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TeacherÁine Bannon
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ExamLeaving Certificate
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LevelHigher Level
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Learning ModeLive Online
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Dates29th, 30th, 31st December 2025
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Duration3 x 1 Hour 20 Mins
Meet Your Teacher
Áine Bannon
Áine graduated from the University of Limerick in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science (Education) in Physical Education and Irish. She has been teaching these subjects at Junior and Senior Cycle since and shows strong awareness of the essential qualities needed to produce top marks.
Áine brings a deep passion for the Irish language to her teaching, shaped by her extensive experience in the Gaeltacht. Her expertise brings authenticity and energy to every lesson, inspiring students to build confidence in speaking Irish and to develop a genuine love for the language.
Áine’s teaching style focuses on clear instruction accompanied with individual feedback for the learner ensuring every student feels motivated to improve.
Áine brings a deep passion for the Irish language to her teaching, shaped by her extensive experience in the Gaeltacht. Her expertise brings authenticity and energy to every lesson, inspiring students to build confidence in speaking Irish and to develop a genuine love for the language.
Áine’s teaching style focuses on clear instruction accompanied with individual feedback for the learner ensuring every student feels motivated to improve.
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What will be Covered
This intensive 3-day course focuses on 2 of the core elements from HL Irish – The Listening and the written elements – which is 60% of the Irish exam. This includes tips and tricks to master these areas along with looking at specific topics, poetry and stories in detail. During this 4 hour revision course students will build necessary skills to get top marks in HL Irish, from mastering listening vocabulary and questions to essay writing and answers for poetry, prós and the Paper 1 essay.
- Day 1:
- Listening: This is worth 10% of the overall paper and where a lot of students fall down on marks. We will study common vocabulary and question words that occur in the dreaded listening element of the exam. Tips and tricks to improve students' marks will be provided.
- Essay: Clear guidance on approaching and structuring the essay/debate and looking at specific topics and sample answers in detail.
- Day 2:
- Essay: Continuation of essay guidance with sample answers. Provision of a list of topics to prepare along with some reading comprehensions on the topics to increase knowledge on topics.
- Poetry: Mo-ghrá sa will be looked at in detail. Notes will be provided on the poem and sample answers to past exam questions. This is the only poem that hasn’t come up in the last 2 years making it very important to know in detail.
- Day 3:
- Prós: Cáca Milis will be studied in detail, looking at themes, main characters and some film techniques used. Notes will be provided on these along with sample answers to past exam questions.
- Extra Literature: An Triail will also be studied in detail, mainly looking at characters and the outlook of society. Notes and sample answers will be provided on these along with sample answers to past exam questions
