CITY TO HOST NINTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF ESPERANTO

Date Published: 14-Jul-2012

The ninth European conference of Esperanto is to get underway in the city on Monday [Jul 16].

Esperanto is an international language which was created in 1887 and is now spoken by 2 million people in 115 countries.

Up to 150 delegates are to attend the four day event which was brought to Galway by NUIG graduate Dr Sean O'Riain, who now works in the European Parliament in Brussels and contributes to the evolution of EU language policy.

The four day event gets underway in the Ardilaun Hotel on Monday morning with registration from 10 to 4pm.