| | | | Irish | Irish is a core subject in the Junior Certificate, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate programmes in The King's Hospital.
The Irish syllabus at Junior Cert level is aimed at developing your listening, speaking and writing skills and it is examined at higher, ordinary, and foundation level. While there is no oral exam, you will be tested (depending on level) on a combination of aural, written, and literature skills. These range from writing a postcard to conducting a debate, reading a notice to commenting on a piece of poetry you have never seen before. The aural exam (Triail Chluastuisceana) takes place at the same time as the written papers and requires good preparation.
At Leaving Certificate, changes were introduced to the curriculum recently and these changes were examined for the first time in 2006. Paper One is a language paper at both Higher and Ordinary Levels. Paper Two tests the study of prose passages at both levels. An option exists for students and teachers to study set pieces of prose or to choose their own prose extracts, but most students and teachers opt for the set passages.
The study of Irish is promoted in The King's Hospital through class excursions, including supervised visits to the Gaeltacht, theatre trips, and annual events such as Seachtain na Gaeilge.
| | |  | | The 2008-09 Junior & Senior Irish Debating teams |
| | | | | | | Irish Department
Michelle Murray, MEd (Mgt) (OU), BA (Special), HDipEd (NUI) Co-ordinator
Siobhan Daly, BA (Mod) HDipEd (TCD)
Cormac UaBruadair, BA (Hons) (UU), HDipEd (TCD)
Fionnuala Ballantyne, BA (Mod), HDipEd (TCD)
Melanie Moore, MA,BA(Hons),PGDE(NUI)
Aislinn Nic an Bhreithiúin |
|  | | | | An Idirbhlianin | | |  | | | | The Irish department is very active in promoting the Irish language and one of the highlights of the school year is Seachtain na Gaeilge. | | | | | | |  | | An Fhoireann Shinsearach (Senior Debating Team) 2007-08 |
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