LEIGHLINBRIDGE will showcase its ‘cúpla focal’ on the small screen soon for all to see.
Residents in the village will come up against wannabe gaeilgeoirí from Sixmilebridge in Clare on the TG4 programme G Team on Sunday 29 January.
Young and old in Leighlinbridge have been practising their everyday Irish for months in anticipation of the G Team programme and now their hard work is about to pay off.
The ten-part series will see non-Gaeltacht areas battling it out to become TG4’s top Irish-speaking town.
And the winning town or village will walk away with €40,000 to spend on a tourism and marketing campaign for their area, sponsored by Foras Na Gaeilge.
Leighlinbridge will make its small screen debut on the third episode of the series, with residents from Tipperary and Leitrim among those battling it out in the two previous shows.
The three judges deciding on who goes through to the quarter-finals are former minister for tourism, culture and sport Mary Hannafin, Irish language activist and member of Irish language rock band Kila Rossa Ó Snodaigh, and Lorcán Mac Gabhann, CEO of Glór na Gael.
Tune in to TG4 on Sunday 29 January at 8pm and you might just see some familiar faces.
The show is aired every Sunday night and is repeated on TG4 every Wednesday at 8.30pm.