Gaeilge Information Evening

The information evening on the teaching of Gaeilge in St. Joseph's had a very big attendance. The evening  was introduced by Mr. Emmett Hallinan. Ms. Anne McCabe, Ms. Statia Somers (Parent's Association), Mr. Colm O'Riain and Mr. Declan Donnelly outlined the approaches to Gaeilge in our school.

The presentations and web links can be viewed below.

•     Ms. Statia Somers outlined the structure of Gaeilge in second level

•     Ms. Anne McCabe outlined the teaching of Gaeilge in the new curriculum

•     Mr. Colm O'Riain gave an exemplar of how Gaeilge can be promoted and encouraged by using Powerpoint and ICT

•     Mr. Declan Donnelly gave an overview of how ICT is   used to develop interactive exercises, video and classroom resources for the teaching of Irish.
          Below are some Gaeilge links

        TG4

       Focal.ie - Online Dictionary

        Scoilnet.ie   - Gaeilge Resources for Primary and Secondary

        Coláiste Lurgan -

        BBC Northern Ireland

        Before You Know It - Download Irish

        You can also change Google and Wikipedia to Irish