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| Na Fianna Irish language training camp Portmarknock 1920 Photo taken by Liam Langley |
In his role as Director of Organisation and Education (1918-1921) Liam Langley taught the Irish language. In 1920 he organised an Irish Language training camp in Portmarknock. Fianna members learned the Irish language and Irish history as well as participating in drill and route marching. Fianna members also learned signalling, first aid and other scouting skills such as map reading, path-finding and camping.
Langley took numerous photos of Na Fianna. He liked people to be 'doing something' in the photos. Note the men back row one with a mallet, the person to his right pouring a cup of tea. There are also two people 'playing frying pans'. Many of those in the picture have a badge in their right lapel, this may be The Fáinne, a gold pin worn to signify fluency and identification with the Irish language.
