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Liverpool! 2pm Sat 11 May at University of Liverpool: "From Galway to Brooklyn: Mícheál Ó Lócháin and An Gaodhal" All welcome. Free Entry. Register at link: https://lnkd.in/eJGv-_Gh Hosted by The Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool & Conradh na Gaeilge Learpholl #AnGaodhal #Gaeilge #diaspora #ÉireMhór #Liverpool #Learpholl

#AnMáilleach in Liverpool: 6pm Thurs 9 May The Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool University of Liverpool. "Vivid Voices: Tomás Ó Máille and Sound Recording in the Modern Irish State." All welcome. Free entry. Book here: https://lnkd.in/eA2Z-Ej6 University of Galway University of Galway Library

Liverpool! #AnMáilleach is back! Bilingual exhibition runs 19 April - 26 May Sydney Jones Library at University of Liverpool. Open to public Mon-Fri 09:00-21:30, Thur 10:00-21:30, Sat-Sun 12:00-17:00. Scaip an scéal! GRMMA The Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool for hosting & University of Galway for supporting the exhibition tour. First stop on its international leg #Gaeilge #touringexhibition #camchuairt https://lnkd.in/eCWGG5Tv Foras na Gaeilge

Looking forward to sharing #AmhráinÁrann next Fri 22 March at the Inishowen Singing Weekend and to being fully immersed in the peninsula's rich singing tradition once again #fullimmersion #traditionalsong That's Paddy Hegarty on the poster, along with his catchphrase https:// https://lnkd.in/eUpNjhNu

Míle buíochas "The History Show" on RTE Radio 1 for reporting on our ongoing #AnGaodhal project at Glucksman Ireland House NYU & University of Galway Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics with Oksana Dereza. Listen back here: https://lnkd.in/eFH5weu6 #Gaeilge #AnGhaeilge #SeachtainnaGaeilge #SnaG2024 #AI #OCR #IntleachtShaorga

This Sunday 3 March 6-7pm RTE Radio 1 "The History Show" featuring stories on #AI & #History includes a brief news item c.6.45pm on #AnGaodhal, a partnership between Glucksman Ireland House NYU and University of Galway Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics Transkribus by read-coop sce #Gaeilge #loveradio https://lnkd.in/eTSqUKED

Privileged to work alongside Oksana Dereza on #AnGaodhal - maith thú, a leathbhádóir

Roscommon! Seo linn go Ros Comáin #AnMáilleach bilingual exhibition runs in Roscommon Library 1 March - 6 April 2024 for #SeachtainnaGaeilge #SnaG2024 #Gaeilge University of Galway Foras na Gaeilge Scaipigí an scéal, a chairde #Roscommon #RosComáin #oidhreacht #Márta #Aibreán

Join us in person or online 12pm GMT Tues 6 Feb on campus at University of Galway. Fáilte roimh chách; thanks to Digital Humanities Research Group for inviting my colleague Oksana Dereza and I to present. #AnGaodhal #AI #artificialintelligence #OCR #NER #Gaeilge Glucksman Ireland House NYU Register for Zoom livestream: https://lnkd.in/eG2jfKvm Abstract: Computerized text extraction for the Irish language (Gaeilge) faces a number of challenges, the most significant of which is the machine-readability of cló Gaelach, the typeface most commonly used in hand-written and printed Irish-language material up until the 1960s. To date, only a handful of OCR training models attuned to cló Gaelach, and to pre-standardized spelling, have emerged and none were trained on bilingual texts (Irish-English). Using the text-recognition software Transkribus by read-coop sce, a team at New York University and University of Galway have developed two new OCR models: a Gaeilge-only model and a bilingual Gaeilge-English model. The core dataset for this OCR training exercise is the Brooklyn-based bilingual monthly newspaper An Gaodhal (1881-1898), the first serial dedicated to providing content to an Irish-language readership, which was established, edited, and printed by Galwayman Micheál Ó Lócháin (1836-1899). The contents of the newspaper reflect the cultural interests of Irish speakers in New York, Ireland, and the wider diaspora; Irish American life; New York history; and the development of the Irish language during the Celtic Revival period. Using the texts extracted from An Gaodhal, which are being corrected at word level, the team is developing NER (named entity recognition) tools to aid future NLP work in the Irish language. This work-in-progress presentation will share learnings from this on-going project.