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Any score below 10% is classed as No grade (NG). At Higher Level, a C grade and above is considered an 'Honour' grade. The new leaving certificate grading system involves grades such as H1, H2, O1, O2, etc. Leaving Certificate results are measured by the number of 'points' awarded to the student. It is usually the number of points awarded to ...
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (5 October 1856 – 1 July 1942; English: P.T. MacGinley), known as Cú Uladh (The Hound of Ulster), was an Irish language writer during the Gaelic revival. He wrote stories based on Irish folklore , some of the first Irish-language plays, and regular articles in most of the Irish language newspapers, such as An ...
Liam Mac Mathúna is a noted scholar of Irish. He is an emeritus Professor of Irish at University College Dublin previously, 2006 to 2013, having been head of their School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics. He has published extensively on the Irish language, Irish literature and Irish culture.
The first printing press in Ireland was established in 1551, [1] the first Irish-language book was printed in 1571 and Trinity College Dublin was established in 1592. [2] The Education Act 1695 prohibited Irish Catholics from running Catholic schools in Ireland or seeking a Catholic education abroad, until its repeal in 1782. [3]
A Sound Atlas of Irish English. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 171 pages + DVD. Hickey, Raymond 2003. Corpus Presenter. Software for language analysis. With a manual and A Corpus of Irish English as sample data. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 292 pages with CD-ROM. Hickey, Raymond 2002. A Source Book for Irish English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, xii ...
One enraged parent brought the book to the attention of Carol Nolan, a member of the Irish Parliament, who upon reading it, said: “How this trash and drivel ever made its way into a curriculum ...
An Gúm was founded in 1925 [2] as part of the Department of Education [3] by Ernest Blythe, then Minister for Finance in the Irish Free State.Its purpose was to ensure a supply of textbooks and general books which would be required to implement the policy of reviving the Irish language.
The Junior Cycle (Irish: An tSraith Shóisearach) is the first stage of the education programme for post-primary education within the Republic of Ireland.It is overseen by the Department of Education and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), and its terminal examination, the Junior Certificate, by the State Examinations Commission.