Ciara Coleman

Ciara Coleman is a music educator and choral conductor with over ten years of teaching experience.  Following her undergraduate music degree at Trinity College Dublin, she obtained a Masters in Music Pedagogy at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy

Brona Coggins

Brona Coggins holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance Counselling (Hons) NUI Maynooth and a Certificate in Counselling (NUI Maynooth).  She is fully qualified to administer and provide feedback on psychometric tests and holds a Certificate in Life Coaching. Brona has

David Connolly

David Connolly is an English teacher with more than 7 years’ experience.  David is also the Head of Extra-Curricular activities in the Institute. In role he teachers Philosophy, Debating, Creative Writing and Film Studies. David has won two competitive scholarships

Patricia Crowley

Patricia Crowley teaches the new Leaving Cert Art course. She has over 30 years teaching experience. As well as preparing students for the written exam in Visual Studies, she also supports students with their Art practical course work.   Patricia’s

Robbie Cronin

Robbie teaches Irish and Spanish and has worked for many years with the State Examinations Commission devising curricula and as an exam corrector. He was a member of the NCCA committees tasked with devising Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate courses.

Begona de la Fuente

Begoña is a native Spanish speaker with over 20 years experience of teaching Spanish. After obtaining her degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid she completed a course to specialise in Teaching Spanish as a

Sean Delap

Sean is a widely experienced teacher of History at Leaving Cert level having delivered part time classes in The Institute of Education since 1990. Sean has delivered numerous presentations to the History Teachers Association of Ireland to students and teachers.

Liam Dingle

Liam Dingle is a highly experienced and dedicated English teacher with more than 25 years of experience teaching English at Higher Level to Leaving Certificate students. Liam has also worked with the State Exam Commission in various roles. He has

Hilary Dorgan

Hilary has over 30 years teaching experience and was previously the senior Maths teacher at Marian College in Ballsbridge. He was honoured with the Victor Graham Award 2010 for his contribution to Applied Mathematics in Ireland. Hilary brings enthusiasm, insight

Enda Dowd

Enda is a teacher of biology and chemistry. He has 12 years teaching experience and has also worked with the State Examinations Commission. In addition to his timetabled classes Enda provides additional support to his students in the form of

Michael Doran

Michael has been teaching History since 1994 and Geography since 1995 at The Institute of Education. His extensive experience also includes serving as an examiner for the Leaving Cert exams in both History and Geography, working closely with the State

Nicky Dowling

Nicky joined The Institute of Education last year and is thoroughly enjoying her role as a teacher of French & German, as well as Form Tutor for 5th Years. After she graduated from UCD with an honours degree in both