut Français President Eva Nguyen Binh.
Valérie David-McGonnell, President of Alliance Française de Cork, and Josselin Le Gall, Board Member and Honorary Consul of France in Cork, were delighted to attend the National Day of Commemoration on 9th July in Cork, and to meet Irish President Michael D. Higgins, Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Kieran McCarthy and his partner Marcelline Bonneau, and H.E. Vincent Guérend, Ambassador of France to Ireland on this occasion.
Alliance Française de Cork is delighted to provide French-language programmes to the Irish Defence Forces.
Video created by the Fondation Alliance Française.
Many thanks to all adults, children and secondary schools who attended our 2023 Cork French Film Festival and to our sponsors and partners.
Article in French about the 34th edition of our festival:
https://www.fondation-alliancefr.org/?p=62440
