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Katie Ní loinsigh Tell It Straight

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Fiontar, DCU
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Katie Ní Loinsigh, a research student at Dublin City University, entered a communications competition for research students hosted by her university. The competition challenged participants to concisely present their research to a non-specialist audience. Katie's research focuses on compiling a database of old Irish language sayings based on the work of Fr. Peadar Ua Laoghaire. In the competition finals, Katie presented her research on old Irish sayings to a university audience alongside students from various fields. She was selected as the winner by the judges for effectively communicating the relevance of her research to the public in a clear manner.

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I have put it on the long finger! By Katie Ní Loinsigh, research student, Fiontar DCU Isn’t it the same old excuse that we always have? But, what is meant by this saying, why do we put things on the long finger and we never put anything on the short finger? Old and unusual Irish language sayings like this is the subject of my research in Fiontar, DCU. Basically, I intend to put together a dababase of sayings based on the work of Fr. Peadar Ua Laoghaire.
I was fortunate to be able to take part in the new communications competition organised recently by DCU for research students – ‘Tell It Striaght: Translate your research for a new audience’. Research students were asked to present their research to an audience in a way that was short and innovative. I felt that it would benefit me to do this and that maybe I might be able to reach the finals. There were two rounds in the competition. In the first round we had to provide a short synopsis of the research and then 6 were chosed (me included) to go on to the finals which included presenting our research to a mixed university audience.
On the day of the finals, a wide variety of research was presented by students from different schools within DCU such as biomedical science, physics, communications, electronic engineering and Fiontar. There were 3 external judges who chose the winner based on the clarity of the message, the effect of the research, best use of technology and how relevant is the research to the public. I don’t know was it the presentation, the subject matter itself or that it was just luck on the day, but I won. I think now that research on old Irish sayings is taken from my long finger, and there will be plenty more to hear about this subject – lend me your ears, please! Katie Ní Loinsigh is a research student in Fiontar, DCU under the directorship of Dr. Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín and Dr. Brian Ó Raghallaigh. The Fiontar team congratulate Katie on her achievement. The presentation that Katie did for the final competition is below: http://fiontest2.dcu.ie/Share/2013.03.14-dcu-tell-it-straight-katie-ni-loingsigh.pdf
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  • 1. I have put it on the long finger! By Katie Ní Loinsigh, research student, Fiontar DCU Isn’t it the same old excuse that we always have? But, what is meant by this saying, why do we put things on the long finger and we never put anything on the short finger? Old and unusual Irish language sayings like this is the subject of my research in Fiontar, DCU. Basically, I intend to put together a dababase of sayings based on the work of Fr. Peadar Ua Laoghaire.
  • 2. I was fortunate to be able to take part in the new communications competition organised recently by DCU for research students – ‘Tell It Striaght: Translate your research for a new audience’. Research students were asked to present their research to an audience in a way that was short and innovative. I felt that it would benefit me to do this and that maybe I might be able to reach the finals. There were two rounds in the competition. In the first round we had to provide a short synopsis of the research and then 6 were chosed (me included) to go on to the finals which included presenting our research to a mixed university audience.
  • 3. On the day of the finals, a wide variety of research was presented by students from different schools within DCU such as biomedical science, physics, communications, electronic engineering and Fiontar. There were 3 external judges who chose the winner based on the clarity of the message, the effect of the research, best use of technology and how relevant is the research to the public. I don’t know was it the presentation, the subject matter itself or that it was just luck on the day, but I won. I think now that research on old Irish sayings is taken from my long finger, and there will be plenty more to hear about this subject – lend me your ears, please! Katie Ní Loinsigh is a research student in Fiontar, DCU under the directorship of Dr. Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín and Dr. Brian Ó Raghallaigh. The Fiontar team congratulate Katie on her achievement. The presentation that Katie did for the final competition is below: http://fiontest2.dcu.ie/Share/2013.03.14-dcu-tell-it-straight-katie-ni-loingsigh.pdf