Clare Grealy has over 26 years experience teaching Irish to Higher Level Leaving Cert students and has been teaching full time at the Institute for the past 15 years. Clare has assisted in researching the Irish language and has helped…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2019 Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. This paper really shows that all areas of the course must be covered. You can’t afford to leave anything out.…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2019 Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. A broad and varied paper. There was something to suit every student. Specifics would need to have been watched in…
Congratulations to 5th year student Aela Ní Ghaoithin, who won the scéalaíocht (storytelling) competition in the 15-18 age group at Oireachtas na Samhna, that took place in Killarney over the Halloween break. Aela was also one of ten competitors out of twenty…
Congratulations to our 5th year principal Yvonne O’Toole and her writing partner Elizabeth Wade, on the publication of their two new books Cinnte! 2 & 3. Published by Edco and written specifically for the new Junior Cycle, these textbooks complete…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2018 Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education Paper 2 threw up some surprises, but the questions that were asked were straight forward. Students shouldn’t have any axe…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2018 Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. A varied higher level paper with a nice, broad choice of topics. The wording was very specific and students would…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2018 Irish Paper 1 (Ordinary Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. A very testing paper. A lot of students will have found today’s Ordinary Level Paper 1 very challenging. In recent…
Congratulations to our 4th year students who were awarded their ‘Fainne’ pins today. The ‘Fáinne’ is a pin worn to show that you are able and willing to speak the Irish language. To earn the pin the students took part…
Our 4th year students have been working on improving their Irish language speaking skills this year by taking part in a ‘Fáinne’ language class. The ‘Fáinne’ is a pin worn to show that you are able and willing to speak…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2017 Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education This Irish paper was one of the easier papers in recent years. A very straight-forward, student friendly paper. Overall no…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2017 Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Clare Grealy, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a very student friendly irish paper, with a nice variety of interesting, accessible topics. These was something for…