The Irish Deaf Society, supported by Libraries Ireland and the European Union of the Deaf (EUD)/Huawei Project, have been working together to launch ISL Story Sign as part of the International Week of Deaf People. In agreement with publishers, each library chose their own book to translate into ISL.
International Week of Deaf People is celebrated through various activities by Deaf communities all around the world. These include events welcoming everyone and all members of Deaf communities, which include families of Deaf people, professionals and accredited sign language interpreters, peers as well as stakeholders and government, and organisations of Persons with Disabilities.
On this International Day of Sign Languages, we celebrate the collective efforts of the Irish Deaf community, government and society in recognising and promoting Irish Sign Language (ISL) – together we recognise sign languages as an essential human right for Deaf people and children.
Keep an eye on our social media and share the videos with all your families and friends.
September 2022
Waterford Library: Where are you Puffling? by Erika Mcgann/Sean Daly
Carlow Library: Croke Park Mice Missing Referee by Ruth & Triona Croke
Offaly Library: Geansaí Otto by Sadhbh Devlin
Galway Public Libraries: To the Island by Patricia Forde
Longford Library: The Sky’s The Limit by Shelley Corcoran
Dublin Cabra Library: The White Wolfhound by Eithne Massey
Cork County Library: The President Cat by Peter Donnelly
Cork City Library: Tony the Turtle Goes Shopping by Valerie Sheehan
Kildare Library: Spraoi by the Sea by Emma-Jane Leeson
Meath Ashbourne Library: Eva and the Perfect Rain by Tatyana Feeney
Mayo Castlebar Library: The Dead Zoo by Peter Donnelly
Clare County Library: A Birthday for Ben by Kate Gaynor
More children’s stories in ISL
The Irish Deaf Society has received funding from Huawei and EUD to launch an exciting project. This follows on from the success of Huawei’s StorySign App, and EUD have collaborated with Huawei to fund Deaf organisations in Europe to provide a project for their community. We have used this funding to provide ISL Linguistics workshops and ISL classes for parents and professionals working with Deaf children, which are ongoing. If interested you can contact us for more information.
We are delighted to announce that, as part of this project, we have produced videos of ISL Stories for Deaf children! The stories are Irish Legends and Myths, as these types of stories are not available in ISL and we felt it is important to promote this part of Irish culture. We would like to thank publishers Gill Books and authors Yvonne Carroll, Fiona Waters and Felicity Trotman for giving us permission to use their book.
We will be launching a new video every Monday in June, starting on the bank holiday Monday, 1st June! Keep an eye on our social media accounts to see which story will be published every week. We really hope you enjoy the videos and please share with all your friends and family.
June 2020