Irish For Primary Teaching
September 2025 – May 2026
Want to be a Primary School Teacher?
Our Irish For Primary Teaching course is designed for students who want to apply for the PME (Professional Master in Education) post graduate degree, but need to first meet the Irish language requirement.
This course is ideal for students who are no longer in full-time secondary school education and may not have studied Irish in a while.
Over 29 weeks, our expert Irish teacher Nuala Uí Cheallaigh, will guide and support students of all levels in order to help them build confidence and succeed in the Irish exam.
As part of this course, you’ll also get support for the TEG Oral exam – at no extra charge.
What you can expect from the course:
- Expert tuition from one of Ireland’s leading teachers
- Study from the comfort of home with weekly online classes
- Class recordings available to rewatch until the end of the State Exams in 2026
- Exam-focused class notes to aid revision
- Master exam strategies, answer techniques, and time management
Enrol today.
Who will be teaching this course?
The teacher for this course is Nuala Uí Cheallaigh.
Nuala Uí Cheallaigh is an Irish teacher with over 20 years teaching experience.
Nuala’s unique teaching style inspires students to be more confident and self-assured in the subject. She provides her students with the skills necessary to master both the Irish language and the requirements of the syllabus.
Nuala has a deep understanding of the Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examination process having worked as a corrector with the State Examinations Commission (SEC) for 14 years.
Nuala holds a BA from University College Dublin, a H.dip from Trinity College Dublin and an M.Ed from the University of Ulster.
She works as an Academic Tutor on the University of Limerick’s teacher training programme. In addition, she is a post primary, (school) student teacher placement tutor with the University of Limerick and previously with the National University of Ireland Maynooth. Nuala has also provided Dianchúrsa Gaeilge for students of Dublin City University’s B.Ed programme.
Nuala edited an Irish textbook for the new Junior Cycle syllabus and was awarded the All Island Entrepreneur Educator of the Year in 2007.
The tutor for the course is Luke Rock.
When do classes take place?
This is a weekly online course. The classes are held every Monday evening at 7pm. You can see the weekly schedule here.
Who is this course for?
The course is for students wishing to enrol on a Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching), post graduate degree, but have not achieved at least a H4 in their Leaving Cert Irish Exam.
This course is designed specifically for students who are no longer in full time second level education and who may not have studied Irish in a number of years.
What are the entry requirements for the Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching)?
You can find the current entry requirements for the Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching) course in DCU, Marino Institute of Education, Mary Immaculate College and Maynooth University here. Entry requirement to Hibernia College can be found here.
The course will run over 29 weeks, commencing September 2025. The course will include all aspects of the Leaving certificate course, the written the listening and the oral aspects. There is a crossover on the oral work for the leaving Certificate exam and the TEG exam. Students will be offered the opportunity to attend oral preparation tutorial and partake in a mock oral before their exams.
Course features:
- 2 hour online class once per week.
- Homework exercises set and corrected with feedback provided to students.
- Onsite (or at home) mock exams in March.
- Mock oral after Christmas.
- Attendance at TEG Course Free of Charge.
For the Academic Year 2025/26 this Irish for Primary School Teaching Course will take place every Monday at 19:00 as per the Weekly Schedule below.
NOTE: All classes are 120 minutes in duration.
*Students may join at any stage throughout the year, subject to availability.
| Week | Week Commencing | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st Sept 2025 | First Week |
| 2 | 8th Sept 2025 | |
| 3 | 15th Sept 2025 | |
| 4 | 22nd Sept 2025 | |
| 5 | 29th Sept 2025 | |
| 6 | 6th Oct 2025 | |
| 7 | 13th Oct 2025 | |
| 8 | 20th Oct 2025 | |
| No Classes | 27th Oct 2025 | Mid-Term |
| 9 | 3rd Nov 2025 | |
| 10 | 10th Nov 2025 | |
| 11 | 17th Nov 2025 | |
| 12 | 24th Nov 2025 | |
| 13 | 1st Dec 2025 | |
| 14 | 8th Dec 2025 | |
| 15 | 15th Dec 2025 | |
| No Classes | 22nd Dec 2025 | Christmas |
| No Classes | 29th Dec 2025 | Christmas |
| 16 | 5th Jan 2026 | |
| 17 | 12th Jan 2026 | |
| 18 | 19th Jan 2026 | |
| 19 | 26th Jan 2026 | |
| 20 | 2nd Feb 2026 | *St. Brigid's Bank Holiday, Classes as normal this week, including Bank Holiday Monday 2nd February 2026. |
| 21 | 9th Feb 2026 | |
| No Classes | 16th Feb 2026 | February Mid Term |
| 22 | 23rd Feb 2026 | |
| 23 | 2nd March 2026 | |
| 24 | 9th March 2026 | |
| No Classes | 16th March 2026 | St Patrick's Week |
| 25 | 23rd March 2026 | |
| No Classes | 30th March 2026 | Easter Break |
| No Classes | 6th April 2026 | Easter Break |
| 26 | 13th April 2026 | |
| 27 | 20th April 2026 | |
| 28 | 27th April 2026 | |
| 29 | 4th May 2026 | **May Bank Holiday. No classes Mon 4th May - these will be taught on Monday 11th May instead. Classes as normal Tuesday 6th to Saturday 9th May. |
*Classes will be taught on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd Feb ’26
**No classes on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May’26. Classes will be taught instead on Monday 18th May.
The fee for enrolling in this course is: €1,995.
All students joining our weekly classes now will receive access to recordings of all the classes for which they have enrolled. In addition, they will have access to recordings of the classes that have already taken place since the start of the course. This is an invaluable aid when it comes to revision.
Please note:
- Card payments accepted.
- 10% reduction for the second and subsequent members of the same family, attending the same courses. Please contact our office to avail of this discount.
- Fees are non-transferable.
An installment payment option for fees is available. Please call our office on 01 661 3511 or email help@instituteofeducation.ie to avail of this payment plan.
Q: Am I entitled to the notes from classes that I was absent from?
A: Yes, however you must deal directly with your teacher in relation to this.