Rachel Mahon
Rachel Mahon is a dedicated Irish and Spanish teacher at The Institute of Education. She obtained a degree in her subjects in UCD before completing her Masters of Education through the medium of Irish in NUIG, where she graduated with…
Weekly Grinds
6th Year
6th Year Weekly Grinds Now Enrolling Our 6th Year Weekly Grinds are designed to help students achieve success in the 2025 Leaving Certificate exams. Throughout the 29 weeks, our expert teachers help to develop the subject knowledge and key examination…
Weekly Grinds
5th Year
5th Year Weekly Grinds Now Enrolling Our 5th Year Weekly Grinds are designed to help students achieve success in the Leaving Certificate exams. Throughout the 29 weeks, our expert teachers help to develop the subject knowledge and key examination skills…
Weekly Grinds
3rd Year
3rd Year Weekly Grinds Now Enrolling Our 3rd Year Weekly Grinds are designed to help students achieve success in the 2025 Junior Cycle exams. Throughout the 29 weeks, our expert teachers help to develop the subject knowledge and key examination…
Oral Preparation Course
Leaving Cert
Oral Preparation Course Saturday 24th February & Saturday 2nd March 2024 Our 2024 Oral Preparation Courses are now concluded. Interested in our other Grinds and Revision Courses? Click the button below to explore our latest courses and enrol…
FREE Sample Grinds Class
5th Year
FREE Sample Grinds Classes for 5th Year Students We are giving you the opportunity to sample our Weekly Grinds for FREE, before you book into one of our courses. You can book up to 3 subjects to sample Once you…
Summer Language Courses 2024
Summer Language Course For students entering 5th & 6th Year 15th - 26th July 2024 Our 2024 Summer Language Courses are now concluded. Interested in our other Grinds and Revision Courses? Click the button below to explore our latest courses…
Spanish
Study Resources
What does it take to get a H1 in Higher Level Spanish? Erica Cooper, a past pupil from The Institute of Education who achieved a H1 in Leaving Cert higher level Spanish, tells us how she got top marks. Erika…
Patrick Fitzsimons
Patrick Fitzsimons is a Spanish teacher at the Institute for 4th Year and 5th year. He also runs the French debating club and the 6th year French and Spanish language clubs. He holds a First Class Honours degree in French…
Maria Fenton
Maria Fenton is a Spanish teacher with 20 years’ experience. She is the author of three Spanish textbooks: ¡Venga! Leaving Cert Spanish, Edco, 2020; ¿Qué pasa? 1 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco 2017 and ¿Qué pasa? 2 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco…
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…