Since 2019, Gaeltacht UCD has worked with UCD China Joint Colleges; BDIC, Beijing, GDIC, Guahgzhou, and CDIC, Xi'an.
The Gaeltacht UCD cultural team facilitates workshops for students in traditional Irish music, song, sport and dance, building friendships through activity.
中国西安长安大学 Chang'an University, Xi'an, China - April 2019
In front to the middle: Aisling Sheerin, tutor with Gaeltacht UCD, Clár Ní Bhuachalla, Gaeltacht UCD Director and Beini Chen, School of Civil Engineering
中国西安长安大学文化交流项目 Cultural Exchange with Chang'an University, Xi'an, China
In 2021, the Gaeltacht UCD Cultural Programme with Chang'an University was delivered online due to health restrictions. Below are some examples of three short videos made by UCD students.
Seán Ó Casaide, piper and UCD School of Medicine student, playing the uilleann pipes at the online cultural exchange with Chan'an University, May 2021.
Gaeltacht UCD alumna and former UCD Sports scholar, Clodagh Nash, gives an introducation to handball, a traditional sport, at the online cultural exchange with Chang'an University, May 2021.
Gaeltacht UCD scholars, Mary Nic Dhonncha and Áine Ní Chualáin, tell us about their native place, Connemara, an Irish-speaking region in the west of Ireland, as part of the online cultural exchange with Chang'an University, May 2021.
