Caife le Cairde – Beidh Fáilte Romhat

Lá/Day: Gach Aoine /Every Friday

Am/Time: 10.30a..m.-12.30p.m.

Táille/Fee: SAOR / FREE

Caife le Cairde is an open to community coffee morning held in Áras Chronain every Friday morning. It began life as an idea reintroduce our older members to the Áras after Covid-19.  But it then dawned on us that we could help the wider community if we opened our doors to the public. We did this and the reaction has been amazing. We have our regulars from Clondalkin and its outer areas. We also have people from Rathcoole, Tallaght, Rathfarnham and many other areas, drop in from time to time, as they can to sample the welcome we put out and they have also become regulars. The aims of this outreach is simple – care for our community and its outer regions. The morning has formed itself for us, with music and singing taking up a good part of our morning. It is something that we could not have envisaged when we began. Out of this has come other events, our Bloomsday event was a huge success. We have a monthly bingo which is growing in numbers every month. We have been contacted by groups like Alone and An Garda Síochána, who have heard about Caife le Cairde and use it as a contact to the age group to give talks and advice to our members. And through all of this everyone is improving and using more spoken Irish in a normal, practical, fun way. Ar scáth a chéile.

Maidin chaife pobail is ea Caife le Cairde a reáchtáiltear in Áras Chronain gach maidin Aoine. Thosaigh sé ar an saol mar smaoineamh chun ár mbaill níos sine a thabhairt ar ais chuig an Áras tar éis Covid-19.  Ach tháinig sé chun solais ansin go bhféadfaimis cabhrú leis an bpobal i gcoitinne dá n-osclaimid ár ndoirse don phobal. Rinneamar é seo agus bhí an imoibriú iontach. Tá ár gcuid rialta againn ó Chluain Dolcáin agus na ceantair lasmuigh di. Bíonn daoine againn ó Ráth Cúil, ó Thamhlacht, ó Ráth Fearnáin agus ó go leor ceantar eile, ag bualadh isteach ó am go chéile, mar is féidir leo chun an fháilte a chuireamar amach a bhlaiseadh agus tá siad anois mar ghnáthdhaoine freisin. Tá aidhmeanna an fhor-rochtana seo simplí – cúram dár bpobal agus dá réigiúin lasmuigh. Tá an mhaidin cruthaithe dúinn féin, le ceol agus amhránaíocht ag dul i mbun cuid mhaith dár maidin. Is rud é nach bhféadfaimis a shamhlú nuair a thosaigh muid. As seo a tháinig imeachtaí eile, d’éirigh thar barr lenár n-imeacht Bloomsday. Tá biongó míosúil againn agus tá méadú ag teacht ar an líon gach mí. Chuaigh grúpaí mar Alone agus An Garda Síochána i dteagmháil linn, a chuala faoi Caife le Cairde agus a úsáideann é mar theagmhálaí don aoisghrúpa chun cainteanna agus comhairle a thabhairt dár mbaill.