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Leanann Aodh谩n 脫 Baoill agus Niamh N铆 Dhubhg谩in orthu go Ceathr煤 Smithfield agus Union agus Ceathr煤 na Leabharlainne. Ins铆onn Stiof谩n 脫 D铆re谩in d贸ibh faoi Francis Joseph Biggar, a raibh r贸l l谩rnach aige in athbheochan na Gaeilge i mB茅al Feirste agus a bh铆 ar dhuine de bhunaitheoir铆 Feis na nGlinnt铆. Tugann Robert McMillen l茅argas ar stair nuacht谩in na cathrach agus cad 茅 a d鈥檉h谩g formh贸r acu i gCeathr煤 na Leabharlainne. Roinneann an tOllamh Fionnt谩n de Br煤n an taighde at谩 d茅anta aige ar Fadgies Smithfield. Pl茅ann Jack Mac 脥omh谩ir an ceol at谩 le cluinstin i gCeathr煤 Smithfield agus Union agus m铆n铆onn Conor Torbitt ann fosta at谩 Ceathr煤 neamhoifigi煤il LADTA na cathrach.

Is l茅iri煤 de chuid Clean Slate 茅 Ocht gCeathr煤 do 麻豆社 Gaeilge agus RT脡 Raidi贸 na Gaeltachta le maoini煤 贸 Chiste Craolt贸ireachta Gaeilge, Sc谩ile谩in Thuaisceart 脡ireann.

Aodh谩n 脫 Baoill and Niamh N铆 Dhubhg谩in hit the Smithfield & Union and Library Quarters. Stiof谩n 脫 D铆re谩in introduces them to Francis Joseph Biggar, a key player in Belfast鈥檚 Irish language revival and a founder of 鈥楩eis na nGlinnt铆鈥�. Robert McMillen talks through the history of the city鈥檚 newspapers and how they came mainly to be based in the Library Quarter. Professor Fionnt谩n de Br煤n shares his research on the Fadgies, a group of Irish speakers from Omeath who settled in Belfast in the late 19th Century. Jack Mac 脥omh谩ir gives us a flavour of the music scene in the Smithfield & Union Quarter and Conor Torbitt explains that the city鈥檚 unofficial LGBTQ Quarter is to be found there too.

Produced by Clean Slate for 麻豆社 Gaeilge and RT脡 Raidi贸 na Gaeltachta with support from Northern Ireland Screen鈥檚 Irish Language Broadcast Fund.