Irish

Staff List and HOD Names

Aims of Department

Our aim in the Languages Department is to provide quality teaching and learning which is centred upon the needs of the child, giving pupils the opportunity to reach their full potential. 

We continually aim to promote the ethos of Edmund Rice at all times. We aim to promote positive attitudes to language learning as a means of providing enjoyment and intellectual stimulation. To develop pupil’s abilities to communicate effectively in the target language, through both the spoken and written word, using a range of vocabulary and structures. To provide opportunities through Modern Languages for the personal and social development of the pupils. We also aim to encourage skills, language and attitudes which will be useful for further study and for vocational and leisure application and to encourage positive attitudes of tolerance and understanding of speakers of other languages. We also aim to develop knowledge and understanding of communities where Irish is spoken such as the Gaeltacht area of Belfast and Donegal. Visits to the Culturlánn are regular and we have a trip to the Gaeltacht each year. We take part in various Irish speaking events such as Seachta na Gaelige and the Gael Linn quiz.