Cooish
cooish name festival promotes manx language culture take place isle man november word cooish manx word many meaning translate mean chat meeting cause issue gettogether festival founded phil gawne name feailley ghaelgagh manx language festival following research trip scottish gaelic development agency inverness isle skye feailley ghaelgagh later renamed cooish feailley ghaelgagh became important feature manx cultural life throughout week long festival period later reverted twoday festival current length gaining support local business manx government well employing extensive advertising festival able ensure people country aware language period fallow year cooish relaunched peel adrian cain yn greinneyderthe cooish really successful promoting raising profile manx’ said adrian ’but thought much work promoting manx language throughout year seemed quite strange say must something one particular week left whilein londeyr lantern award people made new effort promote everyday use manx language launched award given recognition effort member community seen use support use manx language daily basis cooish organised yn çheshaght ghailckagh support manx heritage foundation isle man art council along local business event take festival based around manx language encouragement use coffee morning popup gaeltaghyn used opportunity people practice manx casual informal setting language workshop help people interested learning improving manx well general information session parent discus advantage bilingualism sending child bunscoill ghaelgagh mooinjer veggey although primary purpose cooish promote manx language aim bring together different element gaelic world celebrate shared heritage artist musician gaelic country frequently perform cooish event music song writing workshop well traditional dance music performance throughout festival evening pub session concert also important part festival cooish also provided space new manx language publication yn çheshaght ghailckagh launched christopher lewins droghad ny seihll first thousand word manx