Embassy Celebrates European Day of Languages
2 October 2023
Embassy Vilnius took part in European Day of Languages with Valstybės institucijų kalbų centras.
Ambassador Séadhna MacHugh gave a speech in Lithuanian to an audience of local schoolchildren at Vilnius Salomeya Neris Gimnasium. She spoke about the value of learning languages, and the importance that Ireland places on our two national languages, English and Irish.
Deputy Head of Mission Doireann O'Brien then taught two Irish classes to groups of Lithuanian children. They learned how to introduce themselves in Irish and tried out some tonguetwisters.